Being in business is too expensive for you to be a ‘serial-networker' w/no results.

As a Business Growth Expert, I happen to know that most businesses are built on relationships. With that said, networking is a critical factor in that equation and can become a rather costly expense if you aren’t properly gaining from the experience. Therefore, in order to receive your RETURN on INVESTMENT, there are a few SIMPLE yet HIGHLY EFFECTIVE strategies that will make your life easier and put money back into your pocket. Before I offer-up these ‘GAME-CHANGING’ GROWGETTER networking MUST-HAVES, let’s agree on a few pain points.

If you’re like most entrepreneurs, you’re swamped running from event to event, with no real time to build and develop the connections. You also likely enjoy the socializing and foodie elements that come with a swank soiree, yet detest the dreaded “follow-up!” Not because you aren’t friendly or don’t mean well, but because it takes up precious time.

And, while most businesses are exploring automated solutions to this challenge, the reality is, automation only works when you know who you are targeting and what message you’ll need to convey to each. In other words, there is still a degree of BRAIN-POWER required in order to engineer said automation; assuming you’re using an automated solution. 

In either case, join me, the Chief GrowGetter on tomorrow, Wed, August 10, 2016 as I provide a few easy to use networking strategies to help this process go a little smoother and a lot faster.

Being in Business is too expensive for you to be a ‘social-hour-loving-serial networker!’ If this stepped on your TOES then don’t fret, instead you MUST meet me at tomorrow's Businesses for Strategy’ Meet-up Group FREE kick-off,’ where we’ll help you serial networkers break-thru the blind spots with our HIGH impact, MINIMAL effort networking strategies!

 You won’t believe what you’ve been missing. We can’t wait to see you there and; each and every meet-up session, we will share, engage and exchange award-winning strategies that advance the attendee’s collective growth. I’ll discuss relevant hot-topics and with solution based, GrowGetter strategies! Are you a collector or a builder? Don't miss it!

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5 simple considerations to include when developing your Business Strategic Plan

As a Business Growth Expert Strategist, I show entrepreneurs how to use strategy to grow their businesses; empowering them to be the architects of their own success. And, when owners are running 100 miles per hour yet growing no-where fast, it affirmatively tells me there’s a lack of effective strategy in place for the business in question.

Although our firm creates strategic plans for many Business Owners, we also empower others to develop their own strategic plans.  When doing so, below are 5 simple considerations to include, in order to craft a masterful strategic plan.

5 simple considerations to include when developing your Business Strategic Plan

1. Determine the business focus category the strategy will fall under. (I.e. Financial, Marketing, Technology, Regulatory, Management of People or Process, Products/Services, etc.)
2. Secondly, identify the desired objective of the strategy. What are you hoping to accomplish thru this strategy, including what's the driving force? (I.e. Will this be a pro-active strategy or reactionary/remediation strategy?)
3. Next, if the strategy’s objective is accomplished, what will it mean for the business?  What’s the expected result? This should be clearly defined next to each strategy.
4. Lastly, what’s the definition of done? How will the completion of this strategy be defined, or will this be an ongoing strategy?
5. Most importantly, consider how you’ll measure the effectiveness of the strategies in place.  Key Performance Indicators, known as (KPIs), evaluate the success of a particular activity in which it engages.

Note: In order to measure a strategy’s success, you’ll need KPIs, as outlined in my example. (I.e. My business’s networking strategy will be considered effective when I’m able to attend 6 events per month, quickly identify key people vs. common connections, follow-up in 24 hours with Key people, land critical initial meetings with a minimum of 80% of those Key people within 7 days of networking event. )

The considerations listed above, are 5 MUST HAVES to include. Include meaning, adding to other components needed for building out your strategic plan; when crafting on your own.

However, for deeper  advisement of how to develop a full end to end strategic plan, please contact us at Ready Set Grow!

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Grow-Bono™, Why You'll Never Look at Free the same way again!

People always want something for FREE! And it drives business owners, like me CRAZY! Well, it used to, until I learned how to use "FREE," STRATEGICALLY, to my advantage. Join my FREE webinar which will discuss exactly how you turn the tables to GET what you DESERVE out of each opportunity. 

Free doesn't have to mean bad and paid doesn't always mean good. Understanding how to MAXIMIZE MOMENTS THAT MATTER is what I'm an expert in, and now I show you how to take it from FREE to GROW-BONO™ ! "Growing your business by doing charitable things." 

Understand how to position yourself in a way where you will never feel guilty, pressured or confused on when it's worth it and when it's not. Grow-Bono™, Why You'll Never Look at Free the Same way!


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Can Too Much Customization Dilute Your Brand?

I can’t answer this question without first expounding further upon what it means to be a brand.

Since a brand is a name, term, design, symbol or other feature that distinguishes one seller's product from those of others, what dictates the need for customization and at what point does it dilute your brand?

That’s the million dollar question, I used to ask myself back in my prestigious consulting days where we’d be professionally polished for ‘Wall Street’ even on Fridays. We'd have meetings about meetings, practice our board-room ‘play’, anticipate client questions beforehand and rehearse our engagement style; only to be later reduced to providing what the client wanted in the manner that they dictated.

“But, what about our brand?” I thought to myself. What about us being the experts who had the proven use-cases, artifacts, prototypes and methodology to deploy a successful project?”

 I recall adamantly questioning why it seemed no matter what we’d set out to do, we always seemed to falter back to what the client wanted, lacking creativity and posture.

At the time, I was advised that consulting (an intangible service that I was relatively new to) was a client-driven business where the customer always wins. As a new team-member, I didn’t necessarily agree with that logic, yet thought it best that I adhere to the practices that my leaders instilled.

However, it wasn’t very long before I was serving up my own ideas and industry expertise as a viable part of our team’s solution strategy.

You see, I had a firm belief that while there was a small-bit of truth to the notion of consulting being a client-driven  industry, establishing oneself as a brand wasmore important to the growth of one’s business, than not.

Being an industry brand leader was about taking a stance. It’s about declaringthe way by which you'll choose to deliver a solution with excellence. While your client’s needs may vary, your solution shouldn’t waiver so far from its original appeal that it becomes unrecognizable to the eye, diluted.

Consulting, by definition, means to seek out professional expert advice. This means you are the expert for a reason; hopefully because you’ve mastered the domain you’re in after solution[ing] multiple cases of the problem you solve.

And, while some customization is essential for sustaining in a volatile market-place because it shows that you are paying attention to customer trends and demands, it should be done within the confines of your unique brand.

Take Lays Brand Potato Chips, for example, who makes it a point to consider the customer by running a promo-campaign each year, where they allow fans to name their own flavors.

The winning flavors are packaged and produced under the Lays Brand and distributed accordingly. Throughout this process, Lays continues to sell their own brand flavors, making customization a unique option under its brand that’s managed and contained thru a promotional campaign so that it’s not the dominating driver of their success.

Believe it or not, their original flavors are still top selling because the market appreciates, recognizes and trusts its authentic brand!

 If your customization becomes the dominating driver, then you’ve lost the uniqueness that makes you a brand.

In conclusion, you can't please everybody and not every dollar, is your dollar. Consider how much customization you’ll implement before relenting your brand appeal!

Business Growth Expert, Professional Speaker and Published Author, Dawn Nicole has just released new best-selling business book, "Grow for it," which reveals more about her philosophy.

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What does it take to be considered one of Charlotte's Top 100 Most Influential Women?

As an industry leader in strategic planning and creator of GrowGetter innovative business strategies for small to medium-sized businesses, I am always being asked to come speak about my perspective on business growth.  

When I am not speaking or conducting a strategy related workshop, you can find me leading a group-think panel much like the thought-provoking leadership panel occurring on Saturday, June 11th at 9am at Rotary Club.

So, what does it take to be considered one of Charlotte's Top 100 Most Influential Women? That's a great question when you're aspiring to be recognized as such, in your local market.

The best way to learn more, is to join me as I lead a FREE in-depth panel discussion, where we'll address this and much more from 3 local Charlotte women who've been nominated as Top Influencers.

You'll want to be there at 9:30am to obtain a good seat. Free admission and great networking with a light breakfast! 

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