Posts by Edwin Bevens
Business Mentoring Series — The 5 Choices: A Path to Extraordinary Productivity with Kory Kogon
Last week, on the Business Mentoring Show, Fran and Kory discussed the importance of listening to and incorporating feedback to keep your product or service relevant. This week, Kory talks about the tips she’s learned to help keep focused in a noisy world. With modern technology, it is both easier than ever and harder than…
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Business Mentoring Series — Using Feedback to Stay Relevant with Kory Kogon
On last week’s episode of the Business Mentoring Show, Fran and Kory discussed the importance of having innovative employees – from the front line worker all the way up to upper level management. This week, they look at the importance (and the difficulty) of listening to honest feedback and it’s impact in remaining relevant. The…
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Business Mentoring Series — The 21st Century Employee with Kory Kogon
In the Industrial Age, the assembly line was developed to get employees to just do one task, without ever having to think. In the 21st century, we have moved beyond that model. Today, in companies of any size, people are paid to think, innovate, and create. Brainpower is the determining factor, and any management team…
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Do You Accept Mobile Payments? 4 Reasons You Should
Mobile Point of Sale (mPOS) systems are booming. What used to be a niche market is quickly reaching not just big businesses in every industry, but the heart of the small business marketplace. Starbucks generated more than $1 billion in revenue in sales with mobile payments in 2013. According to Business Insider, total mobile payments…
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Business Mentoring Series — Trust Matters with Kory Kogon
The guest on the April edition of the Business Mentoring Show is Kory Kogon, Global Practice Leader for Productivity at FranklinCovey and author of the Wall Street Journal bestseller The 5 Choices: The Path to Extraordinary Productivity. Kory has been featured in numerous publications, including Inc, Forbes, Fast Company, and Investor’s Daily Business, for her…
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The Call to Action: Take Customers by the Hand
Few businesses realize the importance of a strong call to action. In addition to a compelling marketing plan, you must take customers by the hand and lead them to action. What is a call to action? The call to action, simply, is telling people what to do to obtain your product or service. It’s a…
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Business Mentoring Series — 6 Last Minute Tax Tips with Ted Jenkin
Throughout the month of March on our business mentoring sessions, Fran talked with Ted Jenkin, co-CEO of oXYGen Financial, about some of the most important tax lessons for small business owners. From enabling your business to take every deduction you’re eligible for to having an organized plan in place for reducing your tax liability, Ted…
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Business Mentoring Series — Preparing A Tax Plan for Next Year
Even though 2014 is over, that doesn’t mean it’s too late to save money on your taxes. And the early months of the year are always a great time to put a good plan in place for the upcoming year to optimize your tax plan. Part of the reason you own your own business is…
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Business Mentoring Series — 3 Simple Tips to Reduce Your Tax Liability
If you visit a small business, one thing you probably won’t find lying around is excess cash. So it’s important that the business owner take all of the tax deductions they’re eligible for. Of course, there are the obvious ones, like deducting expenses on your office space and purchased equipment, but there are others, too…
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Business Mentoring Series — The Single Biggest Tax Mistake Business Owners Make with Ted Jenkin
March’s guest on the Business Mentoring Show is Ted Jenkin. Ted is the co-CEO of oXYGen Financial, a financial services business focused on giving financial advice to the X & Y Generations. Ted and his co-founder Kile Lewis started the company in 2008 and built a new model of the Private CFO, helping clients build…
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