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  Small business is serious business. Some people assume that small is indicative of the revenue potential of a business. This could not be further from the truth. In general, small, at [...]

  We have a new category of blog posts: The Listen & Learn series! This series is all about providing you with an audio tool for listening to practical tips on business infrastructure [...]

  I haven’t blogged in a couple of months and for good reason. I’ve been working on a business book that, as my mentor and business coach describes, is my “life’s work.” The manuscript is [...]

  More money, more problems. To be more precise…more growth, more problems. Chronic inconsistencies in customer support and product or service delivery are never a good thing.  Left uncheck, [...]

  “I feel so bad Alicia. Now that my contract ended, I have all of this free time on my hands and I don’t know what to do with it.” That’s what a dear friend recently shared with me as we [...]

  One of the scariest things in business is to realize you have more money going out than coming in.  One major way money can creep out of your business is through credit card chargebacks. [...]

  It’s rare that high quality opportunities to grow your business come along for FREE! That’s exactly what will happen starting tomorrow, September 26, 2017. I, Alicia Butler [...]

  I am the first to admit – I used to dread the first quarter of the year. You know, tax season. “Why,” I used to ask myself, “are we ushered into the New Year with [...]

  Bad news travels fast. Real fast. Earlier this month I was on a flight when the stewardess announced that everyone, “except those passengers with Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phones,” could use [...]

  Ever since I was a little girl, I’ve loved watching the Olympic games. Seeing athletes from all over the world gather in one place to compete actually inspired me at a young age. As an [...]