Posts by Jamie Teasdale
Qualifying Appointments
Securing business appointments that matter, and how to say “no” to the ones that don’t As a business owner or sales director, you likely have a very full plate. Your day is spent managing client needs, solving problems, giving direction to employees, and all the other general tasks of doing business. But on top of…
Read MoreWhat We Do: New & Improved
Announcing Propel Businessworks services in 2013 As one year draws to a close, we find ourselves reflecting on our accomplishments over the past 12 months. 2012 was a great year! The Propel Team grew to include new team members, and we’ve added key strategic relationships with other business partners. The clarity of our purpose became…
Read MoreSmall Business Saturday
Have you heard about Small Business Saturday? It was first “celebrated” in 2010 as a counterpart to Black Friday and Cyber Monday, which feature big box retail and ecommerce stores. Read up more about the history here. The point of Small Business Saturday is to encourage people to support their local economy by shopping at…
Read More6 Tips for Building a Dream Team
Every leader wants a team of rockstars: people who work hard, work well, and keep pace. But as we all know, people like that don’t exactly grow on trees. You have to weed out a lot of underperformance to find the achievement. Creating a dynamic team starts by making sure the right people are in…
Read MoreFor Those Who Have Fought
This Veteran’s Day, we pause to salute those who have fought for our freedom. You have sacrificed so much to protect us, and our country. You have made the life we are so privileged to lead possible and we do not take it for granted. This year, we’d like to take it a step further…
Read MoreTeam Building Tips for Leaders
Building a strong team is critical in the success of your business. Having the right or wrong people on board is what will make or break you in the end. And we don’t just mean your employees! You should carefully understand who you’re joining forces with as a partner, vendor or contractor, too. We’d…
Read MoreEffective Business Planning
As a business growth and promotions company, strategizing and business planning is a core component to who we are at Propel Businessworks. It’s something we do day in and day out; creating plans has become very second nature to us. We are convinced that determining goals and action steps is the best way to set…
Read MoreIndependence and the Entrepreneur
America. Whatever else might be right or wrong with it, one of the greatest things our country has to offer is the chance for us to make our dreams a reality. There is something powerful to be said of our freedom to choose what we want to do, and have the resources readily available to…
Read MoreInsight From A 3-Year Business Owner
This last week I celebrated 3 years in business. Now I don’t know about you, but that doesn’t sound like a long time for a business to be in existence. But let me tell you… I have never grown so much in three years as I have, both personally and professionally, in these past 36…
Read MoreA New Year, A New You
FACT: More than 70% of Americans do not set or write down goals.FACT: Out of the 30% that actually write goals, 25% of the goals are broken within the first week of setting them. Now, before you allow pressure, guilt or despair to defeat any resolve, consider this new year your chance to press your…
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