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This is a great networking event that benefits Marillac - sign up using the link above and join us next month!
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Where do you Stand? |
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| Evaluate your business!
What does your cashflow look like for next year?
How is your profitability compared to your industry?
If you needed a loan to grow your business, do you know if you could make the payments?
Contact Aspire today for a Business Effectiveness Analysis featuring Fintel.
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| What's your competitive edge? |
How would you like to get inspired and focused?
Get fresh perspective from your own advisory group!
Join a BANG! group today!
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Brainstorming
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Accountability
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Networking
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A Peer Group advisory board facilitated by a licensed business coach.
The first group started last month and it's been great! Additional groups are forming now.
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Dear Shawn,
Happy Halloween, I hope everything is going well with you and that you'll enjoy another action packed issue of Aspirations!
My goal overall is to help business owners build their business and be more successful. In short, help them find their competitive edge.
I've had several people ask how they can help me get the word out. It's pretty easy, I need to build my network! Introduce me to someone you know that has a small business or works with small businesses, forward my newsletter or give me a call and we can get together to talk.
Now what can I do to help you out? Let me know.
Have a great day!
Shawn
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| Is the Price right? |
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Could you raise your prices and keep your customers?
We had a great discussion this morning at a BANG! meeting about the need and the fear of raising prices. The general consensus was that everyone had entertained fears that a price hike on their services would drive away clients.
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 It's a missing component for a lot of people
Over time, I've been exposed to a bunch of different motivational books, programs and shows and most of them cover at least the following basic ideas:
- Have a goal or vision in mind before you get started.
- Clearly articulate (in writing) what that goal or vision is.
- Come up with a way to track progress, milestones or success along the way and actively track your activity and progress.
- Make sure you celebrate successes as you go.
What does this Pelican have to do with Success? Read on.
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| Recommended Resource |
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 Mashable
Technically Mashable is defined as a blog - the world's largest blog on social networking with over 5 Million monthly pageviews and one of the top 100 blogs overall.
Aside from that, it's a wealth of information for all things Web 2.0 (and then some). Sign up for their RSS feed. It's like drinking from a firehose, but beyond updates on new technologies, trends and products they are constantly sharing lists of online tools and services like these:
This is why Al Gore invented the internet! ;-)
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| Recommended Culture |
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 Iron and Wine: The Sheperd's Dog
The Sheperd's Dog is the latest album from Iron and Wine, an alternative folk rock country group that's difficult to describe. There's a lot of acoustic guitar, intriguing rhythms and interesting and varied vocals.
It's the kind of music you put on after a long week and you're hanging out with a glass of your favorite red wine and savoring life. I'd also highly recommend their previous album - Our Endless Numbered Days.
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Aspire Business Development works with small business owners that would like to be more successful. We work with successful people that understand the value and the need for continual improvement and growth. We focus on the fundamentals, the nuts and bolts of business operations and help you take tangible ACTION. We will help you build and improve systems in all aspects of your business.
If you have customers, revenue and costs, we can help you grow your bottom line, find more free time and generally have more fun with what you're doing. Give me a call and I'd be happy to have a free consultation with you. 
Have a great day!
Shawn Kinkade
Aspire Business Development
913.660.9400 (work)
816.210.0255 (mobile)
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| Save $100 on your first month of BANG! |
The first BANG! group kicked off earlier this month and was a great success! Here's some feedback from one of the members:
"Thanks for a great morning. I am absolutely the kind of person who needs some perspective in the form of a kick in the butt. That's why I am glad to be in the group."
You will get fresh perspective, new energy and excitement about your business and some great ideas on what you to do (or not do), and it's a lot of fun! I'm filling up the 2nd group now (about 1/2 way there) and I'd love to talk to you about signing up!
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Shawn Kinkade | Aspire Business Development | Leawood | KS | 66224
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