As a new small e-commerce I went to some other small businesses websites and read their terms and conditions of sale and shipping policies. I then wrote my own policies, terms and conditions. It was good for me to read others and establish my own. Now I need to add the check box for acknowledgment on my site.
Have you had this exact conversation with her? Or rewrite the post and give it to her and let her respond. Clearly you want her on the same page as you, your practice and values. Yes a performance evaluation with specific improvement goals may be necessary to move her to where you need her to be she represents your practice.
What is the other boba shop doing? Is it busy? What are they offering? In my small business I have a decent idea what my competitors are doing. What they offer. How do I fit in with my product, price and service compared to others.
Join all the local FB groups for your area and use the Nextdoor App and put yourself out there. Be clear who you are what you can do. May take time to get traction. I see post all the time if people that need store bought stuff assembled like gazebos, kids play set and random things. Also presentation matters. I called one of the posters for electrical work and the way he presented himself I could wait to get him to leave plus I felt he was over charging me. As we casually talked he kept lower and lowering the price and I hadn’t even asked. We did not do business
My wife works for a dentist she is the DH. I hear about constant drama from the office and it always seems to stem from leadership. There is no plan everything seemed managed by the moment,as they come up. She had an “office manager” that didn’t seem to be allowed to manage because the Dentist micro manages and changed decisions all the time. There was and is no policy for anything. She previously worked at another office and the dentist let the manager manage. He’d be in the back cleaning hunting rifles or some other random fun thing enjoying time while the staff worked but the staff was happy. Everything was cruise control easy in that office. I strongly recommend reaching out to SBA-SCORE the free classes have helped me with my small business they also have experienced mentors. You know the dentistry but seems like you need help on the business-HR side.
If you’re the new boss/owner then that role should be clear to everyone. You are responsible to take the lead and make the decisions and implement change. My business is so niche most all of us know each other and can see what each other does and what we’d do differently.
Agree. Competence and service is key. On Etsy half my sales left a review and all have been 5 star. I’m a small orchard with specialty mangoes that I take a lot of pride in selling. I try to give value added by doing something’s different than the few other seller in this niche. I also have a YouTube to allow customers to see/connect with what I’m doing.
Probably depends on industry-service. IDK if they want or need to know but I try to use the aspect of who are you buying from. And knowing the product. For me I think it helps.
Sounds like an incredible amount of investment. We have something like that here. It’s only seasonal and it’s like $150-175 plate. Swank Specialty Produce.
Not a business but a product. Lunch box that has a plate.
Sell and ship premium mangoes. Not a complex problem to solve. Except through a very few sellers, most people do not have access to the mangoes I can provide. Indian mangoes,Thai mangoes, new varieties and classic mangoes.
Mangoes. I want to sell and people want to buy. Last season I sold 23 varieties. I have over 30 varieties growing
Look into SBA-SCORE. They had all types of help.
No. They can only gps track if they do an origin scan. I use the self check in at the post office and put the package in their bin and they still can’t tell me where the package is.
Yes announce it. But also make new SM accounts for your brand and keep them separate. In my experience, Your friends and family will “support” you but won’t purchase. They may encourage .
The first step is doing something. Just do something and often the next steps will present themselves. I started a year ago in my hobby business but I treat it seriously and am always trying to think and act on what to do. I do get in phases of less proud i have the regular 9 to 5
Yes. But oddly enough also support comes from unlikely places.