The Small Business Doer

I think I’m going to start sounding like a broken record, but October was busy. In fact, so busy that I pulled off my biggest sales month of the year!

Some highlights are finishing off my first ever published magazine article in EventDV magazine. This came out in the November edition of the magazine.

Also, I booked my first job off my vancouvervideographer.ca website that I launched in September.

I’m cheating on my updates.

Well, I don’t know if I’m cheating, but I’m certainly having been paying enough attention to it and I’ve been spending copious amounts of time on other things, paid things, but other things.

It is time to make amends and here it goes. Inside this update: Will sales bounce back from a not-so-hot August?

How do I grow my business? I took direct action on this question this July. Howcome I’m making less money growing my business though?

This is the semi-annual update for my 2010 business plan for Greg Lam Consulting. It is important to see how you’re tracking on a month-to-month basis, that is why I do the monthly business plan updates. However, sometimes the monthly data can be skewed in an overly busy or slow month, and you miss the big picture. With this semi-annual update, I got the chance to see how did in the first half of the year, with the peaks and valleys of business somewhat smoothed out.

I came into June with a lot of pre-bookings. Find out if it made any difference to total sales in the end.

Writing a business plan can be a daunting task. Luckily there are some free online interactive business planners and business plan templates out there to help you out.

Problem. Learning about small business without real life examples with full disclosure. Solution. Learn about small businesses by following and interacting with a small business owner.

Is doer even a word? Why yes, apparently it is.

It means one that takes an active part according to merriam webster and a person who acts and gets things done according to wordreference.