Right then - it’s quarter end. The sales guys are humming today and in the quiet before you close the books you are pulling together the agenda for your next Board of Directors meeting that will follow shortly after you have prepared the quarter’s financial statements. Problem is, this is your first board meeting and [...]
Entries from March 2009 ↓
how to write meeting minutes?
March 31st, 2009 — general & admin, templates
can you hear me now?!?
March 26th, 2009 — sales & marketing
I attend a lot of meetings: management, board, audit, various project committees, people trying to get “buy-in”, people looking for money, people wanting to express their opinion, people looking for advice or feedback, etc. I figure, if you invite me to these meetings you want my undivided attention to the topic at hand and I [...]
deferred revenue made easy
March 24th, 2009 — general & admin, sales & marketing, templates
As all of my companies approach quarter end right now, I am having active discussions with the sales folks about quarter-to-date bookings and then translating into revenue for management to measure against Q1 targets. As this is the first quarter in what is expected to be a completely recessionary year a LOT of pressure will [...]
twitter for small business
March 19th, 2009 — sales & marketing
Well, by now you have all heard of twitter and may or may not be sold on its validity but are intrigued enough to give it a try. Hopefully you have been able to get @yourcompanyname and through friends/google have established that you need:
a picture of yourself or a logo;
an interesting background image that incorporates [...]
