By Jon Michail “It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you’ll do things differently.” – Warren Buffett. I find myself appealing to the wisdom of this quote a lot. Why? Because people still don’t seem to get...
Julie Banks packed up the doughnut maker and coffee machine and closed her Donut King store. Image: Tash Sorensen By Jon Michail In the wake of recent media reports and a spate of store closures, franchisees are leaving the Retail Food Group network in droves, and RFG...
Creating your new possibility… By Jon Michail The old rules of business are not as applicable as they once were. The world of business is constantly evolving, and the old rules of business are not as applicable as they once were. The rules are subject to the...
By Jon Michail Effective personal branding is the key to becoming a successful entrepreneur, right? What you mightn’t know is that there are two ways to do this – the right way and the wrong way. It’s oh so easy for your personal branding efforts to become a blitz of...
By Jon Michail Will you reach a million people this year? Or maybe ten million? Is the thought of all that advertising just too painful to dwell on? The reality is you can now optimize your brand for a fraction of what it cost twenty years ago. Remember how you had to...