Don’t be a super-hero: 5 tips to delegate your way to successfully compete while effectively managing your business
Successful competition involves breaking through inevitable barriers - - and some of the most challenging barriers might be you or your key leaders! As a business enterprise grows, owners must make some critical choices to continue that growth. Some would argue that...
“D cubed” is the equation to yield continuous improvement in account generation and banking relationships
It may not be the most glamours activity in the banking world, but for community banks to effectively compete against larger counterparts, some rote processes must be involved. The following 3 steps of a continuous improvement sales process, though, may yield...
Their loss, your gain? The consequences of regulatory change could create opportunity for community banks…and their customers
Small business owners and third party payment processors like PayPal and CashApp may soon have a common gripe with new IRS reporting rules that place more burdens on them both. As of January 2022, third-party payment network providers are required to send users a Form...
Planning for 2023? Go back and pick up the breadcrumbs left along your 2022 path
When developing next year's marketing plan, the first objective should be to spend less on marketing in the New Year than you did last year. Pretty reasonable, considering the economic roller coaster that we’ve been riding over the last 18-24 months. Plan ahead by...