The following article, by author and Prevention Marketing Strategist - Cijaye DePradine is available for republishing in any medium throughout world as long as all contents remain in tact and credit and links are provided to author in publication. Please send a copy of your publication to info@cijayecreative.com As owner of a creative services boutique - I have realized that at least 9 out of 10 prospects/clients have suffered from one or all of following (very detrimental) symptoms of trying to grow their businesses:Trouble defining their "BIG PICTURE"
Little to no understanding of "evolution focus"
Overwhelming feelings of "being stuck", "spinning wheels", "not knowing what to do next"
Not enough information about options, alternatives and solutions to common strategies
Not enough knowledge or support to ask right questions when researching opportunities
Challenges in differentiating between "good advice" and "bad advice"
Difficulty bouncing back from ill advised decisions
Exhausting unnecessary dollar amounts for otherwise less expensive projects
Not enough resources to avoid future mistakes
Unrealistic expectations about each unique component of marketing mix and how enlisting one does NOT guarantee another.
Somehow along way corporate mentality of "delegate everything" has convoluted fact that small-mid sized businesses don't always have resources to do this. Owners who elect to "do everything", do so under pretense that it will only be temporary and that as soon as money comes in they will contract right people. The underlying trouble here is that those who choose to do it all - find themselves spending more time and money researching information that is readily available in right places; revenues they need to hire someone - get harder and harder to generate and somehow mover further and further away from them.