If you haven’t talked with Scott Gerber you definitely should (or listen to him on our show of course) because he is so passionate about what he does.  “Go to work for the best boss in the world-yourself…” His book pre-sale is here and I encourage you to purchase this book because Scott is the real [...]

Why do we always hear about people saying they are an “overnight success?”  Well to those who have not heard about something and then all of the sudden the person/product is everywhere, yes it seems as if it is an overnight thing.  But it’s definitely not.  Building great things don’t happen overnight, especially in business.  [...]

The Business Beware Show will be broadcasting at the grand opening of LifeStyle Exteriors in Sarasota 6/12 at 11am to noon (est).  We will be kickin back with everyone there and having a blast out in the steamy Florida sun.  Getting a tan while doing a radio show, what is better than that?  Actually we’ll [...]

Bad customers can cost you money easily.  Anyone who has had a difficult customer to deal with knows this.  You can spend countless hours working with a customer and you lose money out of it.  This is why it’s so important to pre-qualify your customers.  Business Beware is also a tool to help you do [...]

Some things are so simple BUT simple is always the best way to go.  One of the best ways to get your name or business out there is to use your business cards to your advantage.  Put them everywhere!  It can be somewhere simple or even more creative.  Yes, you always hear to hand them [...]

What is more annoying than a bad, rude, irate customer?  That would be a snob.  And as you know we are on the business owners side but that does not mean there are not some bad businesses out there.  Just a few weeks ago I went to a store that I had actually never been [...]

Business owners if you have a customer that is causing you more problems than actually helping your business, it’s time to fire them.  Each week at Business Beware we search around for great businesses where we talk with them about what they do, interview them and get their opinions on what they think about the [...]

Okay so we all know that social media has taken over by storm with the Internet and if you’re not on it people tend to give you a blank stare.  Are you as a small business using the tools like Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, etc.?  Most of you aren’t I know because many of our members [...]

You know you’re a bad customer when….. 1. You eat all your wings and then when the waiter comes back you say “these wings were terrible. I want the meal free.” 2. You follow the service tech around the yard telling him how to do everything (why did you call them out then if you [...]