Joysticks, Blinking Lights, and Things: How to Have Fun and Success in Your Small Business (Psi Successful Business Library)

If you can`t remember the last time you found yourself smiling at work, perhaps it is time to take a look at Joysticks, Blinking Lights & Thrills -- a refreshing approach to running your small business. Instead of leaving you in the dark with countless new buzzwords and jumbled jargon, this little handbook is brimming with anecdotes and analogies to help you overcome the daily muck that keeps you and your company from succeeding.

Author Joe Sherlock pulls humorous examples, lighthearted but heavyweight, from his own business experience and his consulting practice to identify 47 specific problem areas in business and provides easy-as-cake solutions to implement into your own business. And this handbook is written in a nonlinear manner allowing you to find the solutions you need now without having to read the book from cover to cover. However, you will want to read it over and over again to squeeze every last idea from this refreshing business expert. Joe Sherlock`s practical, down-to-earth advice is broken down into six main topics:
* Business Management
* Marketing
* Selling
* Customer Service
* Employees
* Planning for the Future
Joysticks, Blinking Lights & Thrills shows where, how, and why most small-business problems occur and how they could have been avoided. It also outlines the key characteristics of a successful business operation, such as: * Action
* Keeping an Outward Direction
* Hiring and Keeping Good People
* Maintaining a Hands-on Style
* Measuring True Productivity
* Delivering What is Promised
* Adapting to the Marketplace

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