Achieve Higher Profits, Performance and Productivity

Octain Growth Systems, the marketing operating system company, proudly announces a partnership with EOS® Worldwide. EOS® Worldwide has helped thousands of entrepreneurs all over the globe get everything they want from their businesses. The EOS Model® offers a proven system of simple and practical tools used by entrepreneurial leaders of companies

It’s official. It’s September. For many business owners the Q4 freak out has begun! This is the time you look at your numbers and say OMG “I’m not even close to my sales goal for the year.” And the big question is: What happened? The bigger question is: What do

As business owners and entrepreneurs we are builders, do it yourselfers, overcomers, visionary doers. That’s a great thing. But sometimes it gets in our way! It prevents us from developing strong, reliable and long-lasting partners. Today I’m talking about the power of partners. My focus is on outside partners that

Tools. Tools. Tools. As fractional executive and consultants our worlds are awash in tools. Tools for lead generation and business development. Tools for helping us serve our clients by extending our expertise, show casing our talents and simply getting the job done faster. Tools are a great!  Or are they?

People buy what they value. People pay more for what they need and value the most. Here are four ways fractional executives, consultants and trusted advisors can showcase the true value and worth of their services to clients and prospects. The Teaser Talk. The Teaser Talk is an appetizer. Like

Being a fractional executive, consultant or trusted advisor to business owners is exhilarating, creative, energizing, impactful and fun. It can also be scary, frustrating, and nerve-racking. Depending on the hour. Depending on the day. For me, having more energizing, impactful days and fewer scary days comes from implementing these four

Going to market with a new product or service is the most exciting thing an entrepreneur, trusted advisor or business owner can do. You have created, developed, and built something you know the world needs and you can’t wait to share it with them!! There are so many ways to

It’s summertime and the living is easy! Or it can be with a good book to take along to the beach, the lake, the mountains or anywhere in between. Here are four books that I recommend for your business inspiration and one fun fiction read for those who like mystery/thrillers.

Revenue and profits flow from two pillars of marketing and sales success: talking to the right people; saying the right things. But what if you believe you are saying the right things, and your prospective clients are still not seeing the value you bring? Or they get some of it

Fundamentals matter! In sports, top performing athletes are always making sure they’ve got the fundamentals dialed in. Same is true in business especially in today’s crowded marketplace. And the fundamentals of business growth are these: unique brand identity, laser focused ICP, compelling service offer and choosing the best marketing channels