by Clare | Oct 15, 2025 | Growth Plans, Growth Strategies, Marketing Strategy
Leaves Fall. Pumpkin spice lattes are back. Q4 planning sessions rev up. If that last one makes your stomach queasy, you are not alone! This sound familiar? The team jams out of the quarterly planning session buzzing with excitement, feeling like you mapped out the...
by Clare | Oct 2, 2025 | Customer Acquistion, Growth Plans, Growth Strategies, Marketing Strategy
Halloween is just around the corner! My neighborhood is spooky. Next door we have a giant spider, webs and floating ghosts. On my daily walk I encounter giant 12-feet skeletons, the married dead, Beetle Juice and yards and yards of pumpkins. It’s equally scary to...
by Clare | Sep 10, 2025 | Competitive Marketing, Growth Plans, Growth Strategies, Marketing Strategy, Product Development, Technology Growth
The world of online search is in the midst of a revolution. Your next customer might never “Google” you—they’ll ask an AI engine, and your business needs to be ready for this shift. Let’s break down what’s changing, why it matters now, and the questions every business...
by Clare | Aug 26, 2025 | Exit Planning, Growth Plans, Growth Strategies, Marketing Strategy
Summer is gone – at least in my neighborhood. I wore a sweatshirt to walk the dogs today. Fall is fast approaching! Now! This week! Before the post-Labor Day business boom really starts is a great time to shift gears in your business too. Here are three...
by Clare | Aug 19, 2025 | Growth Plans, Growth Strategies
“A growth-at-all-costs mindset can stall your company.” — Harvard Business Review, 2024 Gone are the days when buyers, investors, or PE firms would pay a premium for topline expansion alone. Today’s market wants proof of profitable growth, not just sales. What Modern...
by Clare | Jul 29, 2025 | Growth Plans, Growth Strategies
Business owners and growth mavens—are you feeling the summer heat? If so, it’s time to channel that energy into the one lever that can seriously accelerate your results: Sales Process Velocity. We all dream of bringing in more deals, faster. But too often, the sales...