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I'm watching a very interesting video right now by a well know blogger in which he's talking about how small business owners can use blogs effectively. There's a lot of good content here which I'll be sharing here later but another benefit I get from watching stuff like this is that it raises questions.
Why are questions valuable?
Questions are valuable because a solution has no meaning or value to anyone unless it solves a problem or answers a question (kinda two sides of the same coin).
And the question I just heard him raise on the video is, "Do you really want to grow your people?" Because, after all, if the benefit that small owners have over big business is the 'careing' and 'personal service' aspect of it, then doesn't it make sense that you've got to be able to recruit and build to most effective staff possible?
I think it does and I'm going to be thinking about this aspect, especially in regards to dance studio owners, of how a studio could attract, keep and grow more profitable through building their own motivated and qualified staff.
Research has proven conclusively that most small businesses stay small because the owners are not able to grow beyond their ability to grow beyond their own abilities...i.e. they can't let go of power enough to allow others enough responsibility to really contribute to the business.
I think it's a subject worth thinking about.
P.S. Edie the Salsa Freak undoubtedly knows that.....as evidenced by these seminars I see she's been doing about 'how to start and manage a dance studio'. I see no one else in the dance business really addressing the business aspects of success in the dance studio business. Such a shame too because there's a lot more people who don't know how to dance than do.....there's lots of new customers out there.
