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Get laser focused in your business

Know your company's finances inside and out

Breaking even.
Jim Hamilton
Jim Hamilton
January 18, 2017

Revenue management means knowing your company’s finances inside and out.


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Get laser focused in your business

Get laser focused in your business

Conversion process stretches into operations as well. Otherwise, you will waste all your marketing dollars.
Jim Hamilton
Jim Hamilton
October 31, 2016

You need directed, hot light in order to burn some ants.


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Top service business priorities, Part 2

If you don’t have the right processes implemented, your company is not different, your company is broken.
Jim Hamilton
Jim Hamilton
September 28, 2016

Manage your direct costs and overhead costs to hit your profit targets.


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Get laser focused in your business

Top service business priorities

As long as you know how to create your company’s selling price for your services, the following five items are your focus.
Jim Hamilton
Jim Hamilton
July 27, 2016

Properly trained CSRs, technicians close sales.


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Get laser focused in your business

Know your numbers

More than 100 contractors were in the room, and everyone was doing their own calculations.
Jim Hamilton
Jim Hamilton
April 22, 2016

What goes into creating the proper selling price?


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Get laser focused in your business

Fixing the Big Five financial numbers

Do you rely on your monthly and annual financial statements to tell you how your business is doing?
Jim Hamilton
Jim Hamilton
January 20, 2016

Making sense of your financial statements.


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Get laser focused in your business

Five steps to getting your 2016 plan started

October 23, 2015

Where is your focus?


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Business plan targets

July 20, 2015

Consistency helps to set the right expectations.


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Jim Hamilton

Monitor your business plan

In the service business, it can be feast or famine.
Jim Hamilton
Jim Hamilton
April 27, 2015
Understand your seasonality and adjust your action items.


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Jim Hamilton

Identify the action steps your company needs to take to succeed

You need the right call count.
Jim Hamilton
Jim Hamilton
January 26, 2015
Every minute counts.
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