Barry Moltz
Small Business Trends
Chicago, IL, United States
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Past articles by Barry:
The Right Way for Business Leaders to Apologize – Not!
Too many leaders give superficial apologies loaded with excuses and blame. There's a right way to apologize however, here's how not to apologize. → Read More
What Are Beta Leaders and How Can They Transform Your Business?
The leadership revolution is not led by dominant alphas. Instead, the new beta leaders are more democratic, vulnerable, emotional and embrace diversity. → Read More
Why Everything You’ve Heard about the 10,000 Hour Rule May be Wrong
When it comes to generalists vs specialists, specialization made sense in an industrial economy. But now with the knowledge economy, generalists excel. → Read More
What Everybody Ought to Know about Unretirement – and the Future of Entrepreneurship
Many baby boomers who are next to retire are calling it "unretirement"; they are breaking down the silos between traditional work and permanent retirement. → Read More
How to Turn Your Website into a Lead Magnet
In order to turn your website into a lead magnet, it’s not enough just to have an informative or well-designed one. Here's what to do. → Read More
Want An Easy Fix When You Outgrow QuickBooks? Read This
Many small businesses use QuickBooks at the start because it's relatively easy to use and inexpensive. But what if you outgrow QuickBooks? Here's some tips. → Read More
How Your Business Should Deal with the Fake News Era
Join Barry Moltz as he discusses the role of truth in business with Shiv Singh, author of Savvy, a book that explores the role of truth in the present day. → Read More
How to Compete for Employees When Unemployment is Low
Do you know how to recruit when unemployment is low? Learn how every small business owner can find the best people in this week's Small Business Radio Show. → Read More
How Courage Can Save Your Small Business
Ryan Berman, who is the author of Return on Courage, believes that courage in business is one key to success, but can be scary and very scarce. → Read More
Use Marketing with Love to Make Someone Passionate about your Small Business
With much of marketing copy based on fear, why not try love based marketing? Find out on this week's edition of the Small Business Radio Show. → Read More
Improve Employee Productivity by Building Team Engagement
We are more electronically connected to people than ever before. But, in many ways, we are even more isolated at work and team engagement is dropping. → Read More
Emojis May Improve Your Business Communication, Expert Says
Should you use emojis at work? Dr. Nick Morgan, the author of “Can You Hear Me? How to Connect with People in a Virtual World", says yes. Here's why. → Read More
Could You Turn Down a $2.5B Partnership With Coca Cola – and Would You?
Sometimes it pays to work with the giants, and sometimes it does not. The THP Beverage Group story is an inspiring example of the latter. → Read More
6 Closely Guarded Secrets About Leading Your Team by Example
Like it or not, you are always leading by example with every action you take. Learn how to lead by example by avoiding these 6 mistakes. → Read More
Top 6 Ways to Communicate with Your Customers
How do your customers prefer to communicate when they need to reach out to you? Here's the answer broken out by industry, customer segment, or issue. → Read More
Take Advantage of AI, Read These 6 Tips for Small Businesses
How is AI helping small businesses? Check out these 6 ways (among many) that artificial intelligence is impacting small businesses today. → Read More
3 Ways to Decide Whether a Lower Introductory Price Will Equal More Sales?
A very common marketing tactic is to charge an introductory price to new customers in order to attract them. Before using that approach, ask 3 questions. → Read More
How to Identify a Bad Sales Lead
To maximize sales, teams should only call on prospects with a high likelihood of buying. Here's how to identify a bad sales lead before it wastes your time. → Read More
What is Return on Kindness and Why is it Important to Your Small Business?
What is return on kindness (ROK)? It's an important new metric by which to measure your small business. Why is it important and how do you measure it? → Read More
10 Ways To Answer A Flood of Emails in One Day
It's hard to get everything done in an eight hour workday, tackling the inbox is a challenge. Here are 10 ways to help answer a flood of emails in one day. → Read More