Typical Issues and Meeting Topics
TAB members bring up the entire spectrum of business problems, solutions and profit-making ideas at TAB meetings. Recent member issues include:
- Developing effective business plans
- Marketing strategies & implementation
- Increasing sales & market-share
- Identifying new products, services & markets
- Pricing strategies
- Sales tools, training & performance tracking
- Customer and product line profitability
- Coping with an uncooperative partner
- Dealing with family members in the business
- Staying current with new technology
- Time management
- Handling burnout and balancing business and personal goals
- Using target marketing to improve sales efficiency & effectiveness
- Using the right key performance indicators
- Hiring & retaining the right employees
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- Motivating and rewarding key staff
- Securing business financing & addressing cash flow issues
- Customer relationship management (CRM) programs
- eBusiness strategies and using the Internet effectively
- Bench-marking & balanced scorecards
- Dealing with government regulations
- Search engine optimization & ways to improving rankings
- Developing effective management teams
- Outsourcing to reduce costs
- Creating an exit strategy or succession plan
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