one of my biggest mistakes was hiring friends and family who were not serious. I hired them as a favor to them because they needed a job. Yet things went bad and fast. I know one of the unwritten rules is not to go into business with family but I do not fully agree with this. I have had alot of success by partnering up with a family member and a few motivated friends who have the same goals as I do
Have had this problem many times.
stop doing it because ... Like you said. Hey just don't take it serious. And figure they can get away with anything.
i also have this with my daughter who works sometimes in my wife's business. And if I try to match her up with another girl, that girl quits or my daughter will say nothing but bad things about her. Stuff like, she's always on the phone.. She's texting, etc
when it's my daughter that's on the phone all the time.
Seems I have these convo's with my friends with there own businesses often... two main things that come to mind...
1. They wished they put more back into the business, instead of a bigger slice for themselves, because ultimately they could have made more in the long run....
2. Over-Hiring (normally friends/fam) Hiring someone for a job they could do themselves
1. They wished they put more back into the business, instead of a bigger slice for themselves, because ultimately they could have made more in the long run....
2. Over-Hiring (normally friends/fam) Hiring someone for a job they could do themselves
depending what kind of business you can waste alot of money on advertising (spent thousands back in the day on yellow pages/phone book with very little return)...reading up on google/bing etc business site submissions/keywords has been the best free advertising along with a good website. Vehicle wraps have also generated a good amount of business for us.
Print advertising is all but dead now unless your business caters to mostly the 50 and older crowd.
Spend all your money on high quality online advertising, give a good service and then let word of mouth take over.
