Winter Riding gear
Some of the best riding gear; Updated November 2019 Winter can be a tough time of year for motorcyclists – particularly those who live in northern states. While nothing outside of screwing studs into your bike’s tires and going ice racing can help you scratch the two-wheeled itch once...
Sales people
Why Don’t they do it? One perennial management challenge we tackled in this session was the age-old problem of: Why don’t they do it? No matter what you try, you can’t seem to get some on your staff to act. You could have proverbial lightning in a bottle in...
How to market your business
Marketing Tips; Two business owners share tips for how to reach new and existing customers this Small Business Saturday. Small Business Saturday is fast approaching. For small business owners, the shopping event is an opportunity to encourage new and existing customers to support local businesses in their community. This...
Chicago Federal Reserve
Chicago Federal Reserve President: US Economy “In A Good Place,” Though Inflation Bears Watching Reuters (11/6, Dunsmuir) reported Chicago Fed President Charles Evans “said on Wednesday” that the US economy “is in a good place but the path of inflation will be important in deciding the future path of...
Harley-Davidson’s New Electric Bike
Harley Trademarks ‘Rude Boy’; Earlier this summer, Harley-Davidson announced plans to get into the electric bicycle business, and a new trademark application gives us a potential name for an e-bike: “Rude Boy“. Harley-Davidson filed the application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Oct. 15, for use with...
Need More Sales Try This!
Mark Rodgers sales bits; Elevate Your Customer Engagement Last time, we talked about some basics to create engaged customers. We reviewed call, text and email language designed to move customers forward on the engagement progression (The Secret to Engaged Customers). Now, if you want to take your customer engagement...
Illinois Small Business Scorecard
October Scorecard; Illinois What’s good and bad for Illinois small businesses this month?
Minimum Wage
Mimimun wage pressure on small business US small business A higher US minimum wage is inevitable – so businesses better be prepared Gene Marks A minimum wage increase will put pressure on everyone’s compensation, so businesses may have to cave and pay up
Holy Motorcycle goes to auction
Pope Francis autographs a Harley going to auction. All proceeds going to help the poor.
Event of the Year
Springfield Mile doubleheader was selected the event of the year by American Flat Track. Congratulations Dave & Tommra Kiesow
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