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Blog: The Last Half of 2012, It's Your Time

Implementation- not ideas- are the keys to great business success. Let's keep you on target and focused.

Sure summer is just beginning (especially around here when it comes to warm weather), but 2012 is actually half way over. As a business blogger for PATCH I am focusing my efforts on making the second half of the year the beginning - or continuation- of your business success and breakthroughs. There are positive signs in many areas of Orange County, including home sales staying strong, car sales up, hospitality and food spending doing likewise, and even though you may not be involved in those specific areas, they are indicators that should be noted.

As a veteran of three recessions I take a jaded view of the word “recovery,” but the truth is that significant breakthroughs are made during and shortly after a “down market.” You can look to the great companies that were created or grew during and after the Great Depression of the thirties (Proctor & Gamble; General Motors; NBC radio) and even more recently those that started in the early eighties recession like Intel, Microsoft and the continued success of Apple. High tech was coming into its own and IBM changed the game with their desktop PCs which they wanted to place on every desk when they debuted in 1984. Whoever would have thought that they would become so prolific, and morph into laptops, tablets and Smart Phones?

Our opinion as business consultants is that THIS recession has given anyone- everyone- and that includes you, the ability to outperform even your largest competitors.  This downturn has become the great equalizer and allows everyone to play on the same level field. Proper use and application of technology and social media and innovation in many areas are causing breakthroughs and is part of what will propel and continue your business success.

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I have a series of columns ready to go, but seek your help. I have no idea of who reads this and what business you are in, and I would like to know. If you can share with me, your frustration, your pains and your needs, I will focus my efforts at helping you.

  1. WHAT is your business?
  2. WHAT is your greatest pain?
  3. HOW can we help?

If you send off your feedback to me at norm@OpisMail.com I will reach out to you via this column or in person.

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