by Lisa Canning | Mar 20, 2023 | Music Business Practices
It’s a topic that keeps budding entrepreneurs and experienced business owners alike awake at night. Financing is complicated. Lack of knowledge about its concepts and regulations adds to the confusion. There is the risk and uncertainty of not knowing what the...
by Michael Kuczkowski | Feb 6, 2023 | Music Business Practices
If you don’t know where you are going, you will never get there. That is the value of a business roadmap. New successful retail music business owners, wholesale instrument parts entrepreneurs, and musicians stepping up to performing professionally use them to make...
by Michael Kuczkowski | Jan 23, 2023 | Music Business Practices
The customer may not always be right, but the customer is always the customer. That tidbit of business reality means, simply, that keeping the customers happy—even the cranky, demanding ones—is the foundation of success. Customers complicate everything. Keeping the...
by Michael Kuczkowski | Dec 19, 2022 | Music Business Practices
Salespeople and marketers are always on the go. Days are booked from beginning to end with meetings—on site and off—calls to prospects and customers, analyzing data and compiling reports, and so on. In the midst of all of that, texting is a simple and quick way to...
by Michael Kuczkowski | Sep 12, 2022 | Music Business Practices
As businesses of all size come to rely more heavily on digital operations, information technology is becoming the backbone of everything from human resources recruiting and retention to marketing and customer service. A glitch anywhere along the data flow can paralyze...
by Michael Kuczkowski | Aug 31, 2022 | Music Business Practices
The world has emerged from governmental attempts to control the spread of COVID-19, and demand for online everything—from retail shopping to business meetings—remains strong. The events management industry is no exception. More than 70% of event planners say they will...