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VITAL Announces New Live Webinars for Business Mastery Classes, Sponsored by Industry Brands
VITAL, a leading custom integration centric business coaching and financial software company, is thrilled to announce its upcoming CI Business Mastery Class schedule through engaging live webinars. These free webinars are made possible by the generous support of this...
8 quick ways to optimize for growth
A CI business can be incredibly profitable when properly optimized. But learning how and when to optimize your business model to take your business to new heights can leave many integrators stuck. In our 15 years of teaching integrators to maximize success, we’ve...
QB Desktop 2020 sunsets May 31. Here’s your options.
Intuit recently announced that they are sunsetting QuickBooks Desktop 2020, causing many Custom Integrators who use QuickBooks, to wonder exactly what this means for their businesses. If you currently use QuickBooks 2020 Pro, Premier, or Enterprise Solutions v20, you...
The 4 biggest threats to your business (and it’s not what you think)
There’s a misconception in the industry that major operating costs (a.k.a., overhead) create financial strain, and if businesses start cost-cutting, they can hit profitability. Cutting overhead is a good practice if expenses have become inflated due to lack of...
7 must-have sales comp plan elements
Creating a sales team compensation plan that works can feel like walking a tightrope. You must devise a plan that motivates your salespeople but isn’t out of control and potentially harms your profit. So what should a compensation plan actually do? Motivate your team...
3 necessary metrics to boost tech productivity
Tracking productivity is a task that makes many integrators ask, “Why bother?” but there’s one simple reason it matters: It measures the efficiency of your company’s production process and, if it fails to meet a standard and improve over time, can lead to… Limited...
How to properly manage customer deposits and inventory for CI success
Did you know that, properly managed, customer deposits and inventory can actually help you build a lucrative CI business? How? Properly managed deposits and inventory help provide accurate gross margin results that gives you the evidence you need to lead your business...
Are you using the top two business levers properly?
What is the difference between a business that is good enough and one that is truly exceptional? Pulling the gross profit and payroll levers correctly. These two levers determine the success or failure of your business if you use them properly. Let’s break it down....
Why business excellence should be at the FRONT of everything you do
Have you ever tried to gauge your business success by looking at your peer’s company, only to realize they don’t measure the same metrics as you do? Or maybe you try to compare accounting practices, but what your bookkeeper does is wildly different than theirs. Most...
