Posts Tagged ‘Flathead Beacon’
Ask Questions While The Answers Still Matter, Part 1
By MARK RIFFEY - Timely questions can save a client relationship and pay years of dividends to your business.... more
Mini Pizzas
By KATIE WORKMAN - If you want to wow your gang during an Oscar viewing party, game day, or a movie-watching or Netflix-binging session, mini pizzas are a great way to go.... more
What Would They Do To Put You Out Of Business?
By MARK RIFFEY - How would they price, market, sell, deliver, service, and communicate?... more
Impossible Pie
By MICHAELLA IRLBECK - This pie is healthier than most breakfast cereals and can be served for breakfast or for dessert.... more
Garlic Herb Bread
By DEBORAH MISIK - This versatile bread can be braided, made into rolls, used as great pizza crust, or filled with pepperoni, sauce and cheese for a meal.... more
Planning 2018 Got You Wrapped Around The Axle?
By MARK RIFFEY - How to find two hours a day of quiet time to get your 2018 planning finished.... more
Apricot Almond Coffee Cake
By SARA MOULTON - If you’re expecting overnight guests during the holiday season, you might want to stock up on the ingredients for this recipe.... more
What’s Freedom Mean To Your Business?
By MARK RIFFEY - When you ask business owners why they started their company, you frequently hear these words: Freedom and opportunity.... more
Chocolate Peppermint Cookies
By SARA MOULTON - If, like me, you’re a fan of dark chocolate peppermint bark at Christmastime, you’re going to love these cookies.... more
Winter Greens
By CHEF MANDA HUDAK - The key to memorable salad is homemade dressing. Sadly in this country we have embraced the convenience, unhealthful and overly sweetened versions of pre-made dressings.... more
Headspace, Creativity and Cartooning
By MARK RIFFEY - The blank slate is a challenge. But why?... more
I Went To The Gym Once. Didn’t Work.
By MARK RIFFEY - Going to the gym once doesn’t produce ideal results. Neither does inconsistent execution. Consistency breeds trust, unless you're consistently bad.... more
Sweet Potato and Brussels Sprouts Hash
By MELISSA D'ARABIAN - This dish is filling enough to step in for less healthy options at your holiday table, but broad enough in its appeal to be eaten year-round.... more
Fuel The Rise Of Two Pizza Teams
By MARK RIFFEY - How can Montana communities fuel the formation of two pizza teams?... more
Ten-Minute Tortilla Soup
By MELISSA D'ARABIAN - This is filling comfort food that I feel good about serving my family.... more
Using Comfortable Tools
By MARK RIFFEY - Is there a balance between complacency and thrashing from tool to tool?... more
Selling Someone Else’s Products
By MARK RIFFEY - When you consider selling someone else’s products, it’s critical to assess whether the product is germane to what you do.... more
Mongolian Beef
By KATIE WORKMAN - This dish reminds me of something you might get at an old-school Chinese restaurant. I'm earmarking it for my kids for Halloween--before the sugar-palooza.... more
The Ingredients Of Effective Criticism
By MARK RIFFEY - Today we’re going to use a common political event (and some football) to discuss the effective delivery of criticism.... more
Huckleberry Bread Pudding
By HOWARD KARP - In my favorite version of bread pudding, the bread is suspended in a rich custard and scattered with one deep purple huckleberries from our local forests.... more
Why Your Growing Company Needs To Work Slower
By MARK RIFFEY - When you work slower, you create time and space to help eliminate the bumps and potholes in your processes. “Slow is smooth” takes shape. ... more
Apple Crumble
By MELISSA D'ARABIAN - Apple crumble is an ideal way to capture the flavors and toasty aroma of rich pies and tarts a little more healthily.... more
The Premium Price Lesson Taught By Craft Beer
By MARK RIFFEY - Testing new product / service / price tiers could result in a new way of doing business.... more
Pork Schnitzel with Cucumber Salad
By KATIE WORKMAN - The tangy, quickly pickled cucumbers and onions make a great counterpoint to the lightly fried pork cutlets.... more
Is It Better To Keep A Customer, Or Replace Them?
By MARK RIFFEY - Well cared for clients tend to buy more, buy more often, & for a longer period of time.... more
Training: Improves Sales, Improves Ops
By MARK RIFFEY - Do your people know your products & understand your prospects' problems?... more
Spicy Sauteed Fish with Mango Salsa
By SARA MOULTON - In this recipe, the fiery Creole spice mix is countered by the natural sugars built into the pineapple mango salsa.... more
Accepting Change – How Can You Help?
By MARK RIFFEY - Your challenge: Determine what’s necessary to reduce resistance to the point that your prospects will consider making a change. ... more
Deviled Burgers
By KATIE WORKMAN - A burger with a bit more zing, more interest, more panache.... more
Where’s The Friction?
By MARK RIFFEY - What do you repeatedly force your clients to do that they simply shouldn't have to do?... more
Blueberry Pie with French Toast Crust
By SARA MOULTON-This simple summer dessert is a happy marriage of blueberry pie and French toast with a little cinnamon sugar sprinkled on top.... more
Pasta with Sauteed Kale, Bread Crumbs
By KATIE WORKMAN-This recipe is elevated and made super-amazing by the topping of Parmesan-infused fried fresh bread crumbs... more
Work, Caring, And Filtering Employers
By MARK RIFFEY - Are you looking for a solid, well-run company to grow with? This will help.... more
“Sink Or Swim” Isn’t Training
By MARK RIFFEY - I'll go back because that guy made a routine purchase memorable.... more
Shrimp Salad with Spicy Orange Dressing
By SARA MOULTON-Summer’s here and the time is right for summer salads gussied up with light proteins.... more
Listen to Clients. They Say The Darndest Things
By MARK RIFFEY - When you listen to clients openly and without an agenda, the value of what you learn can be huge.... more
Flourless Chocolate Cake
By DEBORAH MISIK-This flourless chocolate cake is rich, dense and a perfect fix for your chocolate craving.... more
Summer Scones
By MANDA HUDAK-I love scones! This version includes the lovely floral aroma of cardamom, the fresh sweetness of strawberries and apricots and the crunch of roasted pistachios.... more
Leads: Like a Friend Who Needs Advice
By MARK RIFFEY - A good list treats leads like a friend who needs advice.... more
Summer at the Bigfork Playhouse
By DILLON TABISH - Bigfork’s local theater is one of the only smaller companies in the country to receive the rights to perform “Mamma Mia!... more
Being Prepared For Employee Turnover
By MARK RIFFEY - One of the most expensive activities your business can experience is employee turnover. When employees leave, a piece of the company leaves with them.... more
Client Care and Feeding – A Strategic Responsibility
By MARK RIFFEY - The custody, guardianship and defense of your clients is a strategic responsibility.... more
Try A Dashboard To Share Your Metrics
By MARK RIFFEY - When your team can easily wrap their heads around the numbers critical to their department, it'll change their behavior.... more
Encourage Them To Climb The Ladder
By MARK RIFFEY - Every business should seek ways to provide an ascension ladder for their clientele - and create the desire to climb it.... more
Glacier Park Plows Make Quick Progress Past The Loop
By DILLON TABISH - Barely two weeks into their winter-clearing work, the road crew on the west side of Glacier National Park has already plowed a large portion of Going-to-the-Sun Road.... more
Is There Truth In Your Advertising?
By MARK RIFFEY - It takes one time for people to lose trust in your advertising. ONE TIME.... more
What Halftime Advice Do You Give Your Staff?
By MARK RIFFEY - Halftime provides a natural break in the action to reflect, assess, adjust and re-engage. For a company, use them like a timeout.... more
Protecting Traditional Assets Isn’t Enough
By MARK RIFFEY - Are all of your most valuable assets being protected, or only those your insurance & bank care about?... more
Consistent Experience
By MARK RIFFEY - How does your sidewalk reflect on your ability to credit a payment or deliver a meal?... more