Coach Maz

05/08/2023

I just spent a few days visiting with colleagues in Phoenix where we didn't work. 😆 we just strengthened our relationships. I highly recommend it!

04/15/2022

If you are Florida-based, this small business summit is for you.

Agenda Speakers Accommodations Sponsors/Partners The Florida SBDC Network is excited to host the Small Business Success Summit, June 27-28, 2022 in Tampa, FL. The purpose of this event is to provide small businesses with access to capital, contracts, and connections for growth and success. Registrat...

12/03/2021

Creative marketing 101

Consider ordering your prefered coffee and receiving a complimentary roll of toilet paper on the side. Who Gives a Crap began with a bamboo toilet paper line and has since expanded to include tissues, paper towels, and now… coffee. Because, at the end of the day, or at the beginning, drinking coff...

11/29/2021

Happy Holidays!
This is my latest blog!

How big is your community? Three hundred? Three thousand? Three million? What does it take to go viral? How long will the notoriety last? How does your story connect to the typical consumer? I mean that literally. If you are on the shelf in one of the 40,000 supermarkets* in the US, how does the ave...

06/24/2021

Here's an article I wrote for a consulting group I belong to:

So, You Can't Find Employees?
10+ Creative Solutions

I'd love to have your feedback!

This is a MUST READ! So, You Can’t Find Employees? 10+ Creative Solutions in this Power Idea from Senior Alliance Partner, Deb Mazzaferro. There’s...

05/20/2021

Stop Cannibalizing Your Sales by constantly adding new products......

This cheerful greeting at trade shows causes many companies to create new products that cannibalize their existing product sales. I challenge you to find another way of answering this question.

05/03/2021

I'm celebrating 20 Years of Consulting to the Specialty Food Trade.

In May 2001, I quit my VP Sales job and hung out my shingle as a sales consultant. Twenty years later, I am grateful for the 200+ clients who have allowed me to assist them in growing their business. Some have been with me 8, 10 or 12 years! Some just 3 months.

The thrills have been many: travel, wonderful food, innovative pioneers, big successes, and a network of colleagues I call friends.

As business has changed, I have enjoyed learning new best business practices, embracing affiliates who complement my skill set and guiding my client companies to those processes that make sense for their unique situations.

I look forward to many more projects taking emerging brands to the next level and joining with legacy companies’ teams to become more profitable and sustainable.

05/05/2020

My thoughts on how to handle your business planning during and as we come out of the COVID19 pandemic.

“unprecedented” “unusual” “unknown” … in this moment, typical pragmatic thinking is out the window… or is it? Using the past to predict the future: While a business typically compares year-over-year fundamentals to project and budget their future, that seems unreliable as we stare do...

04/20/2020

Looking for a new career? How about as a tea professional?

World Tea Academy Courses

03/18/2020

A few upbeat ideas on how to deal.

Collectively we are all dealing with information overload from medical and governmental agencies. Please follow your heart for your personal safety and to ensure those you are responsible for stay well. As a consultant celebrating my 19th anniversary on May first, I would like to share some thoughts...