John was featured in two major Lithuanian recently! Check out the pictures…
McQuaig in Egypt…
How did we end up in Egypt you ask? A variety of paths collided for us to end up in Egypt: 1. My 7 year old Gwen really wanted to visit all 7 continents on this sabbatical adventure- it may be within reach. Egypt being in Africa was eligible. 2. Alitalia threatening to go bankrupt in …
Blog Update – Unprecedented Opportunity in Lithuania
I have served a half semester at LCC International University as a Business professor. The other night as my Business 476 (Market Survey) class was adjourning for the last time one of the students asked me if I had a speech to give them. At first I said no but then I thought yes I do …
Scattered Blog Updates From Lithuania…
Wow, there is a lot to write about: school, students, nervous students, moose, wild boars, music, flying contraptions, colleagues, great food… We are four weeks in Lithuania today, Klaipeda to be exact. Klaipeda is a beautiful port city of 200,000 people that sits at the mouth of a 55 km long inlet that empties into …
McQuaig Blog Continued and To Be Continued!
We spent the day in Istanbul Turkey. The guide was a friendly 40 something Turkish gentlemen who knew he had us for the day and he had a couple of very significant points he wanted to make to us… 1) Turkey is not at all like Iraq or Iran… just because it is a predominantly …
McQuaig Goes on Sabbatical…
John’s Sabbatical Blog July 31st, 2008 …after years of planning and anticipation John McQuaig is on sabbatical for four months this fall and two months in the winter of 2009. (This is a blog of his experiences) Annie Dillard once said” The way we spend our days is the way we spend our lives”. How …
New Website!
We have officially launched the new McQuaig & Welk website. We updated the look and the navigation should be easier. Also, we’ve added a blog to keep you up to date not only with what’s happening but also to share our business knowledge to help you run YOUR business. Hope you like it…
John McQuaig Wins Entrepreneur of the Year
John McQuaig was awarded with the Entrepreneur of the Year Award at the 2008 Innovators Luncheon presented by the Greater Wenatchee Area Technology Alliance (GWATA). We always knew John McQuaig was quite an entrepreneur, but with release of his new book, Parallel Peaks, he really raised the bar. In accepting the award at the banquet …
4 Ways to Grow Your Business
Did you know there are only four ways to grow your business? No really, it’s true. When you boil it all down, you can: Increase the number of customers Increase the number of times they buy from you Increase your ‘average sale’ Increase the effectiveness of each process in your business.
Keeping Profitable Customers
Typically when I ask clients what keeps them awake at night they answer the potential loss of a major customer. On further questioning I quite often find out that the business is dependent on a limited number of major customers. Increasingly, businesses are realizing that their greatest asset is their customer base. Customers are the …
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