What is this ‘How to 100’ thing and where did I come up with it? Well, let me explain …

Lately, I’ve really been itching to give back

Maybe it’s the holiday season. Maybe I need something productive to do on Saturdays besides watch football.

Whatever the case may be, I’ve decided to channel my energy into something productive: Sharing small business advice.

Why small business advice?

Just the other day I was giving a friend some advice on how to develop profiles of his most profitable types of clients so he could sort through his new client referrals with more confidence.

When I got off the phone with him, I thought to myself:

I give a lot of advice to other entrepreneurs & small business owners … Why don’t I ever write these things down?

For every conversation I do have where I share some helpful advice on growing your business, there are a few requests to chat every week that I’m simply not able to help with because I don’t have enough time.

Writing down all the tips I’ve learned about building a sustainable, profitable small business over the past 30 months would allow me to help more people.

Why should you pay attention to my advice?

I know I know; you’re probably wondering why to trust me in the first place. Well, you should also have some faith in my advice because …

My company has worked with more than 20 clients ranging from Microsoft to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

We have increased revenue by 50x at the end of year 1 and generated 98% revenue growth again at the end of year 2

We’ve never received a single dime of funding and are continuing to focus on building a profitable, sustainable business without having to seek outside investment

So what am I going to write about?

I’m dubbing this series the ‘How to 100’ and will focus the majority of the content around easy how-to tips and tricks to grow your business faster.

A few great examples include:

How to fire all your bad clients

How to increase revenue from existing clients

Where to turn for help when your company is growing too fast (or not fast enough!)

The real kicker: All the content I do produce will also be less than 100 words in length.

Why am I providing small business advice in 100 word increments?

Because I want to make it easy and effortless for you, my fellow entrepreneurs & small business owners, to learn from my mistakes and failures!

My favorite business book mentions that most people write too much! Instead of getting to the point, they hammer home their points over and over and over and … well, you get the point.

My goal is to get to the point, share helpful advice to grow your business and engage with other small business owners online through this series of articles.

What am I personally looking to get out of this?

My goals are simple:

Article Comments: I’m looking to get all the feedback I possibly can on each piece of advice in the comments section of the article

Comments to Shape Future Content: Not only do I want to have conversations with my readers, but I want to use suggestions in the comments section to guide the type of content I write in the future

What can you do to help?

I’m glad you asked! You can sign up by clicking on the link below and share each article using the social share buttons on the left hand side of the screen.