Chris Brewer

Put some time on their calendar. I'm amazed after 14 years of owning and running my own agency, how few team members ever put time on my calendar to ask me questions about how they can level up.

You can build a great network locally,not just in online communities. Check out these groups to build a low cost local network and improve your communication and your community at the same time. 1. Toastmasters 2. BNI 3. Your local Chambers of Commerce 4. Rotary 5. Local charities

There is great training available either paid or free. The key is to align the training with your interests. If you're only learning to profit, you'll short change yourself and your potential for success.

When approaching inventory tracking, consider the following tips: Define Your Requirements: Clearly outline your business's inventory tracking needs and requirements before selecting a solution. Scalability: Choose a system that can grow with your business and adapt to increased inventory complexity. User-Friendly Interface: Opt for solutions that are easy to use and offer a user-friendly interface and integrate seamlessly to minimize training time for your team. Selecting the right inventory tracking solution depends on the size and nature of your business. I think it's best to test and thoroughly understand the capabilities of the chosen solution before full implementation.

Benchmarks are great ways to compare. One word of caution, be sure you are comparing apples to apples or at least in the same ballpark. If you're in the direct-to-consumer eCommerce space selling a popular organic soap and you compare your sales and data with benchmarks and industry standards from a large company like Native, a P&G brand, you may come to erroneous conclusions. Find agencies or organizations that work with brands similar in size and investigate those benchmark reports to better understand your position in the marketplace.

Online and offline attribution tools are important to our eCommerce marketing agency (omgcommerce.com). When Tim Cook at Apple ruined the data party when he pulled the plug on data sharing, it became very challenging to determine where your sales and new customers came from. Since then, several great tools have been created to help visualize the customer journey and understand how to attribute sales and actions that lead to sales correctly. Tools that we see our eCommerce brands using regularly to improve visibility and understanding include: Northbeam, Triple Whale, and RockerBox. One new comer and price disrupter we like is called Kendall.ai