by Darlene Ziebell | Sep 2, 2020 | Alliances, Branding, Business Partnerships, Exit Strategies, Finance, Hiring, Marketing, Operations, Startup Visions
Preparing for business challenges takes skill and experience; facing them is inevitable. Predicting business challenges before they happen may save some of the 85% of new businesses that fail. To prepare for confrontations before they occur business owners need to...
by Darlene Ziebell | Aug 30, 2020 | Alliances, Branding, Business Partnerships, Exit Strategies, Hiring, Introduction Blogs, Marketing, Operations, Startup Visions
Spirituality and Business How does a business owner think positively in an environment with financial downturns? There is an easy answer. However, this answer does not come with an easy process to achieve a solution. After spending several years studying metaphysical...
by Darlene Ziebell | Jun 16, 2020 | Alliances, Branding, Business Partnerships, Exit Strategies, Hiring, Marketing, Operations, Services, Startup Visions
This article was published about me in Entrepreneur Magazine in April 1997. At that time, my name was Darlene Pinkowski. In this article, I discussed the strategies I used to create a successful business strategy for my consulting firm, Actoras Consulting Group....
by Darlene Ziebell | Sep 11, 2018 | Marketing
My marketing planning methods are as Easy As 1-2-3. Over my entrepreneurial career owning four different companies in a variety of industries, I learned how to quickly set up a marketing plan! I believe a company’s marketing plan is the foundation for business...
by Darlene Ziebell | Sep 2, 2018 | Marketing
Over the past months several business owners approached me asking if they could contract with me for private coaching. After we spent some time discussing my approach they said: ”I wish I met you first”. I learned through these discussions that before coming to me,...
by Darlene Ziebell | Sep 2, 2018 | Marketing
Many of my private clients make this statement to me almost word for word: “Marketing doesn’t work!” And I agree with them under certain conditions. Unfortunately most of the women business owners I coach privately, have this condition. I call it,...
