This week’s Blog - Get Carded.
Illuminate Business Consulting, LLC - Buffalo NY —Making a Point —Get Carded
When adding a pet to your household, you always want to make sure they have tags or cards on them identifying their name and where they live. Small business owners also need to make sure they are prop...
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January 26, 2026 at 7:58 PM
This week’s Blog - Get Carded.
This week’s Blog: Using Paper Mail to sell your product or service.
Illuminate Business Consulting, LLC - Buffalo NY —Making a Point —Paper Mail
In today’s digital world, there still can be a place for ‘old school’ paper mail. We recently embraced this method for our book. As an Author, getting your book in front of potential readers is how y...
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January 20, 2026 at 7:39 PM
This week’s Blog: Using Paper Mail to sell your product or service.
R E S P E CT for Small Business Owners, our weekly Blog engages this topic today.
Illuminate Business Consulting, LLC - Buffalo NY —Making a Point —R E S P E C T
Recently, we have noticed an uptick in some small business partners experiencing what may be a lack of respect for their time and work. It therefore deserves its own conversation. When making a pitch...
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January 13, 2026 at 1:38 PM
R E S P E CT for Small Business Owners, our weekly Blog engages this topic today.
Payment Points for the New Year.
Illuminate Business Consulting, LLC - Buffalo NY —Making a Point —Payment Points
As we enter the New Year, there are many ways you can further define your payment approach with clients. Dogs keep trying to get food or your attention until something finally works and they achieve t...
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January 5, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Payment Points for the New Year.
With all the wintry weather this week around us, we are taking the week off and want to wish all our readers a very happy and safe 2026!
Illuminate Business Consulting, LLC - Buffalo NY —Making a Point —Happy New Year
Wishing all our readers a very happy 2026!
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December 29, 2025 at 10:36 PM
With all the wintry weather this week around us, we are taking the week off and want to wish all our readers a very happy and safe 2026!
Today’s Blog shares a very positive experience we had discovering a local small business! 🧡💛💙❤️
Illuminate Business Consulting, LLC - Buffalo NY —Making a Point —Small Business Big Heart
Diverting a bit from our usual dog metaphors, we wanted to highlight a local small business, new to us. And without a certain type of marketing, perhaps it would have taken us longer to learn about th...
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December 15, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Today’s Blog shares a very positive experience we had discovering a local small business! 🧡💛💙❤️
Our canine companions use their voice to be heard and get our attention. Do the same in your meetings. Speak Up & Be Heard.
Illuminate Business Consulting, LLC - Buffalo NY —Making a Point —Speak Up & Be Heard
A barking dog will always receive attention. In today’s urban landscape, responsible dog owners cannot leave an unattended dog to bark at its will. A dog that barks is always heard. Similarly, in the...
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December 8, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Our canine companions use their voice to be heard and get our attention. Do the same in your meetings. Speak Up & Be Heard.
Partnerships.
Illuminate Business Consulting, LLC - Buffalo NY —Making a Point —Partnerships
In the canine sports and work environments, partnership is the key to performance. Partners need to be a good fit. It is no different in our business world. Recently, we watched a television show tha...
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December 1, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Partnerships.
Happy Thanksgiving Week!
Illuminate Business Consulting, LLC - Buffalo NY —Making a Point —Happy Thanksgiving!
We have taken the week off to prepare for Thanksgiving festivities with family and friends. We wish all our readers a fun and safe Holiday! 🦃 We will return next week with a new Blog. See you then...
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November 25, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Happy Thanksgiving Week!
Is your business product or service a candidate as a sticking stuffer? Read this week’s Blog for ideas.
Illuminate Business Consulting, LLC - Buffalo NY —Making a Point —Is Your Product or Service a Stocking Stuffer?
Hard to believe, the holiday season begins next week. It is a great time for some creative marketing. Stocking stuffers, as they are often called, include smaller gifts which physically fit in a holi...
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November 18, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Is your business product or service a candidate as a sticking stuffer? Read this week’s Blog for ideas.
Happy Veteran’s Day and thank you to all who have served.
Illuminate Business Consulting, LLC - Buffalo NY —Making a Point —Veteran’s Designation
On today’s National Holiday, Veteran’s Day, it is a good time to review veteran-owned businesses. If at all possible, it is always the right thing to patronize a Veteran-Owned Business Enterprise. T...
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November 11, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Happy Veteran’s Day and thank you to all who have served.
Thanks to the CHQ Chamber for featuring my Ad in a great location of their weekly email Newsletter!
Join your local Chambers, they help small businesses in many ways, and enrich your community! #fetchyourcopy #brandpartnerships
Join your local Chambers, they help small businesses in many ways, and enrich your community! #fetchyourcopy #brandpartnerships
October 28, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Thanks to the CHQ Chamber for featuring my Ad in a great location of their weekly email Newsletter!
Join your local Chambers, they help small businesses in many ways, and enrich your community! #fetchyourcopy #brandpartnerships
Join your local Chambers, they help small businesses in many ways, and enrich your community! #fetchyourcopy #brandpartnerships
This week’s Blog addresses what to do with your down Time if your business experiences a down time.
Illuminate Business Consulting, LLC - Buffalo NY —Making a Point —Do you have a Slow Season?
Recently, a small business owner mentioned that an Ad for my book inspired her to make her own Ad. She mentioned it is her slow season and it seemed like a good time to focus on marketing. Some firms...
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October 27, 2025 at 11:59 AM
This week’s Blog addresses what to do with your down Time if your business experiences a down time.
Thank you to Sheila at CHQ Chamber for creating this Ad for me in their upcoming Email Newletter.
Invest in your local Chambers, it helps your business and your community!🩵
Invest in your local Chambers, it helps your business and your community!🩵
October 22, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Thank you to Sheila at CHQ Chamber for creating this Ad for me in their upcoming Email Newletter.
Invest in your local Chambers, it helps your business and your community!🩵
Invest in your local Chambers, it helps your business and your community!🩵
This week’s Blog discusses a recent experience with Going Live on Social
Media and the local Chamber.
Media and the local Chamber.
Illuminate Business Consulting, LLC - Buffalo NY —Making a Point —Going Live on Social Media
Social media sites like Instagram are full of videos or reels of animals doing cute things. Sometimes, a reel we post is chosen to be featured and suddenly hundreds of views occur. It really can be a ...
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October 20, 2025 at 12:56 PM
This week’s Blog discusses a recent experience with Going Live on Social
Media and the local Chamber.
Media and the local Chamber.
This week’s Blog. Read it to understand the meaning of the title.
Illuminate Business Consulting, LLC - Buffalo NY —Making a Point —‘With money, the dog dances’
A common Spanish proverb, ‘with money, the dog dances’, seems symbolic of the change in behavior we are experiencing with upfront deposit requirements on projects. Often, in the past, tradition saw ...
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October 14, 2025 at 12:23 AM
This week’s Blog. Read it to understand the meaning of the title.
This week’s Blog - Expert by Choice or Default.
Illuminate Business Consulting, LLC - Buffalo NY —Making a Point —Expert by Choice or Default
In the dog world, there are breeds that excel in certain sports over others. Some of it is instinct, some of it is breeding, and other times it is specific training or a combination of any or all of ...
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October 8, 2025 at 8:19 PM
This week’s Blog - Expert by Choice or Default.
This week’s Blog addrsses a real life scenario of forwarding the wrong information in an email.
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Illuminate Business Consulting, LLC - Buffalo NY —Making a Point —Check the Details
If you have ever observed Dog Daycare, you will likely note groups in the various rooms or yards present. Not every dog has the same play style as another and some dogs just don’t like certain behavio...
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September 29, 2025 at 6:31 PM
This week’s Blog addrsses a real life scenario of forwarding the wrong information in an email.
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This week’s Blog discusses steps to take when changing your business location and view.
Illuminate Business Consulting, LLC - Buffalo NY —Making a Point —Changing Your View
Over the life of your business, you will likely change the location of your operations. There are certain steps to follow to ensure people find you. First, make sure you file a Change of Address with...
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September 23, 2025 at 8:45 AM
This week’s Blog discusses steps to take when changing your business location and view.
This week’s Small Business Blog.
Illuminate Business Consulting, LLC - Buffalo NY —Making a Point —‘I’m a Visual Person’
Recently, as a client, a contractor commented to us that he is a visual person. This made sense as his memory for items discussed to get to completion seemed sketchy at best. If your work style is ab...
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September 15, 2025 at 11:05 PM
This week’s Small Business Blog.
Confidence, he owns it, do you?
Illuminate Business Consulting, LLC - Buffalo NY —Making a Point —Surround Yourself with Confidence
As a small business owner, surround yourself with better people and expertise. Confidence will come across with this winning combination to your customer. We have been working with a small group of c...
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September 8, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Confidence, he owns it, do you?
This Labor Day week we discuss Leadership.
Illuminate Business Consulting, LLC - Buffalo NY —Making a Point —Leadership
Leaders are all around us. If you are a business owner, you are a leader, but are you as effective as your business needs you to be? Leaders need to listen. Listen to what your customers or clients n...
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September 4, 2025 at 12:40 AM
This Labor Day week we discuss Leadership.