Our range of services include:

• Payment Solutions Consulting  
• Business Coaching and Mentoring  
• Business Planning and Development Services  
• Process Documentation and  
• Small Business Seminars
 

Payment Solutions Consulting

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Our payment solutions are extremely affordable and geared toward small and medium size businesses. We offer check by phone/fax/Internet payment solutions combined with options for securing those transactions.

Our solutions offer you an immediate means of collecting funds from other businesses and consumers. Our payment solutions services are currently utilized by over 50 Better Business Bureaus across the country. Other businesses currently using our services include travel agencies, collection companies, banks, credit unions, insurance companies, attorneys, doctor's offices, home based businesses and online retailers.

Business Coaching and Mentoring

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Ever feel like you are the only one going through this never-ending daily grind?
Need to get out from under your business and start running it more efficiently?
Looking for some objective advice and guidance along the way or simply looking for someone to show you how to successfully clone yourself?

Business Planning and Development Services

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• Strategic Business Plan development/writing.
• Business Plan preparation with financial projections.
• Marketing Plan preparation with budget
• Secondary Marketing research for all of the above.

Process Documentation

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You just purchased a profitable existing business that has been run successfully for years. The only catch is the entire operating procedure is in the previous owners’ head. You have interviewed the previous owner countless times and somehow don’t feel you have the business processes completely down. To help you out and ease your transition, the previous owner will be staying on as a paid consultant for the next 6 months.

After he/she leaves how will you cope? Will all the key personnel stay with you? How do you possibly figure out how all the pieces fit together?

One of the simplest solutions would be to document all job processes including that of the owner. By engaging us to interview the subject matter experts and thoroughly document what they do day in day out, you can be assured of a more successful transition.

Small Business Seminars

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Below is a calendar of training sessions sponsored by the Region 9 Michigan Small Business & Technology Development Center and taught by Strategic Thinktank, Inc.

How to Grow Your Business: Effective Marketing Techniques for Small Businesses
Date	Time
Thursday January 19, 2006	6:00pm - 9:00pm
Thursday April 20, 2006	6:00pm - 9:00pm
Thursday July 20, 2006	6:00pm - 9:00pm
Thursday October 19, 2006	6:00pm - 9:00pm
Location	Schoolcraft College – VisTaTech Center
Description: This three-hour seminar will provide a comprehensive guide to re-evaluating your product or service and how to effectively price, promote and distribute it. The seminar is designed for new and existing business owners who want to get an edge on the competition and successfully compete in the marketplace. Participants will learn how to identify and retain the right customers as well as how to develop a winning annual marketing plan with supporting budget. Cost: $40 per person Registration: Call 734-462-4438
Presenter(s): MI-SBTDC/Strategic Thinktank, Inc. - Lola Aré