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Small Business Expo 2025

Small Business Expo 2025

Mar 21, 2025

Small Business Expo 2025. Saturday, April 26. 10am-2pm. Greenfield High School. It’s being sponsored by the Greater Greenfield Community Chamber. What’s in it for you and your small business? Fifty different booths with many business, community, and government reps to...

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Il Mito Café: A Perfect Spot for a Relaxed, Delicious Dinner

Il Mito Café: A Perfect Spot for a Relaxed, Delicious Dinner

Mar 21, 2025

Four of us recently had a lovely dinner at Il Mito Café in Delafield. I chose the Insalata di pollo: grilled chicken, roasted artichokes, avocado, mushrooms, arugula, and asparagus served on a bed of mixed baby greens with basil balsamic dressing. Delicious… and a...

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Building a Strong Relationship With Your Small Business Banker

Building a Strong Relationship With Your Small Business Banker

Feb 20, 2025

Given a list of suggested topics for this month’s Advisors Desk, I chose the one that immediately triggered a personal response—How to Build a Strong Relationship with Your Business Banker. People who know me, professionally or personally, could tell you why. They...

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Rethinking Your Small Business: A Roadmap to Resilience

Rethinking Your Small Business: A Roadmap to Resilience

Jan 15, 2025

Welcome to the first of a six-part series designed to help entrepreneurs evaluate their small businesses. It's written by William M. Hand, President of PC Assistants, Inc., in Brookfield, Wisconsin. Part I – Gauging Performance Be prepared. You will certainly...

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Creativity Meets Commerce

Creativity Meets Commerce

Nov 27, 2024

Creativity—the artistic expression found in galleries, books, stage, screen, and concert halls—is also on display in every small business. In commerce, creativity can include brushstrokes and melodies, but it also applies to ideas—those visionary sparks that develop...

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3 Key Points to Enhance Your 2025 Business Forecast

3 Key Points to Enhance Your 2025 Business Forecast

Oct 31, 2024

3 Key Points to Enhance Your 2025 Business Forecast As a banking professional and business management advisor, I have engaged with a wide range of clients—individuals, families, and businesses—about sound financial strategies. In those collaborations, I've always...

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5 Ways Chatbots Help Small Businesses

5 Ways Chatbots Help Small Businesses

Jan 20, 2023

Customer service: Chatbots can handle customer inquiries 24/7, allowing small businesses to provide prompt and efficient service without the need for additional staff. Lead generation: Chatbots can be used to capture leads by engaging with website visitors and...

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Inbox Zero

Inbox Zero

Sep 8, 2022

We at Small Business Milwaukee first heard about Inbox Zero from Tracy Champagne, our Founder. Later, we discovered the buzzword has been around since 2006 (or thereabouts). Productivity Expert Merlin Mann coined it when describing his system of managing email and...

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