Christopher Conner

"It's always more important to work ON your business than IN your business." That's my motto The goal of this book is to help grooming salon owners and pet retailers adopt this slogan as their own and change the way they do business. I'll be sharing insights, systems and procedures to help business owners with "big picture" thinking: The fundamentals of systems and procedures. The essentials of customer traffic and how to maximize it. Effective and productive pet retail and salon strategies to help business owners get the most out of their store. Helpful information on franchising and the benefits of not going it alone, with valuable insight provided by and featuring Christopher Conner of Franchise Marketing Systems. Chris Miller of Pacific Store Designs will discuss the central roles of curb appeal, store layout and design in adding up increased sales. Sound marketing strategies and how to implement those strategies successfully. Social Media Marketing as the new way to reach consumers. Learn effective ways to utilize these new platforms with advice from expert, Lynn Switanowski of Creative Business Consulting Group. The basic components to run a successful business, such as goal setting, knowing your numbers, efficient ways to use a POS tracking system, and how to vary and layer your marketing to reach out in many directions. How to find a coach and the advantages of having your own coach. In learning to implement all of the above tactics to reach your goal, you will be able to work ON your business instead of IN it in order to stop your bitchin' and start making the money you deserve

One is from the big city and the other is from a small town. Misty works for a small town coffee shop. Matthew works for a local newspaper. Their two lives are going to be changed forever. Matthew has a change in his life. Misty has worked at the coffee shop for many years. The coffee shop and the town of Hope, Alabama recently change had affected more then anyone was realized.

Chris' parents were murder and the town of about two thousand people says it was vampires. Chris and best friend Aidan do not believe in that. They think that Chris' parents were targets. What they do not know that their lives were about to be turn upside down. Chris' life was about change more than ever then he could imagine. The town of Roswell, Georgia was about to get the surprise of their lives. This town does not know what about happen and there are things that they do not know until now. Chris finds out things that will change him but he does not know it will also affect the lives of his friends in the process. What he will find out or better yet what happens to him. Will Chris ever make sense of what happened that night and will he be able to control what has happened with him and his friends. Chris is going to find out about a hidden world that has been in plain sight. There is things that change everyone hidden from their past.