Successful management for small business owners is about identifying the right things to do, building a team, and then pulling them together to accomplish those things.  When done well, the whole enterprise and your life appear to be running smoothly and effortlessly. When done poorly, or not at all, you find yourself in a never ending whirlwind of unfinished projects and missed opportunities, feeling like there’s too much to do and not enough time.

Does this situation sound familiar? You've been working non-stop on a problem, logging in 60-hour workweeks and gluing yourself to the desk during the weekends. Even when you take a break, to have coffee with a friend or attend your daughter's ballet recital, your mind gravitates to work. While slogging it out may be considered a normal practice of entrepreneurs, new research shows taking a break is actually better for business.

Should you offer your best prices to new customers (to lure them in) or existing ones (to reward their loyalty)? To help executives end this eternal pricing debate, two professors at the Yale School of Management developed a decision-making framework. To use it effectively business leaders must answer two questions about their customers: 1) How much shopping flexibility do customers have? 2) Which customers contribute most to our profitability?

Facebook still holds big potential for small businessmarketers. A study by the Pew Research Center's Internet Project shows that Facebook remains the most dominant social networkingplatform and is a place small businesses should still be devoting their online marketing efforts toward. Specifically, 71 percent percent of online adults are now Facebook users, a slight increase from the 67 percent who used Facebook as of late 2012.

With the acquisition of Ellie's Car Wash on Main Street in Price, Joni Hackwell has become one of the busiest executives in Carbon County, working to keep three downtown retail shops efficient in our area's ever changing market.

The new car wash is an express site that replaces the original Rainforest full-service location, which closed in June. Owner Mike Gornak said the full-service models have become obsolete, which prompted his decision to rebuild with a new model.