Our Commitment to Value
Our goal is simple: provide practical, experience-based business education at a price that remains affordable for small business owners.
Our goal is simple: provide practical, experience-based business education at a price that remains affordable for small business owners.
I'd rather help ten struggling small business owners than take one client who's already doing fine. That's not a slogan — it's the reason these courses are priced the way they are.
Rather than investing heavily in elaborate graphics, expensive studio production, or flashy visual effects that add to the cost of every course, we've focused our resources on what matters most—the quality and usefulness of the information you'll receive.
Rather than investing heavily in elaborate graphics, expensive studio production, or flashy visual effects that add to the cost of every course, we’ve focused our resources on what matters most—the quality and usefulness of the information you’ll receive.
Every lesson is designed to deliver practical strategies, real-world examples, and actionable ideas you can begin applying to your business immediately. We believe your investment should go toward valuable content that helps improve your business—not unnecessary production costs.
It’s not about creating the fanciest course. It’s about creating one of the most valuable.

Yes — and this course shows you exactly how, using a platform you already have free access to: Facebook.
Do you feel like every marketing option out there assumes you already have thousands of dollars to spend?
Does hiring an agenc
Yes — and this course shows you exactly how, using a platform you already have free access to: Facebook.
Do you feel like every marketing option out there assumes you already have thousands of dollars to spend?
Does hiring an agency or a "social media guru" feel completely out of reach?
Have you tried posting before, seen no real results, and quietly given up?
Those are the exact questions that keep hardworking business owners stuck — watching competitors with bigger budgets pull ahead, even when their product or service isn't any better.
Inside this course, we'll cover practical, real-world strategies to help you:
This course also includes a real, documented case study: a 28-day organic growth experiment showing exactly what happens when these habits are followed consistently — and what happens the moment they stop.
Most marketing advice is written for businesses that already have money to spend. This course is written for the ones that don't.
I kept meeting small business owners who had tried social media before, didn't see results, and quietly concluded it just wasn't for them — when in most cases, they were only missing a handful of specific habits that actually make it work.
You don't need a big budget. You need a plan you'll actually follow.

"The most valuable part for me was that the course didn't just tell you what you should do. It gave actionable steps for how to actually do it. There were
"The most valuable part for me was that the course didn't just tell you what you should do. It gave actionable steps for how to actually do it. There were clear examples and checklists that made it easy to identify what to work on next instead of leaving everything as theory."- Lauren B
"Jim has presented a straightforward yet effective plan to ensure that customers perceive my business as credible and trustworthy. It’s likely that Jim has underestimated the value of this product." Carl J.
"I think it's well laid out, very clear to follow, and I loved the key takeaways and the audit sections."- DeeDee M.
"I absolutely would recommend [it] to any small business. I can see this directly benefiting me in real estate." Jeff T.
"Users would get their money's worth if they only made it through Chapters 1 and 2... Overall, great product/course." Jeff G.
Running a small business is challenging enough without wondering why customers aren't finding you—or why they choose a competitor instead.
The Small Business Visibility & Credibility Playbook is a comprehensive, step-by-step guide designed to help small business owners strengthen their online presence, build greater customer trust, and create a business that stands out in today's competitive marketplace.
Inside this 80 page course, you'll discover practical strategies, real-world examples, assessments, checklists, worksheets, and action plans developed from more than four decades of business ownership, consulting, and marketing experience.
You'll learn how to:
Whether you're launching a new business or looking to strengthen an established one, this course provides practical, affordable guidance you can begin implementing immediately.
If you've ever found yourself saying, "I'm overwhelmed, and I don't know what to do next," this Playbook was created with you in mind.
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Designed Specifically for Small Business Owners
By Jim Harris, author of The Small Biz Guide and a business owner, consultant, speaker, and entrepreneur with more than four decades of real-world business experience.

From Survival to Success
Getting found solves one problem.
Getting chosen solves another.
But there's a third question most business owners never step back long enough to ask.
Is my business actually going to make it?
And just as often, right behind it...
How ca
From Survival to Success
Getting found solves one problem.
Getting chosen solves another.
But there's a third question most business owners never step back long enough to ask.
Is my business actually going to make it?
And just as often, right behind it...
How can I make it?
Do you know exactly what your business needs to earn today just to survive?
Do you know where money you've already earned is quietly slipping away, uncollected?
Do you know if you're actually profitable — or just busy?
These are the questions that separate businesses that are merely active from businesses that are actually secure.
Inside this course, we'll cover practical, real-world strategies to help you:
Visibility and traffic only matter if the business behind them can actually keep what it earns.
That's where this course comes in.
Quality, experienced business guidance is expensive — often priced in a way that puts it completely out of reach for the business owners who need it most.
I kept meeting people who needed real help and simply couldn't get to it.
So I built this course instead: real-world experience from four decades in business, priced so the owners who need it most can actually get to it.
Customers keep your business alive. Discipline keeps it profitable.

Most small businesses don't fail because the owner didn't work hard enough. They fail because three things never came together at the same time: nobody could find them, the customers who
Most small businesses don't fail because the owner didn't work hard enough. They fail because three things never came together at the same time: nobody could find them, the customers who did find them never quite turned into sales, and the money that did come in never quite turned into profit.
The Small Biz Power Pack solves all three, in the order they actually matter.
The Small Business Visibility & Credibility Playbook — a step-by-step blueprint and interactive workbook to help prospective customers find you, trust you, choose you, and keep coming back.
Your First Small Biz Marketing Plan—On a Budget — a complete, practical guide to using Facebook to attract real customers without the marketing budget most small businesses don't have.
Survival to Success: Daily Habits for Small Business Owners to Improve Profitability, Cash Flow, and Expense Control — the habits that keep the money you've earned, built from four decades of real business experience, not theory.
Bought separately, these three courses are $99 each — $297 total. As the Small Biz Power Pack, you get all three for $247, saving you $50 when you purchase the bundle instead of buying each course separately.
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