AdviCoach(R) Suggests Ways to Support Businesses as We Celebrate National Small Business Week in May

SOUTHBURY, CT--(Marketwire - Apr 26, 2012) - When you stop to think about the characteristics that typify the entrepreneur in today's oftentimes unpredictable, ever changing world, risk taking, decisiveness, creativity, and most of all perseverance are just a few traits that come to mind. With the National Small Business Week beginning on May 21st, Brian Miller, COO and president of AdviCoach^®, says, "With more and more people choosing business ownership as a means to make a living and secure their financial future, let's all look for ways to invest in making our community service providers succeed."

"AdviCoaches work with many small business owners who are hard-working, community-conscience people who enjoy contributing to their community by providing a well-needed product or service," says Miller. "I encourage people to shop at these stores on a routine basis. The better businesses are doing in our towns, the better for the community as a whole."

Miller suggests a few simple, but creative ways people can help entrepreneurs in their community succeed:

• Use cash versus a credit card. Card companies charge a fee to process payments.
• Involve business owners in school and church programs.
• Refer a friend or neighbor when discovering a great product or service in the community.
• Acknowledge good service, and good products and services when you experience them.

"Keep your money in your community," says Miller. "It really does take the residents of a community to help the business community succeed."

As entrepreneurs and business coaches, AdviCoaches help clients significantly improve their business performance by assessing the current state of their businesses, identify and address challenges and new opportunities, educate them in business best practices and hold them accountable for the short and long term business goals.

AdviCoaches work with business owners using a powerful, interactive diagnostic process to assess business performance in 21 critical areas, including staffing concerns. These areas are mapped to Advicoach's 21 Rapid Impact Strategies, which address gaps and drive immediate results.

For more information about business coaching services and AdviCoach, please visit www.advicoach.com

About AdviCoach^®
AdviCoach is the premier source for business coaching and advisory services customized for small to mid-size businesses. With its unique "AdviCoach Advantage," AdviCoaches help businesses increase their ROI and deploy a multitude of Rapid Impact Strategies to impact the bottom line of their business. Today, AdviCoach, along with sister company The Entrepreneur's Source, dominates the $1.5 billion dollar Business coaching/Consulting franchise market with 33 percent market share in North America. In 2011, AdviCoach was ranked in the top 100 fastest growing franchises by Entrepreneur Magazine; in the Top 100 new franchises by Franchise Market Magazine; listed in the Franchise 500 by Entrepreneur Magazine for 3 consecutive years as a Top Home-based Franchise, Americas Top Global Franchise, and AllBusiness.com's AllStar Franchises list. More information is available at www.advicoach.com