Sloan Creative

I’m Stephen Sloan, an experienced business leader available on an hourly basis for advisory and project work.

My CV is available here

Read blog entries on small business leadership here

Why I do this work

Read my latest insert into the Bainbridge Island Chamber of Commerce newsletter

While every organization is unique, basic principles and constraints apply to them all. I focus on finding what’s common and what’s unique quickly and then create a mutually agreed-upon plan of action.

I offer:

Web Marketing Consulting for Fresh, Modern Web sites that are free and easy.

Take control and get a lot more bang for a lot fewer bucks.

You can use free tools to create a web presence that is powerfully full of life and that is both affordable and a celebration of all that makes you unique. That’s what I did with this site!

See more at my blog about blog-based web sites or see posts on web strategy

The free tools are:

• WordPress excellent free blog software that’s easily customizable
• Picassa - Google’s great free photo editing and management tool
• SimpleViewer - A simple, easy flash slide show tool
• YouTube - Google’s free video hosting service that leads the world

I simply help get you headed in the right direction. You and your organization build it as you find time and inspiration. Contact me for a free 30 minute discussion of how this might work for you.

Financial Statements: Clarifying or confusing?

Move from mystery to mastery. I can help you, even if you are a “not-a-numbers” person, quickly and easily pull invaluable insights from your financial statements.

I can teach you techniques and provide tools that give creative, visual people easy access to the meaning behind the numbers.

Learn more about my consulting services or contact me for a free 30-minute discussion of how your numbers might give you both more clarity and more motivation.

Photography - A picture is worth a thousand words, but which ones?

Quality images for your business make all the difference in your promotions and branding. I can help you present what makes you, your staff, and your products uniquely valuable. I also capture the heart of events and people with candid, environmental portraits.

Learn more about my photography services or contact me to discuss the images that will make the most difference for your organization.

Help for Leaders of small businesses and non-profit organizations

What could you do with an experienced, intelligent, creative leader at your beck and call?

I’m happy to consider interesting assignments that last from 2 days to 6 months (or more). I’m experienced with moments of high stress - big changes, moves, mergers, or really tough, complicated decisions that reach far off a spreadsheet and into people’s hearts and lives.

If you are facing something big, we should chat. The path forward might be a lot smoother than it appears at the moment. Read posts on leadership issues, learn more about my consulting services, or contact me to discuss your situation and how I might be able to help.

Organizing and Optimizing Operations

To move ahead, your organization needs to handle it’s current work smoothly and efficiently. I am one who prefers peace and quiet. I like organizations that work to make the simple work simple so that more energy can be poured into the fun of creating what’s next. I have many years of experience bringing clean, quiet order to complex organizations - my former business:

• sold over 100,000 unique items to corporate customers across the country
• handled several hundred transactions a day
• employed a staff of 35

I can help you create greater clarity and order as well as the increased peace and profitability that come with them.

For a free consultation and get acquainted session please contact us