#0098 Does Your Story have a POINT?
One of my all time FAVOURITE lines in a Movie is from “Planes, Trains & Automobiles” (1987) when Steve Martin goes off on a rant at John Candy in their Hotel room. Steve EXPLODES into…
Tag: Business Tips
#0096 BACK to Business Basics
I’m busy, YOU’RE busy, we’re all busy. But that doesn’t seem to stop us from being DISTRACTED by unsuspecting opportunities, ideas or shiny things. Then before you know it, you’re so busy that NOTHING seems…
#0093 You Should UNSUBSCRIBE
Is this just ANOTHER subscription that you never read? Do you file this away with a heap of other UNREAD emails that you truly believe you will get to some day? The REALITY is that…
#0090 Too MANY Distractions
Desk phone, Mobile Phone, Email, Facebook, Twitter, Staff, Customers, Suppliers and that’s just the BEGINNING of the List. In today’s technology filled world the EXPECTATION of “it must happen now” has shortened to instantaneous which…
#0089 Spend a Day in THEIR Shoes
It’s EASY to forget that your Customers experience with you and your Business can have such a long lasting affect on Repeat Business, Word of Mouth Referrals, Perception, the amount they will pay and what…
#0088 Information NO Longer Equates to Power
Google and the like have done a TREMENDOUS job of “Organising the Worlds Information” So good in fact that @thinkquarterly recently tweeted that “A child with a smart phone has instant access to more information…
#0087 Irresistible Offers
If you’re in Small Business CHANCES are these days you probably have some sort of Website. I’m also guessing that it’s NOT that sophisticated, most likely needs UPDATING and you have no real idea if…
#0086 Become a StoryTeller
Don’t TELL me about Bits and Bytes. I’m NOT interested in Bells and Whistles. Don’t BORE me with irrelevant details. I JUST want to know what you can do for ME We tend to get…
#0085 STOP Selling Start Educating
I HATE being sold to by someone who knows nothing of my NEEDS. Cold Callers, First Meetings with Providers, even walking into Stores where people immediately TRY and sell. DON’T Assume you know what we…
#0084 Don’t EXPECT Social Media ROI
Like pretty much everything in Business, we expect a direct MEASURABLE return on our investment whether it be from our Money or TIME. It has been DRUMMED into us from the beginning. We AGONISE over…
#0082 Good Old Customer SERVICE
What happened to it? I remember the days when I’d walk into a store and they were actually HAPPY to see me, as if they had been WAITING all day for my arrival. I’m talking about…
#0081 Missing DEADLINES?
We’re ALL Busy. Some cope well with the Stress of everyday and others always seem to be STRAINED by it all. A particular PEEVE of mine is when People keep me waiting. I can cope…
#0078 Give to Get TIME
Are you CONSTANTLY interrupted by your Employees? Is there seemingly a line-up at your desk with question are question? Does your email come in QUICKER than you can answer it not to mention phone calls…
#0077 My Business BROKE My Heart
Not unlike LOVE in the traditional sense, the PASSION can go out of your relationship with your Business. I just DON’T Love it anymore Passion, Love, Desire, LUST, Drive, Charisma, Lure….GONE Don’t worry, there are…
#0074 Cash Flow TIGHT?
Cash is the lifeblood of every business no matter WHAT size and the abundance or LACK of, is what truly makes the difference between a SUCCESS and a failed business. Cash allows you to INVEST…
#0072 Bright SHINY Objects
It is so easy to be DISTRACTED in this day and age. With so many things vying for our ATTENTION. Email, Phones, Employees, Customers, Facebook, Twitter, the Internet in general, must have gadgets and the…
#0070 Post New Year BLUES
Its only a few weeks into the New Year and I already sense that the initial ENTHUSIASM Tsunami I experienced from Entrepreneurs I met early in the year has already SUBSIDED to a mere stream. We…
#0064 HAPPY to Help
Throughout my Business years I have ALWAYS been the type of person that is ‘Happy to Help‘. It is NOT unusual for me to offer my assistance, express my option or have a viewpoint that…
#0058 How to REDUCE your Outstanding Debtors
Many Entrepreneurs I speak to have a COMMON issue which plagues them, an OUTSTANDING list of DEBTORS that seem impossible to manage. It’s not only affecting their CASH FLOW but is causing them sleepless nights…
#0057 Multitasking is a MYTH
I know, I know, I’m a MAN of course I can’t multitask. But I don’t care what gender you are or how GOOD you THINK you are at Multitasking, it’s NOT making you more Productive….