Survival First
What if the opposite was true? What if you were compelled to read, listen, watch, absorb everything that was presented to you in any given day? I don’t think you’d get passed breakfast as you…
Tag: Process Improvement
#177 Getting Marketing Fit
You would not expect to be able to complete a marathon by the end of the month if you just started to run this week. Yet so many expect Marketing ROI in the first couple…
#173 If The Stakes Are High Enough
My list of to-do’s is a mile long and important to me.I bet your list is the same but different.I double bet you that your customer also has a version. Likely all have different things…
#0172 If You Don’t Ask You Don’t Get
What is obvious to me is not obvious to you.Common sense is not that common.You cannot assume what someone will do next if anything. Communication is hard. You say one thing and someone hears another….
#0171 Clearing The Path
Have you ever noticed a worn track taking a shortcut through the grass when there’s a perfectly good concrete path albeit a little longer and not so direct right next to it? In design principles…
#0166 Yes But What?
In my last blog “Yes But Where?” I wrote about where to start when choosing a platform to get yourself online. Now that you’ve made that decision the next hurdle is “Yes, but what should…
#0165 Yes But Where?
So you’ve made the decision to be more visible online but you are stuck at the juncture of which is the best platform to be on and the overwhelm of trying to be on them…
#0101 How to GET Things Finished
There’s no shortage of things to DO. My TO-DO list seems to be out of control. There’s NEVER enough time. If this sounds familiar, then you’re NOT alone. Seems everyone I speak too is so…
#0100 Be IN the Moment
Life’s passing us all by at an alarming rate and one thing I hear from most business owners is that they wish they could have more BALANCE in their life. Most people dream of an…
#0099 Do What You LOVE
Life’s short, so why waste it doing stuff you HATE when you can do so much better doing what you LOVE. Think about it, are you more likely to put in a bigger EFFORT on…
#0097 Dealing with BAD Debtors
>> Click Here to Listen to JEWELS Read this Blog: Unfortunately it’s part of being in Business. You’ll always get characters who refuse to pay or WORSE totally ignore your request for payment. Bad Debtors…
#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…
#0095 Progress BEATS Perfection
I know it’s your BABY. I UNDERSTAND you want the best for her. You’ve worked so HARD and the last thing you want is to put something out there that just isn’t right. I know…
#0094 Delete Your EMAIL Inbox
In my last Blog, I asked you to UNSUBSCRIBE to all the Newsletters you receive that you diligently file with the HOPE that you will get back to it someday. If you are reading this…
#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…
#0092 DESPERATE for Sales
Soooo many Small Business Owners I speak to have the same issue. “We NEED to make MORE Sales” So naturally my question to them is “So WHAT are you currently doing about it?” Sadly the…
#0091 Who or What is Your WEAKEST Link
UNEXPECTEDLY I just spent 10 Days in Hospital when my (long time) ailing lower back finally gave way on me. For those of you interested I had a Disc Herniation between S1 and L5 which…
#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…