April 8, 2016
Do you really know your competition? What is the genuine size of your market that you compete in? Do you or should you really care? The important thing to know is that whatever the answers are, the main thing you must focus on is giving ...
March 31, 2016
Professional sports these days are run no differently to any business you may think of. Administration is structured the same. However, the less likely analogy is regarding the playing management. Let’s have a look at it now. How does...
March 15, 2016
Conspiracy against the small business owner happens all the time. How you may ask? Everything is stacked against them: financial, human and time resources are of scarce amounts and the loneliness of not knowing where to turn to for ideas...
February 23, 2016
Who dares, wins – You’ve heard that one before, but, how does it apply to small business? Risk v Return applies to investments, relationships and business, of course. Ever seen an ugly dude with a beautiful woman? He dared, yes, he f...
February 18, 2016
Tick tock, it already happened. How did you spend that time? Were you proud of it? Were you positive or negative? Were you productive or wasteful? Were you pro-active or reflective? If you take all the positive options, imagine...
February 4, 2016
When is enough, actually enough? The pursuit of growth and wealth and balance is an interesting conundrum. Some people come from the perspective of “I need to become extremely wealthy” or “I love business and where it will take me...
January 27, 2016
Marketing doesn’t work if it fails the basic fundamentals of marketing. Ever heard of the AIDA principle? (Attention, Interest, Desire, Action). Another way of putting it is: Headline, Benefits, Offer, Call for Action. It must be in th...
January 18, 2016
A new year and you’re listening to all the hype about setting goals and you may or may not have already done them. If you have, well done. You have progressed to the next stage of attempting success. If you haven’t, trust me, it won...
December 17, 2015
You are probably looking for some wizbang idea on how to manage your time, answer all your clients calls, be ready for the start of next year etc. Well, hopefully you won’t be disappointed. My idea of a holiday is to actually have a ho...
December 7, 2015
Is business success just a mindset? Well, a good portion of it is. However, you still need to get the runs on the board to support it and to maintain it. Positive mindset is worth in gold because without it, conservative decisions are al...