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What Sainsburys do that you shouldn’t
A few days ago something happened to me in Sainsbury’s which caused me to rant for an hour afterward – in disbelief – at their antiquated points system. In fact, every time I drive past Sainsbury’s I’m now reminded of this, which is bad for them and a lesson to every business owner. It’s bad for them because I now drive past Sainsbury’s rather than into the... [Read more]
Movin’ on up: a guide to going global
This week I’m very pleased to introduce a guest poster – Alexandru Rotaru – with an inspiring story of entrepreneurship which is truly amazing. Christian Arno, started his business in 2001, based in a spare room at his parent’s home. His company now operates across four continents and has clients in over sixty countries, turning over £3.65m in 2009. It’s from people like... [Read more]
How one person can bring your company down
This week I’ve sent more angry e-mails than I did in the whole of 2009, and all because of one person and one very inefficient system. Twelve months ago I purchased a technology solution to help me set up membership payments on a website. The what of this matter is not important, so I’ll skip over it. The thing about this solution is that it’s license-based, and it comes with a recurring... [Read more]
Why loyalty is bad for business and how to value your time
How many jobs did you promise to do, and of those, how mane have you actually managed to do so far? If your to-do list has as many promised jobs as ‘real’ jobs, then you’re suffering from a sense of loyalty. Let me explain what I mean, and what I did about this, when it happened to me. I don’t like letting people down. Generally nobody does. Moreover, a pending task is a form... [Read more]
How to Keep Your Business Going During a Relationship Breakdown
This post ended up being featured in Enterpreneur’s Journey. Here’s a link: how to keep your business going during a relationship breakdown Feel free to buy me a coffee if I helped you in any way ;) Read More →
If shoveling snow won’t help your business, this will…
My neighbour thinks I’m lazy. I’m fine with this: it’s merely an opinion. In fact, he probably thinks a lot worse of me, but if you’re pleasing everybody then you’re doing something wrong. He caught me walking down the path, taking my dog out for his poo-run walk. He was puffing and panting, leaning on a shovel, telling me how lucky he was that he’d taken the week... [Read more]
How to slip past your competition during the holidays!
We’re minutes away from the New Year. 2010 is minutes away, and with it come the expectant hopes of every small business owner with dreams, hopes and… a plan. You do have a plan, don’t you? Dreams and hopes are what got you started and on your way to entrepreneurship, but a plan is the thing that’s going to get you to your goals, so if you haven’t got a plan yet, start... [Read more]
How to make yourself feel motivated and get in the right frame of mind for planning
It’s Christmas. December 25 2009. Once again we reach that time of the year when it seems like a good time to re-organise ourselves and revise our goals and ambitions. It doesn’t really matter much whether you think this is more psychology than circumstance. The bottom line is that it makes sense to do an audit on just about anything at this time of the year, simply because it’s... [Read more]
E-mail is bad for you. I’ve tested this!
A couple of posts ago I talked about information overload and how to cope with it, and whilst there are various ways to overload on the old ‘info’, this subject would not be complete without giving due credit to the single biggest facilitator of information overload in the digital age: e-mail. Notice that I didn’t say culprit. It’s much to easy to blame e-mail for wasting your... [Read more]
Testimonials can kill your business! (FTC Ruling)
The Federal Trade Commission’s new ruling on the use of testimonials came into effect on the 1st Dec 09. If you use testimonials in your business, you need to read this. On 1st dec 2009 the rules that set out how you use testimonials in your business as a selling and advertising tool changed. Typically, most companies out there show their best testimonials to advertise and sell their products... [Read more]
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