For Things to Change, You Must Change

Business Strategies, Life Support, productivity Comments

Mary is a typical small business owner, she keeps herself busy doing the ‘hands on’ work. In her case it is doing beauty treatments and she told me she keeps doing this because she really enjoys it. Her clients constantly told her how great she was, which made her feel appreciated. However it trapped her into staying ‘on the tools’. Read the rest…

Have an eMarketing Plan? Next Step, Executing it!

Business Strategies, Marketing, Online Business, eMarketing, productivity Comments

Taking the time to formulate an emarketing plan is time very well spent.  Your plan should consist of broadly:

  1. Frequency of messages and target group/s
  2. Type/s of content to be included in each message
  3. General plan for which content to be included in each message, mapped out for at least 6 months

But this post is actually about how to make sure you actually execute your plan [if you don't have one, and you don't know how to start, stop reading this now, and check out my step by step process for creating a email communication plan, then come back here and keep reading!] Read the rest…

Is Your Business Ready for 2010?

Business Strategies, productivity Comments

Over the next few weeks, anything can change in your business. You’ll find that people often make decisions about what they will and won’t be doing in the new year. You will want to make sure that your business not only survives but thrives next year. Read the rest…

5 Ways to Get Your Business Organised For Christmas

Management Strategies, productivity Comments

Guest Contributor: Lorraine Pirihi

The holiday season is filled with excitement, parties and good cheer. The next few weeks will speed by and before you know it you’ll be sitting down having Christmas Dinner.  If you’re unprepared and don’t get your act together early enough, you could miss out on golden opportunities to increase business because you’re so stressed out trying to keep up. Read the rest…

7 Winning Ways to Work Productively From Home

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Guest Contributor: Lorraine Pirihi

One of my clients used to run his own successful accounting practice from home. With pre-school children and trying to grow his business, he and his wife used to get very frustrated with the fact that they could never remove themselves from the workplace. They felt their business totally overwhelmed them and caused many challenges which affected their personal relationships. We were able to identify exactly where their time was being spent and found that there were simple ways they could do more in growing their business and still have a life. Three years later with the growth of their practice they have had to move their business to new premises.

Here are seven ways you can successfully work from home and enjoy the benefits… Read the rest…

‘9 Ways to Make Your Meetings Productive and Profitable’

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Guest Contributor: Lorraine Pirihi

Some time ago I facilitated a VIP Planning Day for a small accounting practice. During the course of the day we reviewed the progress they had made since  the Planning Day we had the year before. As we were reflecting on their achievements before planning the future, one of the partners made the comment on how crucial their weekly meetings were. Read the rest…