Training does NOT make sense…

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That's a bit of a ripe statement coming from a Trainer, isn't it? Or is it? If your business back is already up against the wall, to be honest you've left it too late to expect any kind of training to get you through an existing crisis. Know how on Brand, Business, Finance, PR, Promotion, … [Read more...]

10 Top Reasons Small Businesses Fail and Quick Fixes

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I did some online research over the past couple of hours on the Top 10 Reasons Small Businesses Fail. The first I came up with was information from the Small Business Administration, an American federal government agency with some 2,000 permanent full time staff and a head honcho (called an … [Read more...]

Stop the pain THEN find the cure

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I don't know whether it's my shoulder that's giving me aggro and bringing this home to me especially now, but it seems most places I look people are hugely prioritizing stopping the pain over affecting an ultimate cure to their problems. Two months without a decent night's sleep and I can … [Read more...]

One for the ladies (apart from the freebie: that’s for all!)

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The FREEBIE The offer of a 15 minute telephone consultation on anything to do with growing your business - that's open to all - guys and gals: All you do is pay whatever your telecom provider charges you. What's becoming abundantly clear is that I was by no means the only one to completely … [Read more...]

What do YOUR customers buy from you?

Do you really know the answer? Do they buy IT equipment & support? Management consultancy? Marketing services? Accountancy service? Legal advice? Courier service? Web design? Web SEO? Sales training? Sales & marketing communications training? Business … [Read more...]

Time to spring clean YOUR business?

Don't adjust your set! Regular visitors will notice changes to the look and feel of this site over the coming days. We took a long hard look at the theme and had to admit that what seemed really cool before quite frankly had become dated. And it didn't allow us to easily add the exciting … [Read more...]

Employing young women

With recruitment issues way at the back of many companies' minds in the current economy, this may seem like weird timing to raise the issue of the potential 'risk' involved in employing young women: Will she decide to go off and have babies? If she's already a mother, what happens when one of … [Read more...]