Small Business: Smart Solutions – The 3 Types Of Business Owners, Making It...
The Jim Lovell quote mentions these 3 groups of people, I suspect if you’re even reading this you aren’t in the third group, but are you in the first or the second? The post Small Business: Smart...
View ArticleSmall Business: Smart Solutions – This fast train is leaving the station,...
There’s some things in business that if you don’t get to straightaway, it doesn’t hurt too much, it can catch up. There are other things in business that will hurt you forever because there is no...
View ArticleSmall Business: Smart Solutions – Who is most important to your business,...
We all want to get the best results we can, as fast as we can with the least amount of effort right? So we need to know where to put our focus when building our business, so we can get the best return...
View ArticleSmall Business: Smart Solutions – Don’t waste your money with traditional...
Traditional advertising on mainstream media is a waste of money for small business. Surely if you were going to invest money you would want to know what return you were getting. You need to know your...
View ArticleSmall Business: Smart Solutions – Mantra for Small Business
The creator of Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll’s famous quote “if you don’t know where you’re going any road will take you there”, really should be the small business mantra. The post Small...
View ArticleSmall Business Smart Solutions – Small Business Success (And Failure) Is a...
As they say “success leaves clues” and you don’t even have to be Sherlock Holmes to find them. They’re the habits that successful people perform daily. And guess what unsuccessful people have their...
View ArticleSmall Business: Smart Solutions – Your Sales Will Increase, Once You Stop...
Doing the opposite of what the majority of the population thinks is right is often a great place to start, if you want to be successful with just about anything. The post Small Business: Smart...
View ArticleSmall Business: Smart Solutions – The Most Expensive Advice You’ll Ever Get...
We are mostly trying to get the best advice and guidance we can either for free or cheap. That advice tends to be very expensive more often than not because it’s just untested opinion The post Small...
View ArticleSmall Business: Smart Solutions –“How’s that workin’ out for ya?” Dr Phil
We are funny cattle! It’s amazing how often we continue to do things that just don’t work. Or we find things that do work and stop doing them! You might be thinking “that’s just ridiculous” but I bet...
View ArticleSmall Business: Smart Solutions – Efficiency isn’t always a good thing!”
Being efficient isn’t always a good thing, in fact often it’s a bad thing! Being efficient is better than not being efficient but there is a much more worthwhile focus if you want business success! The...
View ArticleSmall Business Smart Solutions – You can’t build a great business on your own!
You can’t build a great business on your own, you need a team, so your best focus is learning how build a team. Invest you time into mastering the art of building, maintaining and nurturing a team, and...
View ArticleSmall Business Smart Solutions – Process, Procedures, Productivity and Profit
The old adage “ whatever gets measured gets managed” is a fairly common quote you hear getting bandied around the traps, but it rarely gets put into practice! The post Small Business Smart Solutions –...
View ArticleSmall Business: Smart Solutions – Most Money Spent On Marketing Is Wasted
A recent global study found that 94% of marketing does not work. For small business marketing can be a huge challenge. Getting it right without the huge corporate marketing budgets for testing and...
View ArticleSmall Business Smart Solutions – Many Hands Make Light Work
It doesn’t matter how passionate or committed you are, sometimes you’re just too close to the action to see opportunities or solutions. Check out the latest time-saving solution that I’ve found for...
View ArticleSmall Business: Smart Solutions – Is Leadership Really That Important to...
There’s a lot of talk about leadership being essential for small business success. The trouble is it takes a lot of time and effort to create great leadership. The post Small Business: Smart Solutions...
View ArticleSmall Business: Smart Solutions – Profit should be in your hand, not in a report
Of course we are in business for profit! As well as freedom and enjoyment and to set up our future or perhaps leave a legacy, but we are in it for profit! The post Small Business: Smart Solutions –...
View ArticleSmall Business: Smart Solutions – Being the Best You Can be for Your Team
Do as I say not as I do, doesn’t cut it when it comes to being an effective leader! Where do you stand on the question, are leaders born or made? There would be no point in learning leadership skills...
View ArticleSmall Business: Smart Solutions – Business Success begins and ends with one...
“Everything is created twice, first in the mind and then in the world”. Of course there are circumstances that can be pointed at as being responsible for a business failing or for that matter...
View ArticleSmall Business: Smart Solutions – Are you Running your Business by the...
The definition of insanity is do the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. The same could be said for running your business the same as most others businesses around – It’s just...
View ArticleSmall Business: Smart Solutions – Is Technology Making Your Business Life...
The paperless office, technology that makes our work life a dream, software, apps and gadgets that save us time and effort and relive us from the day to day grind, aren’t you glad this is now a...
View ArticleSmall Business: Smart Solutions – When Would Now Be A Good Time To Plan For...
Coming into the Christmas holiday season do you traditionally experience additional stress trying to get everything done, then worry about things while your are meant to be enjoying a break, only to...
View ArticleSmall Business: Smart Solutions – How Important are Customers to Your...
Ask most business owners which out of the owner themselves, their staff or their customers which are most important, they always choose the customer. But the customer is the least important! The post...
View ArticleSmall Business: Smart Solutions – Words of Wisdom
There are so many great words of wisdom and words of advice that can take away your businesses “ugly bits” and help you accelerate your success. Wouldn’t it be great to have them all in one place. The...
View ArticleSmall Business: Smart Solutions – Does Business Coaching Really Work?
Business coaching is a rapidly growing industry, but is it actually helping businesses become more successful? If you take a peek at business success statistics they haven’t changed a whole lot so, it...
View ArticleSmall Business: Smart Solutions – Why Your “Business Owner” Mindset Is The...
The thing that will make the biggest difference to your business, your bank account, your health and your relationships in the next 12 months is your philosophy – Jim Rohn. The most common mindset...
View ArticleSmall Business: Smart Solutions – Making your Business Success a Ritual
Whatever you focus on and practise you get good at. So it makes sense to have a ritual to keep you focused on the things that are going to take you where you want to go. The majority of the population...
View ArticleSmall Business: Smart Solutions – Planning to “Smash” this Year in Business
If you were listening last year you would have gotten the good oil on the best way to plan this year. So if you missed it, or didn’t follow up, or just chose to check out and start a fresh at the start...
View ArticleSmall Business: Smart Solutions – Master the basics first. Then get sexy!
You must learn to walk before you can run. This applies to so many things including building a business, but vary rarely seems to be adhered to with small business owners. I speak with Ramon Ray, Small...
View ArticleSmall Business: Smart Solutions – Strategy Is Great, Implementation Is Greater!
Whoever said knowledge is power wasn’t talking about how to build a successful small business. Because the secret isn’t in the knowledge it’s in the application of that knowledge. Listen to David...
View ArticleSmall Business: Smart Solutions – Don’t Run Away! Stand and Fight!
Not everything you need to do to make a small business successful is easy or enjoyable. In fact there’s plenty of activity that very few people enjoy, such as mastering new technology, creating and...
View ArticleSmall Business: Smart Solutions – Why Do you Need to Know Why?
CLICK HERE FOR VIDEO VERSION – Most business owners spend an inordinate amount of time thinking about the what and how of their business but… Why is the most important out of the how, what and why...
View ArticleSmall Business: Smart Solutions – Don’t Build a Business, Build a Community
CLICK HERE FOR VIDEO VERSION – There are business practices and philosophies that make running a business more difficult than it needs to be or easier if you prefer. Which practices and philosophies do...
View ArticleSmall Business: Smart Solutions – Why Have A Dog And Bark Yourself?
Unless the purpose of going into business for you was to work extraordinary hours, worry a lot, have very few holidays and feel stressed you might be doing something wrong. The post Small Business:...
View ArticleSmall Business: Smart Solutions – Running A Business Can Be A Lonely Road
Do you find it easy to see problems in other businesses? If that’s the case, doesn’t it stand to reason that someone else might be able to spot deficiencies in your business – Listen to Performance...
View ArticleSmall Business: Smart Solutions – Sorry Lady, But Your Baby Is Ugly!
Building a successful small business is simple (I didn’t say easy) But there are some business models and strategies that work better than others. Watch this weeks show to see where your business might...
View ArticleSmall Business: Smart Solutions – Business Owner Or Entrepreneur, Which One...
They’re not roles they are mindsets! One is focused on creating freedom, the other tends to create a prison make you a slave to your business – I also speak to two guys that will share some awesome...
View ArticleSmall Business: Smart Solutions – Is Time On Your Side?
If you feel time pressure in your day, watch this episode of Small Business Smart Solutions for a number of ways you can get more done. Listen to Michael Brecht CEO of Doodle.com a very cool scheduling...
View ArticleSmall Business: Smart Solutions – As They Say, You Can’t Soar With Eagles If...
“There are some people you can be with for an hour but not a day” Jim Rohn. Who you spend time with can be critical to your business success. You will find out how you can get the right people around...
View ArticleSmall Business: Smart Solutions –“If You Don’t Know Where You’re Going Any...
Knowing where you are headed is critical, it can speed up your journey to build the business of your dreams and avoid a ton of frustration and wasted time along the way! Meet Derek Austin From Nuance...
View ArticleSmall Business: Smart Solutions – A Few Simple Ideas To Transform Your Business
Increase the speed of building your business whilst reducing your workload! Sounds nice doesn’t it! But is it even possible for your business? The post Small Business: Smart Solutions – A Few Simple...
View ArticleSmall Business: Smart Solutions – What Gets Measured, Gets Managed
There are vital actions and activity that must be measured for a business to become more profitable and successful. Measuring the wrong things can sometimes be worse than measuring nothing. I speak to...
View ArticleSmall Business: Smart Solutions – Passion… An Essential Ingredient For Success!
Some Business owners have lost their passion for their business, some never really had it! It’s an essential ingredient for a successful business. You can get it by following a few simple ideas....
View ArticleSmall Business: Smart Solutions – What Is The Most Important Area of Small...
Do you know which is the most important area of a small business? Do you have a planned and measurable approach to manage this area of your business. Get great marketing guidance from the king of...
View ArticleSmall Business: Smart Solutions – MMMotivation! Is It All It’s Cracked Up To Be?
How much do you know about motivation? Do you have it? or do you need it? Is it always a good thing? This week I speak to Master motivator and global guru Professor Mark Moorehouse (Aka Leigh Farnell)...
View ArticleSmall Business: Smart Solutions – Together Everyone Achieves More!
There is a much simpler easier way to build your business, increase productivity and profits, and reduce your workload. And there is common mindset and approach the majority of small business owners...
View ArticleSmall Business: Smart Solutions – Mind Your Language! Because Others Are, And...
I can’t believe how prolific Profanity has become and it’s really messed up. You are losing sales and reducing customer loyalty because of it. Stay with me for this weeks show to make sure you plug...
View ArticleSmall Business: Smart Solutions – ROI, ROO and Other Vital TLA’s (Three...
Knowing why to measure is a start, Knowing what to measure is an improvement, Knowing how to measure is the secret. Your decisions and and actions change when you get the real picture. I speak to...
View ArticleSmall Business: Smart Solutions – The Riches Are In The Niches!
Knowing why and then how to implement this thinking into your business can simplify your business and increase your profits massively. The post Small Business: Smart Solutions – The Riches Are In The...
View ArticleSmall Business: Smart Solutions – Profits Productivity and Pleasure
We all want more profit in our business. Trouble is, anytime money is the number one focus, productivity and pleasure often go out the window. I’ll be speaking with Michael Brecht CEO of doodle.com and...
View ArticleSmall Business: Smart Solutions – Got Procedures?
Franchise “style” businesses have a success rate of around 75% Compared to 10% for your standard garden variety business! There’s is a simple reason. What does the Franchise business have that just...
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