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How to plan for taking a holiday when you’re the business owner

This comes up time and time again with busy business owners - they don't have time for a holiday! How can they can take  a 'normal' holiday of 2 weeks say, when they struggle to stop working over the weekends? Something I often hear from new clients...

16 July, 2013 / 2 Comments

Need a little extra oomph in your marketing plan? Try this…

Every once in a while it's a good idea to step back from your current marketing plan (you do have one of these don't you?), and have a look at what else is going on in the world. If you need a bit of inspiration on...

09 July, 2013 / 0 Comments

Are you addicted to being busy?

Okay, we all know how busy you are. Your weeks roll by with barely a second to stop and think. You know all the tips and strategies about productivity, but they don't apply to you and your business. You're different from the others - you really are busy! You...

02 July, 2013 / 2 Comments

Are you up for short term pain to get some long term gain?

Are you so crazy busy right now that you feel like shutting the door, stopping everything and starting all over again? You have so much to do that you don't know where to start. If only you had started to get more organised last month. If only you...

25 June, 2013 / 0 Comments

How to get paid on time, follow up outstanding invoices and keep your clients happy

Do you know how much money you currently have owed to you in outstanding invoices? If not, go and find out now. I've known people to have several thousand pounds sitting around in unpaid invoices that they are 'waiting' to get paid for. In fact, most business owners...

18 June, 2013 / 0 Comments

3 ways to increase your profits (including the ‘quick & easy’ way)

What I'm talking about in this article is increasing your profit by increasing your revenue. Check out this previous blog post too about managing your costs. When you started out in business, THE most important thing was finding clients who would pay you. Now though, you...

11 June, 2013 / 0 Comments

What lesson can you learn from Coca-Cola?

It's probably not escaped your attention that Coca-Cola have a new marketing campaign out right now, 'Share a coke with...

04 June, 2013 / 0 Comments

Are you making this classic mistake in your business?

Whilst driving about with my husband the other day I happened to point out a car I quite like as I'm thinking about upgrading my car soon. The conversation went something like this: Me: I like the look of that one Husband: Yes, it's 4 wheel drive too (in...

28 May, 2013 / 0 Comments

The quickest & easiest way to increase profitability

When I ask people how they can increase their profitability, they often assume they need to be increasing their sales. And yes, increasing your sales volume and your average transaction value, is something that you need to be working on to increase your overall profitability, there...

21 May, 2013 / 3 Comments

What to do with ‘well meaning advice’ from friends & family

I'm sure it's happened to you. You're passionate about your business and it takes up a lot of your life so you can't help sharing some of it with friends and family. They'll ask you how your business is doing and you reply with an honest...

14 May, 2013 / 0 Comments