by Buck Samrai | Feb 20, 2014 | Business Owners, Business Start-up, Flexibility, Great Service, Phone Answering
Increasing flexibility has become a serious requirement of today’s business landscape – especially if you own a business. And whilst business owners have always had more flexibility than most, until now, it’s always been rather a bit of a trade off between...
by Michelle | Jan 12, 2014 | Business Owners, Business Start-up, Business Success, Do what you're great at, Entrepreneurs, Freeing up time, Outsourced Admin, Phone Answering, Women Business Owners
It’s often at this point in the year, when you start seeing blogs, news stories, etc popping up on business trends for 2014 or business lessons from 2013. Now of course it’s important to keep a watching eye on trends that might impact your business. However, contrary...
by Buck Samrai | Dec 20, 2013 | Business Owners, Business Success, Freeing up time, Life Balance, Outsourced Admin, Phone Answering, Women Business Owners
From time to time on my blog, I’ve talked about taking the time to review where your business is currently at and the end of the year or mid year (aka end of financial year) are often good times for that. I’m thrilled to say, we’ve had a good solid year...
by Michelle | Nov 19, 2013 | Business Owners, Business Success
With so many potential disasters and crises looming around the business environment, it’s essential that your business has an effective continuity plan in place. Business continuity is often described as common sense, but it’s so much more than that. Yes, it...
by Buck Samrai | Nov 7, 2013 | Business Owners, Business Success, Health, Life Balance
The recent shock announcement and exit of David Jones chief executive Paul Zahra, has many pundits talking about just how much pressure company leaders face. Upon his announcement, Zahra said “Whilst much has been achieved and the company is well placed for the...
by Michelle | Oct 22, 2013 | Business Owners, Business Success
Strong relationships are the fuel that feeds the success of any business, even more so if you have a small business. And whilst that might seem obvious, so many business owners get caught up in the details of their products or services and forget how critical it is to...
by Michelle | Oct 8, 2013 | Business Owners, Business Success, Outsourced Admin
Spring has officially arrived (even if it already feels like Summer!!). The warm, pleasant days, the sun shining down on our bodies usually leads us to a sudden urge to clean up, clear out and de-clutter. You might also be feeling the urge to Spring clean your...
by Buck Samrai | Sep 24, 2013 | Business Owners, Business Success, Life Balance, Outsourced Admin, Small Business Planning, Women Business Owners
Last week we wrote Part 1 of how to keep you as a business owner can keep yourself focussed until your next break. This week, we thought we’d add another three tips. 1. Focus Helpers If you’ve got a project that requires significant focus and your brain’s...
by Michelle | Sep 18, 2013 | Business Owners, Business Success, Life Balance, Outsourced Admin, Phone Answering, Women Business Owners
I love September – it’s warm and gorgeous outside my office window and as I watch, I can see people enjoying their weekend. Australians just seem that bit happier with life. It’s also that time of the year when we’re in that serious revenue producing part of the...
by Buck Samrai | Aug 27, 2013 | Business Owners, Entrepreneurs, Women Business Owners
In the 14 or so years that I’ve been building my own business, Serviced Offices International, we’ve met a lot of business owners, many of whom have been extremely successful and grown from one person to many. We’ve even seen some clients build and ‘flip’ their...