by Michelle | Feb 12, 2013 | Business Start-up, Outsourcing, Small Business Planning, Women Business Owners
Recently I took a look as one does at the end of financial year at how the business was doing. And despite the lingering tail of the GFC that is still affecting business confidence, our business was doing okay, well even. Given the SOI business has now operated for...
by Buck Samrai | Feb 5, 2013 | Business Start-up, Entrepreneurs, Freeing up time, Life Balance, Phone Answering, Women Business Owners
You’re back in the office. The sun is shining, you have exciting business plans for 2013 and all you need is a week in a vacuum to get yourself sorted. What you’ve got, however, is ringing phones, 10 more phone calls to return, a mountain of emails, harried customers...
by Michelle | Jan 29, 2013 | Building Leverage, Business Start-up, Customer Experience, Do what you're great at, Small Business Planning, Women Business Owners
Research says you only have 7 seconds to make an impression. Yes, 7 seconds. And let’s face it, by the time you’ve started speaking you’ve probably already used, maybe even wasted, a couple, if not all of those precious seconds. This Blog Features: What matters in the...
by Michelle | Jan 15, 2013 | Business Start-up, Customer Experience, Outsourcing, Small Business Planning, Women Business Owners
One of the biggest things that you’ll have to face as a business owner is a seemingly endless array of distractions – on a daily basis. Distractions from new product/services decisions, new opportunities, deadlines, suppliers, clients, business partners, the family,...
by Buck Samrai | Dec 18, 2012 | Business Start-up, Life Balance, Small Business Planning
If you’re anything like me, you’ve probably got a million things on at the moment. You’re probably preparing for 2013, going to all those festive season social and business events whilst trying to tidy up 2012 – all of which make you even busier than...
by Michelle | Dec 11, 2012 | Business Owners, Business Start-up, Business Success, Entrepreneurs, Small Business Planning, Women Business Owners
Being able to create new business opportunities is the absolute lifeblood of any business and the business owner. These days so many people rely on technology (email and websites) to do the majority of the work. And frankly who likes calling prospects anyway. But...
