In my previous blogs, Where is Your Business Currently and Growing the Business, Setting your Goals. We talked about marketing planning and how to grow your business. After reading both these blogs you will now have...
Last week we spoke about the current business position, where is your business currently? So, you now know where your business is, how do you develop it into the successful enterprise you want it to be?...
You want to grow your business, you want to expand and develop your business into a successful enterprise that you are proud of. You have planned how you are going to get there and you are...
I read a great article today in one of the nationals (a printed version no less!) about an ingenious set of challenges for the writers? soon-to-be teenage son. He wanted more independence, more money, and more...
?I?ve tried direct marketing and it doesn?t work.? ?I went networking once but it didn?t bring me any new clients.? These are phrases that I hear on a regular basis. It?s a bit like saying ?I...
Planning, that old exercise of writing a list of things you are going to do, only never to look at the list again! Sound familiar? The start of a new year is generally filled with repeated...
Stephen Covey says start with the end in mind, so when you?re planning the future of your business, start by thinking about where you want your business to be long term. This could be 10 years...
One thing I see quite regularly in business is the need for new blood. Many small businesses find themselves in a cycle ? the ?feast and famine? rollercoaster. They spend lots of time doing marketing, generating...
Last week I wrote about setting goals for your business and marketing. Once you've done that, you then need to plan how you?re going to get to your goals ? the strategies you?re going to use. Whatever sort...
[caption id="attachment_1403" align="alignleft" width="85"] Chantal[/caption] On 1 May 2011 I ran a half marathon. I'd never run seriously before I started training last September, yet I finished the run without walking a single step and without...
As the UK was about to head into another Covid lockdown towards the end of...
10 years ago, I went skiing with a group of other business owners. The group...
I don’t often go to supermarkets. I’m not keen on the experience and would rather...
