Posts Tagged ‘business solutions’

Very often we think that we know what our client needs, and maybe it is, but unless you hear it from your client specifically you are still only guessing. Here are some needs that can be addressed: (more…)

Most business owners wear several hats. They are not interchangeable, and you can’t wear them all at the same time. You must continually be asking: “Who am I here?”

For your business to grow and be successful, you have to eventually settle on the one with the best fit, and pass the others off. (more…)

I think it would be a frightening statistic to know how much productive life force is squashed in unproductive, rudderless, meandering, ineffective, blathering, brain-numbing meetings. Yet well-organised gatherings of prepared and fully engaged minds can be the most productive activity of your workday. (more…)

This is an excerpt of a speech I gave recently. It highlights one important aspect that is missing in business and our lives ….. read on. (more…)

Some of the top business leaders in the world say “70-90% of my time is spent on strategising – in my office with the door shut – about growing the company; how to sell more, how to reach new markets, how to support our field reps, how to attract top-notch consultants from across the country.” Many small-business owners and leaders don’t spend the time they should thinking about their business, they spend their time being a doer in their business. But as this example demonstrates, thinking about the business, strategising about it, is the most important work you can do. (more…)

In my on-going blogs on Entrepreneurial Alchemy I am focussing on Professional Services Businesses, which, in general have a poor marketing strategy and mainly rely on word-of-mouth referrals or walk in the door business to grow their businesses. Very often the principals of a professional services firm say that they have too little time to spend on marketing and advertising and feel that it is “beneath them” to be involved in this as they have are too busy looking after other things or clients to get too involved in this very important aspect of the business. (more…)

These character traits are important because without these it would be impossible to create a relationship where a customer can come to like and trust you. (more…)

Owing and running a business is often described as someone being an entrepreneur. What exactly is an entrepreneur? Here are a number of interesting points about an entrepreneur: (more…)

You may have heard that most small businesses fail within 3 years of starting. Well this can be avoided if you have the following in place in your business. “What are they?” you ask…… Have a look and see if these 10 important aspects of your business are in place: (more…)

As a service professional you are probably already clear on what your niche is, i.e. you know who those people are who want and need your services, but are you providing the solution to their problems in the way that they want? (more…)