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2022 Big Day Off is Coming
Every year since 2014, Small Business Improvement Services has advocated that small business owners, make a point of taking a big day off during September. Studies have been done on mental health and wellbeing of small businesses. The Australian government has also dedicated millions of dollars to support small business owners in their mental health and wellbeing.
Social Media & the 3 R’s
Social media is an important tool for websites and businesses of all types, as it can help boost a website’s audience by a huge margin. But used incorrectly, social media can actually turn off a lot of people who might have been customers. It can also actually slow...
Understanding Conversion Rate Optimisation
Understanding Conversion Rate Optimisation What is a conversion rate? A conversion rate is a...
Productivity
Too much to do and not enough time to do it?
Simplify your business!
Everyone is looking to save time and money, and no one is more eager to increase productivity than those running their own businesses.
Today we have so much more to do and so little time to do it. Trying to get more done, more meetings, more relationships to manage, and volumes of emails to wade through. How do we achieve our productivity? This week, once again, I have been asked to help someone with their systems. They just can’t keep up with the phone calls, meetings, quotes, and paperwork, and then find the productive time of doing the job!! On top of that, we all have information overload.
Growth and Innovation
When I ask business owners and managers about growth and innovation, many of them talk about the many ideas they have brewing but they just never get around to following through with those ideas. They are too busy fighting front-burner issues to think about anything new, even though, growth and innovation is going to be a source of new products and revenue. These three words are perfect, from one of the world’s most innovative companies: “JUST DO IT ”
Leadership
How a Small Business Coaching Leadership Culture can create Success! Leadership is a gift if you use a coaching culture your whole business could be transformed into success! Leadership is not about being great – it is about enabling others to be great! It is about...
Turn Your Skills into a Booming Business
“It’s not the cards you are dealt – it’s the way that you play them” Randy Pausch If you have an idea, be it service or product. Get committed and focused, do not be like many who turn around 6 months later and see someone else making a motza with their idea. ...
Five Tips to Knowing Your Numbers
One of the conversations that we probably don't value enough, is the one about knowing your numbers. It is super easy to get emotional about how your business is going (or not going) but the truth is that the numbers and the data, does not lie. Here are 5 tips to...
Marketing Matters
“We do not need magic to change the world. we carry all the power we need inside ourselves already” JK Rowling Every year many businesses develop brand images, set goals, develop business plans and marketing plans and strategies, and often they are not...
