Whilst we work hard in our businesses and can work to make more money, don’t forget about spending less, or more importantly, spending effectively and not wasting our money and other resources. Learn about business money saving tips. Here are a tonne of great, practical and realisable tips you can save real money in your…
A big part of business is communication. Whether that’s in your marketing, sales process, delivering the service, managing team or liaising with suppliers, we cannot underestimate the importance of good business communication. Here are some business communication tips I’d like to share with you 1. Telemarketing & phone calls The worst thing you…
Smart decision making is a whole area of challenge for many people and many business owners. Will I or Won’t I are so strong that we often simply decide to put that decision on hold, in other words, make no decision. Below I’ll go through some processes around good decision making and the following through…
For some, they believe working in a family-run business means a more relaxed working environment and a ‘one big happy family’ feel. Whilst some family-run businesses may well treat all their staff like a member of their family, it’s not that frequent. More often the challenges outweigh the benefits. However, having said that, some family…
Some business owners struggle to sell, let alone upsell. The upsell doesn’t have to be a ‘hard sell’. It also doesn’t need to be difficult. Did you know, that in a service-based business, once you do business with someone, all you have to do is ask? Offer an upsell and 50% (yes 50%) of your…
When it comes to the crunch, we spend more than a third of our day at work and I believe for business owners, it’s probably more than 33% once you factor in all the components of running a business. It’s important that you love your business and what you do and do what you love…
As an experienced business coach who services business coaching clients in the building and construction industry, I can say that some builders are making the most of this new grant, and sadly some are not. Firstly, this grant is Federal (Australia wide) and potentially gives people $25,000 towards building a new home or substantially renovating…
A pandemic is upon us and it’s certainly affecting many businesses. Whether staff are absent, or clients are cancelling orders or you can’t get materials – it’s all the makings of difficult times for business owners. So what are my tips on resilience for those in business at present? Here they are… …
As a business coach, I’m regularly talking to clients (and prospects) about their customer service. Most people say they are great and really look after their customers. I also know from decades of experience that if you surveyed a business’ customers you might not always get that same confidence in service. …
To succeed in business you do require self-discipline. To me, discipline is not a bad thing. Many people balk at the idea of discipline and if you look up the meaning of ‘discipline’ it is “the practice of training people to obey rules or a code of behaviour, using punishment to correct disobedience.” – I…