Important Tips for Disaster Planning
22 January 2010
A disaster plan will allow you to deal and come to terms with the disaster situation in those first critical hours or days rather than deciding on how you are going to deal with it.
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A Successful Business Owner Told Me “No I Don’t Have A Website”…
21 January 2010
Earlier this week I needed to find a catery for my cat because we are going away for a few days in January. A friend of mine is a vet and she recommended both Te Puna Cat Resort, and Top Katz Boarding Cattery (also in Te Puna).
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How To Follow The Twitter Madness
20 January 2010
Twitter can be as frustrating as it is powerful and engaging. Because there is so much opinion and commentary most of the content is either not relevant to you, pointless or space filling nonsense. To get the most out of Twitter you have to decide what it is you want from it.
Posted in Social Media5 Comments
Untapped markets for New Zealand tourism: Young Families
19 January 2010
New Zealand is big on promoting itself as the destination of choice for thrill seekers and adventure junkies, but there’s an equally lucrative market they should be talking to more often and that’s young families.
Posted in Marketing3 Comments
How We Got On the Business Treadmill and Why We Can’t Get Off
18 January 2010
There are Seven Stages in the Maturity of a business. Today we'll focus on the first four, because they tell us what happened that screwed up our understanding of how to grow a business and why we can’t get off the treadmill.
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You’re almost certainly a hostage of your own business and don’t know it
14 January 2010
If you don’t have a clear Strategic Plan, or a Business Maturity Date for when you’re business will make money without you being around, you are a hostage of your business; no clear rules, no end in site.
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How To Improve Client Relationships
13 January 2010
All business owners know that in order to grow or even to survive they have to cultivate and nurture relationships with existing and potential clients. Why?
Posted in Management0 Comments
Part 4 – Social Media for Business – When do I begin
12 January 2010
Few would claim last year was an easy one for business. Taking an optimistic point of view, it has forced us to look long and hard at our business models and come up with ways to improve on the bottom line.
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Our prices determine our market – you are not a victim.
11 January 2010
Don’t kid yourself. The market doesn’t determine our prices; our prices determine our market. It’s our fault, not theirs.
Posted in Sales2 Comments
How to Recruit Your Next Sales Star
08 January 2010
Following on from the article in the last issue of NZSM, ‘Hiring your next superstar – making the most of the interview and selection process’, ...
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Trim the fat, don’t cut the muscle
07 January 2010
Understandably companies are trimming the fat and letting staff go as they react and adapt to continuing tough market conditions this new year.
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People Aren’t Buying What You’re Selling
06 January 2010
Okay, you make a great product or provide a very unique service. You’re in love with it and so are your customers. It’s a wonderful product/service. I get it. Now get over it. Because your customers aren’t buying it. They’re buying things you aren’t even selling.
Posted in Sales3 Comments
Curious Or Cynical? How To Sell More Using Social Media
05 January 2010
Are you curious about how social media fits with sales and sales management? Or cynical? Are you looking for silver bullets or short cuts to improve your sales?
Posted in Sales, Social Media3 Comments
The Three Critical Areas To Explore When Qualifying Leads
24 December 2009
Sales Opportunity Qualification is one of the most valuable skills for a professional salesperson to develop.
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Enjoy What You Do And It Shows
23 December 2009
How often are you faced with a sales assistant or someone on the phone who patently has no interest in you or what you might want to buy?
Posted in Mindset0 Comments
7 Steps To A Positive Attitude & Better Sales
22 December 2009
“Your attitude will determine your future…”. It sounds simple, but it is harder to actually do, especially for sales people. Developing and maintaining a positive mental attitude requires determining and controlling your thoughts.
Posted in Sales0 Comments
Why Product Focused Owners End Up on the Treadmill
21 December 2009
Last week we tried to give perspective to the idea that being the classic Systems Focused owners are great business builders but aren’t such great business starters. This week we want to see why Product Focused owners start the most businesses.
Posted in Management0 Comments
The Value of Value
21 December 2009
This is a real hot button for everyone in business right now and it's becoming louder and louder. If you don't have the answer to the question of how you add or create value then you're on borrowed time.
Posted in Marketing2 Comments
Closing vs Consulting
18 December 2009
Do closing techniques still have a place in the consultative sale? Traditional sales training used to include a focus on teaching sales people a number of different closing techniques.
Entrepreneurs are the Worst at Building Businesses
18 December 2009
Market Focused owners are just that – focused on what the market wants. They poke around and find holes in the way customers are being served and create companies to fill that need.
Posted in Mindset25 Comments
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