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When Will Business Owners Take Exit Planning Seriously? What sets top sales managers apart from the rest? What’s your performance dashboard? Good and bad profit, & how they define your future
 
When Will Business Owners Take Exit Planning Seriously?

When Will Business Owners Take Exit Planning Seriously?

Industry research indicates that over one third of all SME business owners intend to exit their businesses over the next 5 years.

What sets top sales managers apart from the rest?

What sets top sales managers apart from the rest?

Paul Newsom explains the one consistent thing the world’s top performing sales managers do.

What’s your performance dashboard?

What’s your performance dashboard?

Our twenty one District Health Boards (DHBs) now have a dashboard of six key health targets on which their future performance will be measured ...

Good and bad profit, & how they define your future

Good and bad profit, & how they define your future

After Kinko's was bought from Paul Orfalea in 2000 by FedEx, Kinko's went from a paragon of "good profit" to an unfortunately great example of "bad profit".

The “Commercialisation of Social Networking”

16 February 2010

The "commercialisation of social networking" is the next wave and while many brands and businesses are dedicating time and resource to Business profiles on Facebook, Twitter etc; there is a lack of activity and personality to a huge number of profiles.

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Its time to get real talking to business owners about social media

Its time to get real talking to business owners about social media

13 February 2010

I have just come back from a few days in Auckland presenting to business owners the results of our 12 month project using social media as a business marketing channel and networking "tool".

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How Technology Can Make You Money – Part 1 of 3 Reduce Costs

How Technology Can Make You Money – Part 1 of 3 Reduce Costs

12 February 2010

There's no reason to smile if you're spending money that you don't need to. This series is focused on using technology effectively for businesses.

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Can I copyright that?

Can I copyright that?

12 February 2010

The recent discussion about “copyrighting” the Tino Rangatiratanga flag gives a good example of what intellectual property (IP) rights might exist in a design such as a flag and what steps should be taken to protect those rights.

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Seven Words a Business Owner Can Never Afford to Use

Seven Words a Business Owner Can Never Afford to Use

11 February 2010

Which of these words are you using to run your business? Here’s a way to remember them - “Try” to strike them from your vocabulary, “but” if you “can’t”, you can “settle” for only using a few and make a “goal” of getting rid of the rest “later”, when you’re “alone” and nobody’s watching.

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Revenue is Not Your Friend – Pricing For Profit

Revenue is Not Your Friend – Pricing For Profit

09 February 2010

The Sausage Vendor said he bought his sausages for a buck, and sells them for $.95. When challenged as to how he would make money, he said, “No problem, I’ll make it up in volume.”

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