The greyhound approach to your small business, what is it? Think about what a greyhound is. It’s small, lightweight, fast, can change direction in the blink of an eye, it has amazing endurance and doesn’t have an ounce of at on its body. Be quick, adaptable, motivated and lightweight. That last one, ‘lightweight’, that’s the…
When you’re leading a business and trying to guide it all the way to the very top, you need to have a collection of happy and motivated staff members. Anyone that works on their own doesn’t have to deal with this kind of thing, obviously, but those who run small businesses know that if the…
There are lots of ways in which a brand can come under attack. Spotting the signs early can help you to defend your reputation and reduce the damage. Here are just several threats to look out for and what you can to diffuse them. #1 Customers are publishing negative reviews online Many customers rely…
Deciding what our direction in life is going to be can sometimes be a sticky situation. We can find ourselves torn between what we want and what is the easiest decision. Sometimes we are told to let go of what we want because it is unobtainable. Some incredible career pathways have been seen as unobtainable…
We’ve all sat in on meetings as audience members, watching as our colleagues stood up and delivered information about company performance, training or new initiatives. Giving a presentation in the workplace is practically a rite of passage—one that transcends time and technology updates. The need to clearly convey information persists across job roles, teams, departments…
There comes a wonderful point during the early stages of your company that your business reputation precedes itself, targets are met, and there’s a general feeling of happiness in the air. Not least because you are finally getting some profit. But once you start to make a profit, you’ve got to figure out how to…
Getting a foot in the door when it comes to starting a business can mean treading on some expensive ground. Today we are going to look at some of the ways that we can not only get into starting our own business but some of the ways we can save a little money along the…
When people posit that human beings are insatiable and that we’ll always experience needs, they are actually stating the obvious. The needs will always be there and they are easily identifiable. But the major problem is how to meet them. For example, when I was about to take a vacation where I’d be visiting many…
Starting your own business really doesn’t have to be a big deal. Yet, when it’s something that you’ve always wanted to do, you can quite often get afraid of failure – or you start to hold yourself back a bit. And when this is the case, it can sometimes even be enough for you to…
Effective marketing often involves getting in people’s faces and making people notice you. But there can be times when this is simply annoying, possibly having a negative impact on a company’s image. Here are just a few annoying marketing tactics that you may want to avoid. #1 Pop-up overuse Pop-up adverts can be found…