As the AFL moves into its finals, closer to that one day in September and as a die-hard and emotionally traumatised North Melbourne supporter, I felt there must be some lessons to be learnt throughout this football season which relate to business. By the AFL I mean from watching the AFL, particularly my team of
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“I know how to right good” – Why I Got a Writing Coach
As a business owner, I know the importance of blogging and developing content to help build my brand and my expertise in my field. Blogging was something I started doing early on and I thought I was doing OK. My blogs were getting read and shared, and was starting to develop a reputation around town
When Is Enough Enough?
As a business owner there are several key moments when you may start questioning the status of your business, and the decision you made to go into business in the first place. Typically these come around during the Christmas break, and again at mid year when it is tax time and you may review your
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Can or Should You Be Friends With Your Clients?
It’s one of those perplexing questions you may often ask yourself – Can you be friends with your clients? Firstly what does this actually mean? What does it mean to be a friend? According to the Oxford Dictionary it is “a person with whom one has a bond of mutual affection, typically one exclusive
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3 Simple Steps To Being a Better Tradie!
So, you’re a Tradie- awesome, I love your work! Whether you are a builder, electrician, plumber, plasterer or another trade, in the majority of cases you are pretty good at what you do (you wouldn’t be doing it otherwise would you?). But how would you like to be even better and develop some points of
“Would You Like Fries With That?”
These famous words are linked to the iconic McDonald’s as there revolutionary sales tactic which dramatically increased revenue on transactions by double digit percentages overnight, but as an Ex-Yum Restaurants employee (KFC, PH, Taco Bell), I like to say that KFC was just as good and had the same tactic! I’m not here to argue
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So What Actually Happens During a Business Coaching Audit?
This is a question that I have been asked on several occasions recently, not only from general enquirers, but by new clients about to go through the process. I think there is a degree of nervousness prior to starting this process, the fear of the unknown as to what is going to happen and
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Is Punctuality (and Respect) Dead In Business?
Some recent observations and events have caused me to ask a few questions about time and punctuality. Is it a reality of our busy lives today that we just cannot be on time? I understand that we all fill our calendars to the maximum available minute and cram as much in as possible within a
5 Ways To Get My Money!
In my last post I shared 5 Reasons Why I Won’t Buy From You, but let’s look at the good stuff and share how to get my money as a customer. It really isn’t that difficult. We all need to buy things, whether products or services so how come some businesses can do it so
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5 Reasons Why I Won’t Buy From You
As a customer on a daily basis there are countless interactions with businesses and brands that add to my perception of you and your business. Most of the time these are to a level that simply meets a demand- I want something, you have it, I buy it and leave….nothing special or unique, you just
