Business Growth Power Pack

It’s that time of year once more when our thoughts to turn to presents. Usually people look to buy the latest business book that sounds interesting. I’ve just emailed a client a list of books that any business would benefit from reading. So with that in mind I’d like to share the list with you, [...]

When a book has the word entrepreneur in it I always feel the urge to read it and yet often come away disappointed. And realistically how many entrepreneurs feel they have enough time to read any books anyway? Luckily when I got Jonathan Yates’ “All-Time Essentials For Entrepreneurs” I quickly discovered that it was a [...]

Henry Ford said, “You can do anything if you have enthusiasm. Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes rise to the stars.” And that’s what we all have when we start our new job, or business. And yet what starts with piles of enthusiasm can grind down into a living hell. Too often I’ve [...]

Well stop wishing and read “Influencer: The Power to Change Anything” by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, David Maxfield, Ron McMillan and Al Swittzler. Many who think seriously about business and influence know about, or have read, “Influence, Science and Practise” by Professor Robert Cialdini. In it Cialdini explains the principles of social proof, liking authority [...]

Sir John Harvey-Jones a completely unique business guru has died. This post shows links to other pieces about him and has a slideshow of his books and audio.

The ideal Christmas gift is obviously two weeks staying at Sandy Lane in Barbados. Failing that there are other exciting gifts you can get. For those business people who like to learn from others mistakes or successes the best gifts are knowledge oriented. Maybe you could combine a stay at Sandy Lane with an advanced [...]

Find reviews carried out in the blog. See if you agree…

The news is that a super sales guru has just released a new book, he’s so good clients retain him at $25,000 per month! If he can’t teach you anything about selling I’d be very, very surprised. Normally I would have reviewed a book like this to see whether it’s any use, but … I [...]

There’s no doubt the Internet has radically altered the way we all do business. We shop for everything online. We’re able to weigh up the opinions of the hundreds of people who review products. And remember it isn’t a job but just for fun or to warn people off! I write reviews for Blogcritics. And [...]

We’re now on the last two predictions in David Ogilvy’s fascinating book “Ogilvy on Advertising”. You can see my take on his other predictions here: Ogilvy’s Predicted Advertising Changes Ogilvy’s Advertising Crystal Ball Part II Ogilvy’s Advertising Crystal Ball Part III Now let’s look at those last two predictions… Direct Response Advertising No Longer A Separate Speciality [...]

Felix Dennis categorizes how rich you are, going from the comfortable poor (£1 to £2 million) right up the super rich. Which one do you aspire to? Oh and by the way Dennis believes certain people wont get rich…

Right, if you’re wondering why part II of Ogilvy’s Crystal Ball is after part III let me explain… Well you live and learn. I wanted to use the tags from post II of Ogilvy’s Crystal Ball so I opened that post (already live) in my desktop client (currently Microsoft’s Live Writer) . I deleted everything except [...]

David Olgivly’s book on Advertising’s predictions reviewed and checked against the current day.

Ogilvy on Advertising – a third part review of his predictions for advertising

A review of David Ogilvy’s Ogivly on Advertising’s predictions for the future of advertising.