Business Growth Power Pack

Over the years I’ve discovered a very interesting thing in the businesses I coach. There are some that I work with that can double their growth and others which don’t have a hope of ever reaching anything like 100% growth in a year. And believe me I’ve tried to help those companies that don’t have [...]

How often do you step back and look at your business? I know we’re all guilty of being deeply immersed in the doing of stuff that makes money. That means it can be terribly difficult to put time aside to work on your business. You may be terribly busy, rushed off your feet, going from [...]

Does anyone truthfully know the reason for the growth of Internet marketing? I remember in the early days web sites were very unsophisticated and shopping karts and Paypal and Google didn’t work like they do now. People seemed to have very little trust that the Internet would deliver the goods they chose and bought. There [...]

All the time I’ve been executive coaching I’ve been observing the things that drive people forward to major achievement,. And it all comes down to 3 things. Those things are Purpose, Passion and Pride. Let me explain what each one of those mean… Your Purpose Every peak performer who has a job, runs a company [...]

Manchester is currently the land of opportunity for grabbing hold of some free coaching and consultancy that will power your business growth.

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, [...]

Corporate Christmas gifts are always difficult to buy. And the reason is simple. Whilst you may know your clients in a business context you don’t always know what they would like as a gift, or even if they’d prefer just to pop out with you for a Christmas drink. Obviously the solution is to sound [...]

Manchester has an interesting funding arrangement at the moment. It’s called Creative Credits. Creative Credits aims to help Manchester SME businesses get creative input from other businesses registered on the Creative Credits gallery on their web site. The way it works is as follows: Creative Credits As A User Initially eligible users register on the [...]

There are a number of risks that are associated with running a business. One you don’t often think about is what would you do if you couldn’t actually get into your premises for 2 weeks, 3 weeks or longer? Trapped Outside Your Business What if there was a fire in the next office, one that [...]

Mary Portas’s BBC programs on reviving retailers fortunes has been consistently interesting. Sometimes because of the way her clients try and dig their heels in to avoid change. And sometimes because you can’t believe that people are just ignoring what she says when they’d have to pay a fortune to get such advice from anywhere [...]

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Business coaching is big business. I’ve worked with Chet Holmes for many years now and have seen and heard a large number of different business coaches, gurus and the like. The good ones really can make a difference to a business. Often however, it does require that the business take action on what the coach [...]

Cashvertising, or to give it the correct printed title; Ca$hvertising, is a very easy and fast introduction into the secret ways to make your adverts coin in the cash. This book is a must read for anyone who advertises right now, or wants to advertise, on or off the Internet. In it Whitman shows exactly [...]

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 [...]

Time is a precious resource and it’s not something you’d ever want to fritter away. If you’re not involved with Twitter or blogging it’s probably because you’re scared that the time you invest in getting interesting content together is actually a waste of time. Twitter’s A Time Waster So many people have denounced Twitter as [...]

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Business growth when you’re a business owner and/or a business leader tends to be looked upon as a budget thing. For example, "We want to grow our business and make 25% more profit next year." That’s the wrong way to go about it. After all if you haven’t done some investigation how do you know [...]

I just had to put pen to paper to congratulate Ian Lurie on his 38 Things I wish I knew when I started in marketing post. It got me thinking about the wider business and I’ve created 10 more things I wish I knew when I started in business…     Don’t chase every bit [...]

It seems as though a lot of people are turning to sales and marketing to get money into their company. Given the current economic climate that’s no surprise. The issue is that it can be difficult for a company struggling with bad payers and their own debts to invest in marketing. And yet, research shows [...]