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Author Archives: Jon Stow
Run too fast, fly too high
Many successful people in business are prepared to take risks, which is why they get ahead of the game. I admire some who have take calculated risks to be a huge success. I guess Richard Branson would be one example … Continue reading
An Innocent in Social Media Marketing Wonderland
`You might just as well say,’ added the Dormouse, who seemed to be talking in his sleep, `that “I tweet when I sleep” is the same thing as “I sleep when I tweet”!’ At least that is what the … Continue reading
Posted in marketing, Social media
Tagged email marketing, marketing, Social media marketing, Twitter
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Keeping your business safe – Part 2
Keeping your cover You are the boss. It is your business. But suppose you were not there for a week, or a month, or many months, or couldn’t work ever again. How would you manage? I believe in insurance and … Continue reading
Posted in Business planning, management
Tagged health, Influenza vaccine, small business
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Keeping your business safe – Part 1
The high wire Most small businesses rely heavily on the boss. That’s you and I. We may have great managers upon whom we can rely when we are away, but sooner or later, we have to be available to make … Continue reading
Posted in Business planning, management
Tagged Financial risk, insurance, planning, sickness, small business
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Enjoy yourself
Reflections Isn’t it great to be happy? We cannot be happy all the time. Life can be difficult. We have family pressures and worries. We have business pressures too. No one has ever run a business where everything went right. … Continue reading
Posted in Business planning, management
Tagged fun, holiday, relaxation, small business, vacation, Work
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Jealousy will get you nowhere
Envy is one of the seven deadly sins. Unfortunately it seems to drive much of our modern culture. It is damaging and it detracts from objectivity. In business, envy has no place. Some suppose many whom they see as their competitors … Continue reading
Posted in Business planning
Tagged Envy, jealousy, marketing, small business, success
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All we have in business are our client relationships
Most of my clients are with me a long time. We get to know each other quite well, at least as far as professional relationships are concerned. That is why I have been very sad that three of my older … Continue reading
The trouble with referral networking
A colder climate Given that there are so many groups, not just the breakfast meetings, referral networking is hard work. As we said, there is a lot of dilution with people being torn several ways. The recession has brought more … Continue reading
The trouble with breakfast networking
Sleepy time A few days ago I went to breakfast networking meeting. It is several months since I last went to one and I wondered how I used to get up every week at such an unearthly hour to get … Continue reading
Posted in marketing, networking, Referral networking
Tagged breakfast networking, marketing, networking, referral, reputation
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