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Tag Archives: small business
I’m gonna sit right down and write myself a letter
I’m gonna sit right down and write myself a letter And make believe it came from you Once upon a time Going through some old papers the other day I found a note I wrote myself a long time ago. … Continue reading
The Appointed Time
I have just had a poor experience because the owner mixed up my appointment for another date in the future. Continue reading
Posted in Customer service, Sales, Start-up
Tagged answering service, Customer service, reputation, small business, Virtual assistant, Voicemail
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How can we hang on to a dream?
To have dreams in the sense of hopes and plans is something we all have and especially in business. We have objectives and targets and aspirations as to where we want to be in a year’s time, or five years or ten years. Continue reading
Posted in Business planning, management
Tagged employee, like, management, marketing, planning, small business, trust, vision
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Time wasting and fog
Image via Wikipedia I believe we should always be at least fine-tuning our business models and especially our marketing of course. Whether the New Year is the time for a good clear-out or the business should have a good spring-clean … Continue reading
Posted in Business planning, management, marketing
Tagged advertising, distraction, Fog, planning, small business
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Desperate networking
I wonder whether some of them are driven by desperation that their networking has never worked even when they started and took it more slowly.
We know that if our marketing isn’t working we have to change it. Networking is a sort of marketing in which we give without expectation of getting business from anyone in particular but in the knowledge that those we know may think of us when it counts and they think they know someone who needs us. Continue reading
Posted in marketing, networking, Sales, Social media
Tagged Hunting, marketing, network, networking, networking butterflies, small business
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Mutual envy
Image via Wikipedia Many of us in business for ourselves feel we would be unemployable if we were asked to go to work for someone else. We enjoy the freedom of making our own decisions and being in charge. We … Continue reading
Posted in Business planning, management
Tagged Employment, freedom, self-employment, small business, Wage slavery
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Don’t repeat costly business mistakes
Mistakes. We all make them. In the early years of a business, inexperience may lead us to make quite a few. Don’t worry about that. It is important to learn from mistakes and move on. Continue reading
Posted in Business planning, marketing, Sales
Tagged advertising, customer, learn, marketing, mistake, planning, sales, small business, Start-up, Yellow Pages
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Riding the wave
So if we move with the times, let’s enjoy ourselves. If you are reading this you probably know that I have quite a significant on-line presence. I cannot claim to be one of the big hitters like Chris Brogan or … Continue reading
Posted in marketing, networking, Sales, Social media
Tagged Chris Brogan, Google Wave, Guy Kawasaki, marketing, network, networking, sales, small business, Social media, WordPress
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Move with the times!
I was writing the other day about the business directories not really delivering for many small businesses. One of the reason for that is that our customer and clients tend to look elsewhere for their services. Compared with even five … Continue reading
Loss of status issues for the newly self-employed
I remember well what it was like to find myself without a job, not able to get one and with the prospect of “getting on my bike” and earning a living as a self-employed person. I had not planned to … Continue reading
Posted in Business planning, management, Start-up
Tagged freedom, independence, job title, on your bike, self-employment, self-esteem, small business, status, title
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