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Tag Archives: support
Keeping the business engine running
A personal note Life has not been simple at On Our Bikes Towers the past few weeks. We planned a holiday, and then my wife was taken ill the day before we went away and she ended up in hospital. … Continue reading
Posted in Business planning
Tagged Men's Health, Moustache, Movember, planning, support, Time management
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Taking our business network leaders for granted
Getting the boot I belong to a monthly networking group that has recently been unceremoniously ousted by the venue which has hosted us for a couple of years. It was not that we were a rowdy bunch. They just didn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Customer relations, networking
Tagged Customer service, networking, respect, support, thanks
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Why we need mutual respect between managers and their staff
Such is life with football (soccer) managers that we can be quickly overtaken by events, or in other words, sackings. That is unfortunate in the context that the two most successful English clubs over the last fifteen years or so … Continue reading
Posted in Business planning, management
Tagged André Villas-Boas, management, respect, support, teamwork
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Hard times and worse horrors
Small businesses are under the cosh in the UK. Our markets are very difficult. People don’t want to buy even when we can help them save money. I don’t sell answers which are not worth a lot more than they … Continue reading
Posted in Business planning, marketing, Social
Tagged Fair Trade, India, Rural area, Sky News, small business, support
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Business gym cracker
Recently I have been getting back into the routine of going to the gym. I am quite an “old hand” at the gym, but having been “injured” a while back I got out of the habit. Still, I am going … Continue reading
Running your business in the dark
There is a lot to be said for ploughing (plowing) your own furrow in business. Many great and successful business people have been famous for doing that, whether we are talking about Richard Branson, Anita Roddick, Steve Jobs or Warren … Continue reading
Booing from the sidelines
However, success in business is about belief. It is about market sentiment. The more positive people feel about the business environment and the economy in general, the better it actually is. Continue reading
Posted in Business planning, Sales, Social, Start-up
Tagged Business and Economy, sentiment, Start-up, support
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Why starting a business is hard work for the brain
Holiday times are when we have space to think about the future, and for some it will be to seek new opportunities in starting a business. When we go back to first principles to start a new business we need … Continue reading
Posted in Business planning, marketing, Start-up
Tagged business plan, family, finance, idea, Marketing and Advertising, support
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Social media experts
The word “expert” is not a word I am comfortable with. One of the sites to which I am contributor, and for which I am grateful because of the additional exposure does describe me as an expert author. Whilst this is a sort of compliment, I write about what I know through experience. After all, I write this blog about small business life because I have a small business of my own.
So what about social media? Are there any experts? I think there are specialists, but nobody knows where we will go, inextricably linked with the technology. Continue reading
Posted in Referral networking, Social media
Tagged adviser, business, expert, future, futurologist, marketing, network, networking, Social media, support, technology, Twitter
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