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Go and Fail….Now
We all make mistakes – it’s how we learn.
It regularly surprises me that so many people seem afraid to fail.
When I talk to people about blogging (and often, this is in order to convince them to try it), one of the things I hear a lot is that they are worried about writing something that’s [...]
Public Speaking – A Secret to Success
I wasn’t able to get to my blog post on Friday last week due to a string of seminars I’m currently running. Unusually we had three turn up within a week of each other so I had to prioritise and I’m afraid the blog post lost out this once. That said, I’m catching up now [...]
My philosophy of how I treat my clients
We’re all in business because of our clients – if it wasn’t for them we’d have no orders and therefore no business.
Client interaction has always fascinated me, its something I’ve studied since I started my web design & online marketing business over 10 years ago.
Originally there were three directors at Optix. We formed quite a [...]
What’s your social footprint like?
I consult a lot of small to medium sized businesses on ‘Social Media/Communications’. I’m not a self professed ‘social media guru’, it’s certainly not everything I do, but it does form a lot of the marketing/customer service/networking activity that I carry out for my own businesses. This post is about something I call ‘your social [...]
Secrets for Super Successful Business Owners – Nigel Botterill
On Wednesday night I had the privilege of watching Nigel Botterill, UK Entrepreneur and CEO of thebestof Franchise group present to 100 businesses in my hometown of Exeter. The tour of the country is called “18 Secrets that Super Successful Business Owners Know and Do…” – you can follow the conversation about the tour on [...]
The Rule of the First and the Last
What do you do when you turn up to a networking event or a meeting? Do you turn up after everyone else? Do you leave before other people have? Well here’s a quick tip for you this week – thousands and thousands of pounds have been won through the rule of the first and the [...]
The Sale ain’t made ’til the bill is paid!
It’s funny, almost every one of us would celebrate making a sale – and so we should, it’s a big thing, but it’s not the whole deal and never forget that!!! Strong opening statement? It’s probably not strong enough…
You only have a complete deal when you’ve made a sale, done the work and then collected [...]
5 traits successful business people have – do you have these?
Missed a week due to travel folks so firstly apologies for that – clearly my first trait should be the inability to keep an appointment with ones blog
OK so there are probably hundreds of things you need to be successful in business but I’ve been day dreaming this last week and working out [...]
Turnover for show, profit for dough
It’s interesting when you think that the majority of people, having been asked the question, “how well is your company doing” or “how big is your company” would probably quote a turnover figure or number of employees. “Hey, I’m Billy big banana’s because I’m turning over 5m a year”, or “Yes, I am the man/woman, [...]
Time for Reflection
As a small business owner it’s all to easy to get completely consumed by your business. I didn’t take a single holiday for at least the first five years, I worked through weekends and spent every hour I could in the office during the week just to keep things going. It’s what you do when [...]