I am sure that you, like me, have had days, or weeks or even months or years in your business that have felt tough. Whatever the state of the economy there are always ups and downs in business and some things are more challenging than others. Whether it’s losing a client, or a member of […]
Everything before ‘BUT’ is Bullshit
This is an expression I coined long ago – when working as a sales manager at Yellow Pages. Apologies to those of a sensitive nature for the graphicness (is that a word?) of the headline. However, it is true. Once you consciously acknowledge this fact (which you subconcsiously already know) it can help you do […]
Networking is like Christianity? What?!
A colleague asked me the other day how we get so much of our business without cold calling. I said to her – ‘Well, you see, I think the rules that apply to networking are a bit like Christianity’. She replied ‘Networking is like Christianity? What?!’ Most of my colleagues think I am slightly off […]
Not only can SME’s not get bank funding, they are too afraid to ask!
Well – it’s not a good situation is it. SME’s who need funding cannot get it – that’s of course unless they actually don;t need it – ie they are a 100% safe bet. Or unless they are prepared to put their house and everything else they own on the line – for what might […]
LinkedIn – critical mass achieved
Question of the day…. Are you on LinkedIN? Statistically you are way more likely to respond positively to that than you would have been 12 months ago. LinkedIn has seen growth of 65 % increasing from 48 million members to 79 million in the year to March 2011 (now at over 100 million). In roughly […]