Most people start a business because they are good at what they do – bookkeeping, hairdressing, selling, fixing cars, cooking etc. They start off as self employed…(bookkeepers, hairdressers, mechanics ) and do fine. Over time they decide to grow their business. Soon they find they spend less time doing their business and they have to […]
Why do 80% of Businesses Fail?
The statistics tell us that 80% of businesses fail in the first 5 years. The reasons cited include: lack of basic business skills not enough good advice cash flow problems lack of sales losing focus pricing poorly not seeking help underestimating the competition and the market undervalueing promotion Usually the reasons are directly related to […]
Best Business Books That Make a Differen...
Take a look at my Squidoo lens. You can vote for your favourite books or add the business books that made a difference to you. While you are there, think about making your own lens. It’s an easy way to aggregate information that’s important to you and that you want to share. I’ve set mine […]
Productive! Magazine
Hot off the blogoshere presses: a new magazine. Gathering the best of the productivity bloggers offering their best in productivity tips. This is Stress-Less month, here at BOSC. This magazine will help you do that. There are articles on happiness at work, Getting Things Done, Zen to Done and many others.
What can you do right now to make the bi...
Answer: Write down your goals. Start by pretending it is 1 year from now. Write down where you are. For example: I have the best kitchen. The walls are painted a pretty colour and the new south-facing windows bring in a ton of light for my window sill herb jungle. There is plenty of counter […]
The Long Tail
It’s not about hits any more. We can listen to any music we want, buy more books than any book store can hold, access books from anywhere through the library system and hear from anyone anywhere. It used to be that we listened to what Casey Casem told us were the top 40. We didn’t […]
Blog Action Day
Today is blog action day. Today thousands of bloggers will unite to discuss a single issue – poverty. We aim to raise awareness, initiate action and to shake the web! After reading Inspire by Lance Secretan, I closeted myself in my bedroom and worked out my destiny, cause and calling – why I’m here on […]
Productive and Super Productive Time
Productive time is spent building your business, marketing and working on billable tasks. Super productive time is spent creating systems that will bring you money and do your marketing without you having to be there. For instance you can bake pies for your shop, or you can hire and train others to do […]
Perkonomics
What Perks can you offer your best clients? How can you make them feel very special? October’s Trend briefing on TrendWatching.com explains the concept of giving your best clients something special. Airlines and hotels have been doing it for years. It’s not about elitism, rather it’s creating incentives to make all your clients want to […]
