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Living Hand to Mouth Gets Exhausting After a While
As a marketing freelancer I spent many years waiting for my clients to either confirm a project, start a project, progress a project or even finish a project. It seemed Read More…
An 80 Year Old Message On Building Better Relationships
Dale Carnegie was writing motivational books and inspiring tens of thousands of people in the 1930s, his ideas are even more relevant today. Dale Carnegie promoted the importance of being Read More…
My Greatest Source of Business Was Right Under My Nose
I had an interesting experience several years ago and it made me realize that many leads are right under your nose. In my office we used to get regular cross-city Read More…
10 Ways to Pull Yourself Out of Any Sales Slump
The greatest danger for a sales person is loss of confidence. Anyone who has spent any time selling anything will tell you that from time to time you will hit Read More…
Is Elon Musk about to “Uberize” the Australian Power Industry?
Something very unique is happening in the far flung state of South Australia right now and Elon Musk is playing a lead role. South Australia is a state that is Read More…
What to do when you’re about to lose a big client
In my last article I shared some warning signs that might indicate you’re about to lose a client. The prospect can be scary, trigger uncertainty and, depending on the size Read More…
13 Biggest Lessons I’ve learned From 30 Years as a Professional Speaker
I’ve been a professional speaker for a long time and I’ve presented on a lot of different topics in a lot of places around the world. I love to present, Read More…
We all Need to Learn From our Competitors
We all need to spend time working out exactly what makes us different from our competitors. If you aren’t clear on this, you can’t expect your customers to be clear. Read More…
If You Cross This Line, You Can Never Come Back
At some stage in your business life you will be put in a situation where you have to make a conscious decision that really should make you feel uncomfortable. This Read More…
21 Ways to Win the War on Productivity
Clearly productivity is a hot topic these days. We’re all complaining about having more to do and less time to do it. We have incredible technology, apps everywhere, productivity coaches Read More…
Sometimes the Best Plan of Attack is to do Nothing
Now I know that a lot of the time the advice we are given in business is to step up, take action, take even more action and get stuff done. Read More…
What’s the Secret to Staying Positive All of the Time?
I’m a seriously optimistic man and I have been all my life, even though like most people, I’ve had plenty of times when my optimism has been challenged. So how Read More…
7 Signs You’re About to Lose a Client
All business relationships come to an end at some stage, that’s just the way of the world. We might work with someone for years, but at some stage, they might Read More…
Become a ‘Follow Up Guru’ and Watch Your Business Boom
One of the biggest and most common causes of customer complaints and frustrations is a lack of follow up. This means we have a great opportunity – master this simple Read More…
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