While I am always advocating the importance of building relationships in business, specifically building strong ones, there needs to be very clear boundaries established. In most business relationships there should Read More…
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It’s Your Business – Take Responsibility for Everything
A few years back I had a bit of trouble with the Taxation Office. I was behind in my businesses’ tax payments and I was struggling to find the money Read More…
(Video) When You Travel for Business, How Do You Make the Most of It?
We both travel a great deal for work, so it’s important that we make the most of the time we have spare and use it efficiently. In fact, 2 hours Read More…
Why Should you Bother Marketing When You are Already Swamped?
Most small businesses will come to a marketing crossroad at some stage. Why on earth should they be spending time and money marketing their business when they are already super Read More…
Japanese Toilets Taught Me a Lot About Customer Service
After spending the last 10 days in Japan, I have absolutely no doubt that this is the most customer-centric culture in the world. In fact, I believe the word “customer” Read More…
Episode 5 – How to Manage Money and Get to Grips with Numbers in Your Business
If you ever have problems managing the money and numbers side of your business then this episode of the Business over Breakfast Podcast is definitely for you. Knowing the costs, Read More…
Don’t Assume Your “Lost” Customers Are Actually Gone for Good
For many businesses reconnecting with customers is somewhat awkward, especially if considerable time has elapsed. Often customers that are no longer visiting our business are simply classified as lost. The Read More…
You Just Can’t Please Some People
We all encounter the occasional customer whom we simply cannot please, no matter how hard we try. These individuals can be soul destroying. I have had a couple of clients Read More…
5 Ways to Build a Strong Team (Even When There’s No One on the Payroll)
When we work solo it’s easy to feel like we don’t have a team to support us. Sure, we have people who we contract to do work, various types of Read More…
The 10 Most Common Reasons for Business Owner Burn Out
Running a business can certainly be challenging. Burnout is a real problem for business owners, especially as we all get busier, face more demands and try to develop the ever Read More…
CCIQ Podcast Episode 4 – Top Tips on Team Building Strategies
Welcome to the fourth episode of the Business over Breakfast! In this show, Bree and I are talking team building. Of course, this is something that all small business owners Read More…
Can You Really Afford to Expand Your Business?
Expansion is an expensive exercise and it takes a lot of time, energy and focus away from the day to day running of the core business and that’s before you Read More…
5 Possible Reasons Why You’re Not Selling as Much as You Need to
If for some reason things just aren’t working out the way you want them to in your business, it can be really hard to clearly figure out what the issue Read More…
CCIQ Podcast: Episode 3 – Five Steps in Becoming More Productive in Business
This week on the Business over Breakfast Podcast, Bree and I talk ‘productivity’. This is a problem shared by many small business owners, and lots of them have no idea Read More…
Winning Every Project is Not Something to be Proud of
I always ask new clients how many quotes or proposals do they submit to prospective clients each week and secondly, how many do they win? Often they are very proud Read More…
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