Better Business

Sure, we need policies, but sometimes they do more harm than good.

Now the policy Nazi’s out there might not like what I have to say, but we live in a world that does not embrace policies that make little to no Read More

We live in a distracted world – if you want to create deeper connection in face to face meetings – read this.

Are we losing the ability to connect when we are in face-to-face situations? Are we turning up distracted, thinking about everyone and everything else except the person sitting across the Read More

Imagine waking up one day to find out that you really don’t love the business you’ve spent years building?

That’s exactly the concept I’m covering in my Flying Solo article this month. Do you consciously grow your business or do you have a passive approach? READ MORE.

Sometime it’s the email that says nothing that has the most impact.

Want to know more? Check out todays Inc.com article – READ HERE.

The Clarity Webinar Recording – with Geoff Hetherington.

I did a webinar earlier today with Mr Geoff Hetherington, the Clarity CEO. I asked him a pile of questions around the increasingly important topic of clarity – feel free Read More

90% of businesses fail to do this one simple thing when sending out quotes…

If you send out quotes for work and you aren’t doing this one simple thing, rest assured you are in the 90 percent of businesses that don’t do it. But Read More

Don’t do business angry…

And in this INC.com article I talk about the dangers of doing business when angry…..Seriously, don’t do it. .READ MORE.

Don’t sell your soul when the going gets tough.

When times are tough it’s easy to lower your standards – but that often comes at an even greater cost. I discuss this concept in this weeks INC.com article. READ Read More

And the discussion around imposter syndrome continues…

I’ve been having a lot of discussions around the concept of “Imposter Syndrome” in recent weeks. In amongst these conversations Trevor Young, whose podcast if “DIY Personal Branding for Business Read More

Do you struggle with clarity in your business? You’re not alone.

Do you struggle with clarity and overwhelm? Phew, I can really understand if you do. So to help people out a bit, I’ve asked a good friend of mine, Mr Read More

Have you got the customers you want or the ones you simply end up with?

This week on Inc.com my first article poses a big question about the types of customers we have in our business. CHECK IT OUT HERE.

The biggest Cairns based small business event of 2016 is happening next week. It’s going to be a blast!

SMALL BIZ BIG FUTURE – FEB 26th – is on like Donkey Kong. We’ve got close to 150 people booked in, well over $10,000 of awesome business building stuff to Read More

Don’t talk money too soon…

At some stage we all end up in a situation where we have to pitch ourselves for a really big deal. These situations can be daunting to say the least Read More

Testimonials are so 2012……or are they?

Personally I think testimonials are still as powerful today as they have always been. But perhaps they become a little lost in amongst so many other marketing messages and platforms. Read More

Sure, we all need to aspire to be great at what we do, but is there a limit?

One of my Inc.com articles this week deals with the concept of “perfectionism”. Do you have it? I love people who do what they do really well, but is there Read More