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My new podcast is now live.

03 April 2026|No Comments

MY NEW PODCAST SHOW IS NOW LIVE… Today I’m officially launching The Business of Being an Author Podcast, a podcast created for authors who want to do more than simply Read More…

COMING MAY 2026, The Business of Being an Author

11 January 2026|No Comments

COMING MAY 2026, The Business of Being an Author Most people write a business book with big hopes. Greatly increased credibility, attracting better, higher paying clients and creating more opportunities. Read More…

Is 2026 the year you stop thinking about writing a book and actually become an author?

04 January 2026|No Comments

Is 2026 the year you stop thinking about writing a book and actually become an author? This means not just “getting a book done”, but writing a world class book Read More…

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(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…

25 October 2016|No Comments

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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…

22 October 2016|No Comments

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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…

21 October 2016|1 Comment

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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…

20 October 2016|2 Comments

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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…

17 October 2016|No Comments

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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…

13 October 2016|No Comments

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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…

11 October 2016|No Comments

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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…

06 October 2016|No Comments

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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…

30 September 2016|No Comments

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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…

30 September 2016|No Comments

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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…

28 September 2016|No Comments

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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…

24 September 2016|No Comments

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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…

23 September 2016|No Comments

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7 Strategies for Marketing When You Haven’t Got Any Money

Many business owners work under the false assumption that because they don’t have much money to spend on marketing, there is not much they can actually do to promote their Read More…

21 September 2016|No Comments

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Have you checked out SMALLVILLE yet?

Well Smallville has been up and running for a few months now. We’ve got over 100 awesome Contributors, close to 500 articles and lots more helpful advice for Small Business Read More…

19 September 2016|1 Comment

Better Business, SMALLVILLE