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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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How I Master My To-Do List in Just 5 Minutes

Ever finished the end of your work day with more stuff on your to-do list than when it started? Master this simple technique and that will never be your reality Read More…

14 July 2016|2 Comments

Better Business, Bits And Pieces

Are Your Customers Trying to Tell You Something Important?

Generally our customers are always giving us clues about what they want. Sometimes they aren’t even clues, they are outright demands and the message is clear, if we don’t come up Read More…

13 July 2016|No Comments

Better Business

When it comes to marketing your Small Business, it’s time to go OLD SCHOOL!

We live in a business world that seems entirely focused on everything digital – meaning online and social media. Whilst there is no doubt these are hugely important to Small Read More…

11 July 2016|No Comments

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Every Business has Warning Signs Indicating Trouble on the Horizon

I think there are tell tale signs in every kind of business that really send the message that the people running the business don’t care and that means that ultimately Read More…

08 July 2016|No Comments

Better Business

An Intelligent Way to Sell More of Anything

Anyone can take money from a customer, of course some stores are even replacing people with automated machines for this task, but very few businesses are good at making a Read More…

06 July 2016|No Comments

Better Business

A new addition to my team – welcome aboard Carla Schesser

Hello Folks – very happy to say that Carla Schesser, who has been managing the launch of Smallville for me, has expanded her role and now she has also become Read More…

04 July 2016|1 Comment

Brand New Stuff

BOOKS WITH BITE Episode #1 on Smallville

As I spend most of my life either writing books, helping others to write their book or reading books it seems kind of logical for me to do some book Read More…

02 July 2016|No Comments

Books with Bite - VIDEO, Books, Books, Books

(VIDEO) The Key to Standing Out from the Crowd

The key to standing out from the crowd is to do the things that others won’t. In life and in business, the most successful individuals are the ones who go Read More…

02 July 2016|No Comments

Better Business, Brainfood

How Much of Your Time Do You Spend Cleaning Up Business Messes That You’ve Created?

From my experience one of the biggest causes of grief in my businesses over the years has been spending way too much time cleaning up the mess because I didn’t Read More…

02 July 2016|No Comments

Better Business

Are your freebies financing other people’s dreams?

When a prospective client asks you to work for free ‘while they get things off the ground’ – alarm bells should go off. In this months Flying Solo column I offer Read More…

29 June 2016|No Comments

Better Business

6 Ways to be Less of a Worrier

For most of my life I was a worrier. I would always worry about what could go wrong, over thinking everything and living in a constant state of stress. The Read More…

29 June 2016|1 Comment

Better Business, Brainfood

My next Author 2.0 Bali Retreat is coming up in November 2016.

Following the success of my first Author 2.0 Bali retreat, I’ve had a lot of people wanting to do the next one – so here it is. Coming up in Read More…

28 June 2016|2 Comments

Books, Books, Books

It’s the end of financial year again, and I think that spells out opportunity.

OK – the dreaded “End of Financial Year” is around the corner, and often in the Small Business world it is considered more of a pain than anything else. Apart Read More…

27 June 2016|No Comments

Better Business

Please stop telling me to slow down and start telling me to speed up!

This week in my Smallville article I make a request – please stop telling me to slow down and start telling me to speed up! READ MORE.

17 June 2016|No Comments

Better Business, Brainfood

Well we are one month into Smallville…

Well we are one month into Smallville today – and in the first month we have had almost 10,000 unique visitors and well over 30,000 page views, which is pretty Read More…

15 June 2016|2 Comments

Better Business, SMALLVILLE