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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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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

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Do You Spell Out Your Expectations to New Clients?

For most of us getting a new client is always a great feeling, even if we’ve had a thousand of them before. Generally, it’s why we are in business, there Read More…

16 September 2016|1 Comment

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Good Pillow Talk Versus Bad Pillow Talk for Couples in Business

It’s becoming increasingly common for couples to work together, mainly due to the increasing fascination with the entrepreneurial life. Anyone who has done it will tell you that there are Read More…

14 September 2016|No Comments

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How to get your clients to pay you more, and faster

When I was a marketing consultant I spent many years waiting for my clients to either confirm a project, start a project, progress a project or even finish a project. Read More…

14 September 2016|1 Comment

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Maybe It’s Time to Get Yourself an Accountability Coach?

We all have those nagging voices in the back of our head reminding us of the things we wanted to do, or were supposed to do, but we simply didn’t Read More…

12 September 2016|No Comments

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Join myself and Dean Hawkins at the September Cairns Business Woman’s Club Luncheon

Join myself and Dean Hawkins, author of “Fight Fire with Fire” at the September Cairns Business Woman’s Club Luncheon, where we’ll be discussing why it’s time to get better at telling Read More…

07 September 2016|1 Comment

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