If so, you may be making the mistake most business owners make when they do. “If you know somebody who is looking for X, it’d be great if you could mention my name to them” Sound familiar? The problem with this approach is that it’s too generic and it’s hard for your...
Years ago I was working with a lady who ran a garden centre. I asked her to do a simple exercise – take her car down the road with her “client’s hat” on and take notice of what her clients see. She noticed a few things: There was no signage on the main road so it was...
In the minds of many, change is a dirty word. When we hear 'change', we think disruption of sorts. A threat. Something that ruins the status quo and forces us to go back and break what’s comfortable for us. So change tends to have a negative connotation. That’s...
Who is your ideal client? In business we often talk about what our target market or niche market is and both are very important. However, one question that is even more powerful and business owners often neglect to ask, is the question of who their ideal client is....
Ever feel like you just can’t grow your business? You’re attending courses, meeting clients, doing your best. Some business comes in but it’s never the big players, and it’s just about enough to keep you afloat. Sound about right? A lot of the businesses I’ve worked...
There is a direct correlation between success and passion. No surprise, right? Are you passionate about your business/career? If your heart is truly passionate about something, you give it 100% Success is just the natural result from that. Here’s what many don’t...
Do you remember your parents ever saying “silence is golden”? In other words when the children have gone to bed and there’s quiet in the house, it’s just bliss. As a parent myself, when the kids were much younger, I can relate to this. But what about when it comes to...
Two conversations rule our lives today: the one about success and the one about failure. There’s hundreds if not thousands of articles written on how to achieve success and how to avoid failure. Well, in my experience, the only real difference between people who...
Every business owner encounters situations where they feel powerless, overwhelmed, or simply confused; whether it is an unpleasant interaction with a team member, bad sales numbers, or looking at the possibility of having to shut down the business…
Every business owner encounters situations where they feel powerless, overwhelmed, or simply confused; whether it is an unpleasant interaction with a team member, bad sales numbers, or looking at the possibility of having to shut down the business…