It’s a New Year, or just another Friday, depending on your take in life & some people are setting goals for their businesses. BUT we know that New Year’s Resolutions tend to be short-lived (as do entrepreneurial goals) because the mindset of the resolver probably hasn’t changed that much from the previous year, or Thursday night. In the last couple … Read More
Entrepreneurial Lessons from the Coolest Man in Prison
10 Secrets to Lifelong Happiness on a Mexican Beach It’s a favourite film of mine, and has ranked for years as the number 1 film amongst western cinema goers. So there has to be something very special about Shawshank Redemption and the character of Andy Dufresne. Something so special, that we can apply this hero’s qualities to business and be … Read More
Why putting Sexy Time on the To-Do List wasn’t such a bad Yuppie Trend
Let me explain. I was in executive management in the 1990s, the era of pagers, mobile phones, dial up internet & go-getters. I grew-up in Thatcher’s Britain. We radically changed culture in the era of my childhood & teens from shared community responsibility to me-centric. The culture of business, me, be as bad-arse as the boys, dress like them, be … Read More
45 Extremely Easy Ways to Send Your Productivity into the Stratosphere
The good news is you can start them today! Turn off Social Media notifications on your phone and only use it on your PC Check emails at certain times throughout the day and have an auto responder which advises this Use a timer so that you can work in set intervals. I use Clear Focus there is also one called … Read More
What to do when a client says they’re leaving and how to win them back!
It’s never nice when a client says they are leaving. You have worked closely with them for some time and now they want to leave. It’s completely out of the blue. So what do you do? Don’t take it personally It’s my business, how can I NOT take it personally? I hear you! There are several reasons why a client … Read More
The Workaholics Guide to Personality Type & Creating Work-Life Balance
The Workaholics Guide to Personality Type & Creating Work-Life Balance Having started my career in the 1990s, been a corporate wife i.e. witnessing others work silly hours & be on 24-7 call & now, returning to an office environment as an entrepreneur, I have witnessed no real cultural change in over two decades in the ‘go-hard or go-home’ attitude to … Read More
7 Ways to Simplify Your Social Media Marketing
1. Set aside time to dedicate to your social media. It is crucial for you to put together images for your posts, reshare your blogs and scheduling in your posts on Buffer or Hootsuite. All these things take time and can’t be forgotten about. So pick a time that works for you and do it or outsource to someone else. … Read More
Its All Your Fault!
Yesterday on the group call we were talking about blame. Who’s fault is it anyway?! In his book ‘The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People’ Stephen Covey talks of the Circle of Influence and how effective people focus on their Circle of Influence not their Circle of Concern. That is they focus their energies on the things they can control. … Read More
Can talking about boobs help you get more clients?
Yesterday on the webinar we talked about content marketing, storytelling and resonating with your audience. We also talked about boobs, but maybe not enough, so let me expand. One of our VIP members Joe had a brilliant email he published to his tribe about the difficulties ladies face whilst exercising. In particular he talked about chesticles, sports bras and a … Read More
Are you playing hide & seek with your customers?
You want a long term, stable relationship with your customer’s right? Training is a commitment they will have to get into their routine, their life and for a long time. So to trust you they need to know that you’re going to stick around and that you’re not going to disappear off the face of the earth after one week … Read More