Formula for Business Success
I never paid much attention to maths at school, so ‘formula’ and ‘equations‘ were dreaded words…they heralded hours of trying to work out answers to things I wasn’t interested in; homework I wasn’t going to complete and ultimately detention every lunch-time! Since then it’s come to take on a completely different meaning; one of excitement, new ideas, creativity... Read More
How to create the perfect work/life balance
You’ve heard the old saying: Work to live, don’t live to work. But, how would you like to know what you have to do next to get you on the road to a perfect work/life balance? What exactly is work/life balance? Let’s define those words for a minute. What is ‘work’? This word conjures up so many different images for different people today…The... Read More
The 6 Simple Steps to Starting a Business in a Recession
Starting your own business in such times of uncertainty may seem insane. However, like a lot of things in life if you are prepared to follow some simple tried and tested steps then you could well be the one living your life the way other only dream of. So here are the 6 simple steps that took local single parent and former teacher, from working hard in a low paying job to... Read More
Consistency
This is something that goes hand in hand with the last article and should be adopted across the board with whatever you are doing. Let’s take marketing as a prime example, and look at a couple of scenarios. Firstly, we often spread ourselves too thin; attending networking events, creating multiple social networking accounts, blogging, website building, flyers and brochures, email... Read More
Persistence – is this for you?
“Between you and every goal that you wish to achieve, there is a series of obstacles and the bigger the goal, the bigger the obstacles. Your decision to be, have and do something out of the ordinary entails facing difficulties and challenges that are out of the ordinary as well. Sometimes your greatest asset is simply your ability to stay with it longer than anyone else.” —... Read More
Marketing on a Shoestring
Everyone is talking about marketing right now – and why is that? Perhaps it’s because without an effective marketing strategy you just won’t have any business? Perhaps there is a real need right now, which a lot of big marketers are filling? Or perhaps it’s just me, after all what you ‘sort for’ in life will turn up on your door-step! So, I find there are a couple of... Read More
