There’s a lot of advice floating around on how to start your own business. Unfortunately a lot of it is misleading and will cost you a lot of time and money. There is – after all – a good reason why most businesses fail. The biggest problem I see is a new business owner who [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Success’
Marketing for small business – Avoid these mistakes
Most marketing for small business is a complete disaster. It simply doesn’t make any money and if you’re a small business owner then you know you can’t afford to lose money. Which is why many small businesses fail… they don’t achieve the marketing results they need. That’s why small business owners have to become marketing [...]
A positive mental attitude is mandatory
A positive mental attitude can mean the difference between success and failure in any aspect of life. But I’m not talking about some hairy-fairy pie-in-the-sky type of positive attitude. I’m talking about a strong belief in yourself and the mental fortitude to overcome all obstacles. Life is hard… get over it. But what you and [...]
Simpleology review – My success story
I thought I’d do a quick Simpleology review for you to follow up on my post yesterday about the secret of success. Now the first question you’ll have is probably “What the hell is Simpleology?” Seems like a good place to start. Simpleology is a method of achieving your dream life that has been developed [...]
The secret of success
Are you searching for the secret of success? Well I have great news for you… the secret does exist! And some even better news is it’s not even a secret anymore. If you want to find out how to be successful at something… chances are there’s someone out there who has already done it. And [...]
Are these the most important skills in business?
When it comes down to it almost everyone has valuable skills. You know things that other people don’t. You’ve had experience that would take years for others to obtain. And it’s not really difficult for you to turn your experience, skills and knowledge into a product. There are random businesses all over the place that [...]
Increase your sales in just 12 hours
Both time and money are constantly scarce for business owners. I’ve been in business long enough to know this firsthand. But it’s a bit of a paradox… if you don’t commit time to marketing you won’t have more sales/money. I’ve been struggling with this problem ever since my first client. What are the critical actions [...]
Effective marketing means more sales
Effective marketing is a different way to look at marketing. Because I believe marketing is a word that is thrown around too casually these days. Marketing consultants, experts and gurus seem to spring up from everywhere claiming to be the best. The problem is they can’t measure their results. It’s easy to claim you’re the [...]
World Internet Summit – Auckland 2009
The blog has been postless for a few days because I’ve been off at the World Internet Summit held in Auckland. It was a four day seminar with great speakers on all aspects of internet business and marketing. However I think it held a lot for bricks and mortar business owners as well. Not least [...]
Using free marketing techniques effectively
Before we start let’s be clear about one thing: There are no free marketing techniques. Every marketing technique that you will find takes either time or money. You might find people who claim a marketing technique is free but let’s not delude ourselves into thinking our time isn’t valuable too. In truth your time is [...]
