You’ve gone as far as you can to develop your business and point it squarely at the future. Now you’ve decided it’d be wise to get a business planning expert on board to help you see the wood for the trees, streamline processes and procedures, identify cost savings, spot fresh opportunities you might have missed […]
Growing a Business – Boost Your Memory in 10 Minutes
How does sales development work? In my experience it’s much more than a good technical grounding plus the ability to connect and empathise with people. In today’s hyper-busy and competitive market it’s also a memory thing. And there’s a huge amount of new stuff to absorb. Smart, super-simple ways to support growing a business When […]
About Business Development – Your People
“Success in business is all about people – take care of them and they’ll take care of business” – Richard Branson. “Without people, a business is just a building full of stuff” – Jon Naylor The bare bones basics about business development? People Far too many company owners and senior managers forget that their business […]
Business Development Advice – About Positive Thinking
Here’s my latest post delving into business development advice. Are you looking for a simple, intuitive and wholly achievable way to boost business success? Something that costs absolutely nothing? No problem at all. My business sales expertise has led me in all sorts of fascinating directions over the years, and one of the most influential […]
Grow your business – Good and bad customers
“Without people, a business is just a building full of stuff” – Jon Naylor That’s one of my favourite quotes and I use it a lot when talking to business owners. Many don’t appreciate that their people are their business, and vice versa. What I’m also getting at with that quote, though, is that as […]
Business growth and the black art of marketing
Your first business growth task? To become a marketing wizard… or find a man who can. Become a marketing wizard for business growth Many people who haven’t been involved in marketing view it as a bit of a black art. Many who are involved in marketing can portray it as such either intentionally or inadvertently […]
Starting a new business – Succeeding in scary unknown territory
So, you’re thinking about starting a new business. Your boss is horrible, Sunday afternoons gradually descend into gloomy Sunday evenings with the prospect of trudging to the day job on Monday morning. And a somewhat chunkier bank balance would be nice. These are just some of the reasons people think about starting their own business. […]