What comes first, marketing or sales is like the chicken or egg conversation! It’s an interesting conundrum because you need sales to sustain a business and without marketing of some description you won’t get any sales! The lack of leads is one of the biggest reasons small businesses fail in the first five years “These […]
I was out walking with my wife and we were about 2 miles into a 5 mile walk when it started pouring down. After 15 minutes we were both soaked and she said “If I had known it was going to rain I’d have stayed at home!” I said “What’s the problem? Skin is waterproof
How a regular morning walk can fight depression, you might well ask? The health benefits of exercise, both physical and mental, are well-documented, and even though movement might not be the first thing on your mind when you wake up, research shows that starting the day with a walk can provide a number of health
We’re currently living in stressful times, and so now, more than ever, it’s a good time to look at our internal emotional state. How do you deal with difficult situations and challenges? Are you someone who likes to confide in friends and family and take their advice on board? Or do you bottle it all
Apart from the fact that life is precious and the people who work for the NHS need a pay rise more than they need Susan over the road banging on a saucepan on a Thursday night, what have you learnt during the Coronavirus pandemic? That people apparently needed lessons on washing their hands? That there
Here are ten tips to improve your business leadership style. Take a second to think back over your working life, in particular the people we used to work for. We’ve all had a boss we hate, haven’t we? And normally for one of two reasons: they were either a tyrannical a-hole who wouldn’t listen to
A client of mine is currently writing his first novel, and last week he sent me a few chapters to read and asked for my ‘constructive criticism’. Now, this is a phrase I hate, so I responded by telling him I will give him my ‘Feedback’ not ‘Criticism’. The word ‘criticism’ is mired in negativity;
Time flies when you’re having fun, doesn’t it? That’s what they say. Although it’s often less about the ‘fun’ you are having, and more about how engaged you are in the activity. We’ve all had days at work that have dragged, for instance, and ones that have flown – and often the only difference is
Why Business Networking Is The New Sex ‘If you don’t ask, you don’t get’, that’s what we’re told isn’t it? But unless we are talking about something transactional – ie: a purchase, how can we expect to get what we want if we haven’t laid the groundwork first? In this case, by ‘groundwork’ I mean
Improving our personal activity is something we all strive for, but it’s so easy to get distracted by daily life isn’t it? The kids, your mates, your phone, the internet, CORONAVIRUS..and we’ve all experienced procrastination at some point our lives. But in the spirit of, ‘why put off until tomorrow something that you can do
