23/02/2018

Amazing Journey - Wrong Direction

Amazing Journey - Wrong Direction


It doesn't matter how fast you travel...
if you arrive at the wrong destination.


Do your operations really serve you?


First - what are operations?
Operations are all the systems and process that help you deliver your product or service; this might be how you manufacture and deliver goods, how you organise work flow, how you run projects from start to completion, or how you process invoices. They are all the things you do on a repeat basis that make your business run.

01/02/2018

50 Shades of Love

50 Shades of Love

Do your customers feel loved and cared about?
Or do they feel you're indifferent?


No business can survive without customers, and we know it's far more effective to retain customers than to constantly seek out new ones. To retain existing customers they need to feel looked after, that their needs really matter to you, and they're not just a sales figure.


31/01/2018

Giving and Receiving

Giving and Receiving


Is networking your main source of new business?
Are you one of the many who don't respect the basics?

In the run up to Christmas we find ourselves invited to many networking meetings with festive jumpers galore. We enjoy networking; having the chance to meet new people and catch up with clients and contacts. 

Some of you may be experienced pros at networking, and for others it may be new, or perhaps daunting. In either case, it is important that we do not forget the true value and purpose of networking.

Are You Building Sandcastles?

Are You Building Sandcastles?

How highly do you rate your product?
What about your customers?


Back in February we spoke about Competitive Advantage - you can read it again here - where we identified your Niche and your Edge. But to successfully solve our client's problems, we must first completely understand what the problem is.