Take a real holiday

The more that i thought about this heading for a post, the more i realized how little of my own advice i sometimes seem to take. It has been literally maybe 7 or 8 years since i spent a night further then 100km from home. In actual fact in that time i do not think that i have traveled more then 60km from...

Keeping Good Records

When you are running a business it is and essential part to keep good records. Be it filing of your important documents such as invoices, contracts or bills, or Maintaining good records of client invoicing on the computer. The biggest consideration for filing documents is taking into account the size of your...

No compromise

There is one thing that far to many businesses do that can be hurting their business more than they know. This is the act of comprising quality for a lower price when purchasing any range of things they need for their business. This can be things like Marketing, Website, or any number of other things that...

Upsell For Profit

Almost every company that sell’s a product offers, in some way an upsell. Any company that doesn’t offer an upsell is potentially missing out on a huge potential profit center, within their business. Upselling should be a part of any business that is trying to sell a product or a service, just as...

Small Business Building with Debt

It often becomes a fact that small businesses can have trouble sourcing reasonable finance which will actually help them build their business. However making the best use of debt can in so many ways help you build your business a lot more quickly then otherwise possible. It is making the best use of debt...

My Business 100% Portable

Really it has been something that has been on my mind for a very long time, that is just how easy it is to be fully portable with maybe not your entire business but a minimum your office. I have been able to say good bye to the days of having to be stuck in one spot to do work for my business. I have taken...

How small business costs you

Today more and more businesses are struggling to make a reasonable return on the investment the owners are making in either time or money. The primary issue in this becomes apparent when you start to consider that there are any number of businesses that when you take an outsiders look at the business you...

What is the true Value of Education

Education. It is something that i very important in some fields, ie Medicine, Law, and a number of other fields that cannot be practiced without having the prerequisite tertiary education. While There are so many fields that education is an essential, there are i expect just as many that list education as a...

Measuring Performance

The key to any business is spending less then the business earns. While in the short term it is possible to spend more then you earn in the short term with the future in mind, it quickly becomes apparent that it is not feasible in the long term. The primary way to ensure that the business is efficiently...

Service Levels, not what is expected

There are very few business these days that enjoy the ability to offer poor service and still thrive. They are defiantly not the norm, but it does seem to be getting to a point where the number of these sort of businesses is growing. I find the most common characteristic of low quality of service but growing...

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