Take a few moments to think about a new years resolution. what would you want… something personal or professional…
On the professional side, just think for a minute, if you had the cash to do a workshop, seminar or other… what would you like to learn?
Sales skills?
Marketing skills?
People Skills?
Customer service perhaps?
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It’s that time of the year when many take a break (down under anyway…) and they get the chance to sit back a relax a little at least.
How many of you want to forget the business, and how many are still wrapped up in it, failing to unwind even a little!
My thought for you at […]

This week - in our final missive until January - I’d like to explore the topic of gifts.
I’m not talking about what we should or should not give to our clients, friends and supporters, as I rather hope you’ve already handled that one. (He said, smugly).
No, the gifts I’m talking about are the ones you […]

To all our loyal supporters a HUGE thankyou! your comments, feedback, forum additions etc have all been truly wonderful. Have a great Christmas and a Brilliant New Year!
From the Free Business Tips team… Bren Ryan and Steve Gray

It seems to me that we’re well and truly at that time of year where things become a tad hectic and otherwise sane clients and colleagues go a bit wobbly. I think it’s directly related to the incessant broadcast of Christmas carols in shopping centres, but as I have no proof to back-up this theory, […]

Every week I publish my ezine, I get almost instantaneous feedback. Most of the time it’s wonderful comments like “Thank you for all you do, Ali!” and “I really appreciated this article. It gave me tips I could really use on that subject.” Or “Great teleseminar you’re offering - it’s just what I need to […]

The title, (don’t let my marketing ’spin’ fool you its all for effect), you see innovation can be the little things that make a difference or the quantum leaps that propel us out of the ball park so to speak.
Lets take a look at the incremental today… (the other is too big for me right […]

“Negotiating is the
most highly paid work
you will ever do. You
are generally making
more per hour when
you negotiate than
anything else you’ll
ever do!””
Wayne Berry

This situation is NOT the negotiation. It’s the end result of the […]

Many people in prosperous businesses will gladly tell you a significant part of success lies in just doing it. Many times a challenge, project or endeavour may seem too much, or it may seem as if the project is made up of too many smaller parts and things that must be done before anything else […]

Every year the major players at the Big End of Town, let’s call them Big Corp., have to produce an Annual Report for presentation to their key audiences: shareholders and stakeholders.These people have invested their hard-earned cash and have a right to know what Big Corp. has been doing with it. Shareholders and stakeholders are […]

A client of mine, whom I’ll call “Mary,” is a financial planner. She’d had a Web site for a few years that pretty much served as an online brochure for her. When Mary came to me, she was looking for other ways to generate income besides working directly with clients.
During our first conversation I introduced […]