I’m sure it’s happened to you. You’re passionate about your business and it takes up a lot of your life so you can’t help sharing some of it with friends and family. They’ll ask you how your business is doing and you reply with an honest answer that may involve a challenge you’re currently facing. [...]
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This follows on from the post on ‘Why and what to outsource’. You may have reached the point now in your business where you accept that you need to outsource, and you’ve even got an idea on what to outsource. But something’s holding you back. What if you can’t find someone who can do it as [...]
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When you start off in business it’s perfectly natural to want to do it all yourself. For a couple of reasons: 1. You want to learn how to do it all so you understand all areas of your business 2. You’re operating on a shoestring budget and don’t want to spend money on outsourcing yet [...]
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You know that as a business owner you should be working ON your business and not just IN it right? But the reality is that you just don’t have the time. There’s always something that needs doing urgently, and a to-do list as long as your arm to work through. Is it really damaging your [...]
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Reality shot – when you’re running your own business things don’t always go smoothly. In fact, sometimes things go right off the rails and you’re left questioning yourself again about why the hell are you doing this? Things will go wrong at times. I know this only too well from my own business. I work [...]
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Why bother with testimonials? It’s about getting ‘social proof’ – people who are interested in buying from you are also interested to see and hear what other people have said, who have already bought from you. When you are looking to make a purchase nowadays, you are surrounded by a mass of information to help you in the the buying [...]
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Does the thought of selling your services or products leave you with an uncomfortable, icky feeling? Are you squirming right now? First things first – you are absolutely not alone. Most business owners feel like this at some point. It’s perfectly normal. BUT, assuming you want your business to be profitable, you are going to [...]
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If you’ve already been working on improving your productivity and time management but are still struggling to get everything done, in this short (under 5 minutes) video I explain what you may be missing. Let me know what you think and what action you are going to take by leaving a comment below. Unable to [...]
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Do you have some big dreams you want to achieve? Maybe one day you’d really like to cut down on the hours you put into your business so you have time to take up that new hobby you’ve always wanted to do. Maybe one day you’d like to make enough money in your business to [...]
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In part one we looked at one of the reasons your productivity can lapse when you become self employed. It’s often the very reason you set up your own business; to escape the ‘boss’ and create a more flexible approach to working. But, this new flexible way of working often results in you doing the things you [...]
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