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Five Rules for Smart Cash Flow Management
One of the biggest reasons for business failure in New Zealand is not common knowledge. No, it isn’t businesses failing to make a profit; it’s bad cash flow management! Cash…
Why Managing Your Direct Reports is Essential for Success
The moment your business gets large enough that you need staff, you have a staff management requirement. Our experience shows that staff management is one of the most neglected skills in…
The Business Advisor Paradigm – Cost or Investment?
What impact will a business consultant have on your SME business? Let’s begin to answer that with another question. What do The All Blacks, an Olympic Gold Medallist and Bill…
10 Tips to Help You Build and Grow a Stand-Out Small Business Brand
According to a recent nationwide survey 71 percent of adults view small business more favourably than any other institutions, including religious organizations. Why is this? Well, small businesses are seen…
Getting past NO
One of the very first words learned by every toddler raised to speak English is the word NO and it’s also the most dreaded word in Sales. Great salespeople learn…
3 Keys to being a good CEO
A good CEO on really needs to do 3 things: From our experience in building companies over the last 5 or so years, we want to share a few tips…
Direct Mail Techniques
If you are going to embark on any direct mail or email campaign then then here are some basics that you should follow:
8 Great Ways to Double your Productivity
Decide today that you are going to become an expert in time management and personal productivity, no matter how long it takes or how much you have to invest to…
The Keys to Delivering World-Class Service
Article by Jay Lipe, US Marketing Author Without great service, your company is doomed from the start. But what exactly constitutes great service? asks US marketing author Jay Lipe. Every…
Six simple tips for super productivity
Even though there are numerous prioritising and organizing aids available, productivity is really more and self-discipline than using a mountain of tools or the newest high tech gadget. Learning and…
The Business Owners ‘To Do’ List
Most small business owners will have a ‘to-do’ list in one form or another, and for a select few it is all they need as they instinctively trade their way…
4 Rules for your business
Rule No. 1 You must understand — and be comfortable with — the way the business works. First and foremost, you have to understand and be comfortable with how the…