I’ve spoken with a few business owners of late on the importance of following up your prospective clients. One was hesitant to do too much for fear of ‘harassing’ them or appearing too pushy. Another was grateful that suppliers kept following her up as it saved her remembering to do it – she also mentioned that it showed her they really wanted her business. Carefully managed follow ups can land you big clients and here’s why. You know yourself that [...]
Last week I was fortunate to hear Simon Sinek speak for 2 hours on what he’s most passionate about. I was impressed by his authenticity and humility. His dream, in a nutshell, is that everyone is happy and fulfilled in their work – pretty awesome. As promised, here are my takeaways from his presentation: People buy your WHY not WHAT you do. Get clear on why you’re doing what you’re doing and you’ll easily attract like minded people. Authenticity is [...]
Have a time and place for everything, and do everything in its time and place, and you will not only accomplish more, but have far more leisure than those who are always hurrying. ~Tryon Edwards For me, getting organised is all about making space for what matters most. Lack of organisation is draining, making it difficult to focus and affects your productivity. Clutter interferes with our sense of peace and the smooth flow of energy in our space. If you’re [...]
Over the weekend I visited a friend who is has been working really hard over the past 6 months getting a business ready to launch. It’s a luxury boat charter and I have to say, its very impressive! We sat down to discuss how things were going and what he’d been up to. Knowing little about the boat charter business, it was fascinating hearing what it actually took to just get the boat ready to sail. The preparation, licenses etc [...]
I spent a couple of hours getting my other half organised on the weekend. We had moved house in February and his allocated cupboard had become a dumping ground. So I went and got a few supplies and got him sorted. We all know the benefits of getting organised. I’m sure we all have rooms/spaces we walk past and every time think to ourselves, ‘I really must get in and clean that up.’ How many times have you said that? [...]
I often hear business owners say that they are waiting for the right time to get started with their marketing. Waiting for the next big project to finish, waiting for a position to be filled, waiting to have some quality time to devote to it, waiting til next month, or waiting for the website to be perfect (heads up – it never will be). The right time to start marketing is NOW. Actually it was probably about 3 months ago. [...]
If you are in business and have a team, you owe it to them to be the best possible leader you can be. I’ve heard a lot of stories recently of owners treating their team appallingly. I’ve also experienced it first hand in the past. I am dumbstruck that people would do this. I am thinking that the reason they have a team is because the needed help to make their business work. They recognised they couldn’t do it on [...]