With outsourcing becoming more and more popular, it’s no longer a case of “Will you outsource?” but more of a question of “what should I outsource and when?” Let’s start with when… You should outsource when: - An activity is … [Read more...]
Thriving Against Big Business
July 19, 2012 By 2 Comments
With the opening of a large new retailer in the local area yesterday, it got me thinking about how these stores affect smaller locally owned businesses and just how they can still be thriving against big business. So here we go... 3 key steps to … [Read more...]
Local Business Brainstorming
July 13, 2012 By 1 Comment
Networking is one of those things that you know you SHOULD be doing. The thing is, you've tried it before and it just isn't you. You hate those pushy sales types, the ones trying to push cards into your hands. You hate the "networking sluts", the … [Read more...]
A Dirty Word In Business…
July 9, 2012 By 3 Comments
There are many dirty words in business (that is another post all together) but the one I want to talk about today is ... Networking. There, I said it. It wasn't that bad now, was it?! Networking is fast becoming one of those words that brings … [Read more...]
Why Support Local?
July 3, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Last week we looked at why being a local business owner rocks (if you missed it you can read it here), but just why should we support other local business owners? You've seen them all before, all the stats, all the pictures, all of the videos, so … [Read more...]
6 Reasons Why Being A Local Business Owner Rocks
June 26, 2012 By 3 Comments
Let’s be honest, we all have our good days and what seems like more than our fair share of bad times. There are times when being a local business owner is what feels like a very lonely, hard uphill slog, so here are 6 reasons why being a … [Read more...]
Branding Workshop – Hands off my cow
June 22, 2012 By Leave a Comment
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN AND GONE - Make sure you keep in touch to get access to other great events like this one! Branding... it's a word we hear tossed around a lot a the moment, but what does it really mean? Join us on Wednesday July 11th, at … [Read more...]
Brainstorming – Local Style
June 5, 2012 By Leave a Comment
When was the last time you dedicated time to brainstorm new ideas for your business? More so, when did you last ask a group of local business owners for their input? Often we get dragged down in the daily humdrum of running a business, all the … [Read more...]
Facebook – Are you getting results?
May 10, 2012 By 1 Comment
I have seen so many local businesses over the last couple of weeks, who are not doing it well, that I just had to comment... Note: Was that little bit of hair sticking up frustrating you too?? :) There you go, nothing like real, uneditted … [Read more...]
Time to be different
April 18, 2012 By 2 Comments
Video on location - I didn't say the location was fancy :P We've all done it, hell we all DO it. Come on, you know you do it too. You fill your days with being busy, with doing the same old things that you have always done... But is it … [Read more...]