Before I start, we need to get the difficult subject out of the way. Is your business viable – short term and in the long run? If it is not, then you may need a rethink of your time. Are you wasting your … [Read more...]
Boards falling short
Do you feel that your board is as good as it could be, or is it falling short? Out of 772 directors surveyed by McKinsey: 34% directors agreed that their boards fully understood their companies’ strategies But a mere 22% said the … [Read more...]
What is Strategic Planning?
Strategy is one of those over-used words that seems to have lost all sense of meaning. People seem to have strategies for everything… As a result, I am endlessly asked, “What is strategic planning?” Fundamentally it is having an … [Read more...]
Stop Blogging and Think
It’s time to STOP BLOGGING and think… Do you want your business to be viewed as a run-of-the-mill, unoriginal, vanilla-flavoured company like the rest? If so, just keep on banging out those quickly-written and, to be honest, … [Read more...]
Watching Sales Increase by 150%
The quest to survive and thrive puts more pressure on the need to find more and better clients. One key problem, poor sales performance, is simply more visible (especially in difficult trading conditions). CASE STUDY (Real Life – … [Read more...]
So, What’s Holding Your Business Back?
‘It’s not such an easy question to answer…’ said the budding entrepreneur. ‘OK,’ said the business adviser (or coach or consultant or friend or partner), ‘I’ll ask you one more time… So what’s holding you back?’ The reply came, … [Read more...]
If Carlsberg Did Digital Agencies
I love the idea of “If Carlsberg did…" You can apply this to any industry, for instance, “If Carlsberg did banks…” or “If Carlsberg did rock concerts…” What the exercise gets you to think about is what is so terribly wrong about the … [Read more...]
The Sales Funnel is Dead? Is it Really?
It is used in 99% of sales teams, on nearly every sales course and in nearly every business for over 100 years. But the sales funnel is dead, says Robert Craven. The sales funnel uses the metaphor of a funnel (wide at the top, … [Read more...]
Download and Watch Movie Smurfs: The Lost Village (2017)
Smurfs: The Lost Village (2017) HDDirector:Kelly Asbury.Writer:Pamela Ribon, Stacey Harman.Producer:Jordan Kerner.Release:March 30, 2017Country:United States of America.Production Company:Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Animation, Kerner … [Read more...]
Have you got what it takes to grow your business?
Growth is the goal for many entrepreneurs but building a much bigger business is no easy feat. Top business mentors Robert Craven and Mike Southon tell Rachel Miller just what it takes to become the boss of a much bigger … [Read more...]