Archive for the ‘Small Business’ Category

Review your Performance before Renewing your Goals

January 6th, 2010 Posted in Consultancy, Small Business | No Comments »

How many people out there are telling you to set your goals for 2010, without goals you wont truly achieve blah, bah, blah; don't get me wrong goals give you direction and it is great to have them, but if you had them last year, shouldn't your first priority be to review the previous year, the highs and lows, what worked, what didn't, relationships gained, relationships lost.  It is equally as important to review what has been achieved, what worked ...

Getting that last Invoice out Before Xmas

December 21st, 2009 Posted in Marketing - Small Business, Small Business | No Comments »

The last week before Xmas is here, most businesses will not work between Xmas and New Year which will inevitably affect their cash flow in January due to the drop in invoices sent out but there are ways to ensure this impact is kept to a minimum. Prioritise your Clients The reality is that you have until 24th December to finish as many projects as possible and because of this it is vitally important to prioritise these projects, not by the size ...

Business Consultant – S.W.O.T Analysis

December 2nd, 2009 Posted in Consultancy, Small Business | No Comments »

This is the fourth blog in the series explaining what I do as a Small Business Consultant in Christchurch.  S.W.O.T. analysis is something I often ask my clients to do in a particular aspect of their business to try and really identify just how strong a product / service is in the market place.  This is a simple process and one that not enough business owners do and for those have have do one, they really should do them fairly ...