More MPs to Resign?

September 18, 2009

We’ve all got views on this one – should more MPs resign over the expenses scandal??? I’m with the “Ayes” here. The seriousness of this disclosure has been washed over by all parties – why hasn’t there been an outing of the offenders and an instruction to pay it ALL back? This happens if you [...]

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Business Change

September 3, 2009

We preach and teach “change” 24/7. The old slogan ” The sign of (business) madness is doing the same thing each day but expecting something to change” – still hits the nail. We know that many times it’s hard to stop what you’re doing and go down a completely different path. If you have money [...]

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Business Solution

August 4, 2009

Gordon Brown, Alistair Darling and Peter Mandelson are flying to a world economic summit. Peter looks at Alistair and chuckles: ‘You know, I could throw a £50 note out of the window right now and make one person very happy.’ Alistair shrugs his shoulders and says: ‘Well, I could throw five £10 notes out of [...]

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Relax a Little

July 24, 2009

Hey – it’s the weekend – so why not rest up and relax a little!

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Buying Decisions

July 21, 2009

A short while ago, I observed a training session where the topic was “Influences on the Buying Decision” The trainer put up four categories with the corresponding percentage of influence alongside.. These were Price 8% : Company Pedigree 17% : Product 28% : Salesperson 47% I don’t know about you, but with the cold winds [...]

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Small Business Scum

July 13, 2009

On 14th June 2002 I set up a Clickbank account to sell my book on advanced sales techniques – “How to Sell in Todays Tough Markets”. The sales website is http://close-that-sale.com Yesterday I came across, by accident, my own text, staring me in the face on a property website. And guess what they’re selling? Yep, [...]

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Small Business Cop Out

June 16, 2009

Have small businesses been meeting secretly and agreeing on the answer to one our early fact find questions? It seems strange that the answer that many business owners give has instant signs of “OK Guv – hands up – I did it – handcuff me and lock me up!” And it’s only a little probing [...]

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Sales Presentation in the Sun

May 29, 2009

Just back from a Club La Costa “Holiday Club” presentation in Spain. It wasn’t business – it wasn’t “mystery shopping” or strategy advice – it was pure family time – although this blog is a reflection of my (business)thoughts on CLC (couldn’t resist!) and I must say front up, that I was pleasantly surprised overall. [...]

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Small Business Taxation

May 15, 2009

  P”ing Off the Tax Man The UK Tax Office decided to audit Grandpa, and summoned him to the London office.  The auditor was not surprised when Grandpa showed up with his attorney. The auditor said, ‘Well, sir, you have an extravagant lifestyle and no full-time employment, which you explain by saying that you win [...]

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Survival – The Funny Side

May 11, 2009

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE KIDS WHO WERE BORN IN THE 1920′s, 30′s 40′s, 50′s, 60′s and 70′s !! First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they carried us and lived in houses made of asbestos. They took aspirin or Bex and ate blue cheese, tuna from a can and didn’t [...]

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