Some clients just stink The most heart rending calls I get from my clients are when they are deeply unhappy with one of their own clients. They feel sick every time they hear them on the phone because the call is usually bringing a deadline forward, changing the scope of the project, making unreasonable demands […]
Do you do everything in your business yourself – or just the important things? Today I got into a bit of an argument on Twitter (nothing new there). It started with someone moaning about having to get up at ridiculous hours to attend to their business and me responding by saying that as they own […]
Get that monkey off your back! Are other people spending your time? Check by doing this after every meeting: Did your meeting start/end on time? If not what could you do to make sure this happens in future? Who benefitted most from the meeting? If it was you, is the benefit in the short or […]
What’s the only time management tip you’ll ever need? BE EARLY! Why? Being Early Saves Time AND Money The bulk of the time we waste is spent trying to catch up on things that could have been done earlier, in less time. By doing things before they need to be done we really SAVE time. […]
Don’t dive into social media Free social media networks encourage small businesses to do their own marketing (or think they are). Often what they are doing isn’t marketing at all, they’re just producing noise and wondering why it doesn’t work. Diving straight in to using social media is like piping out the frosting before you’ve […]