The Seven Steps to Selling

Seven Steps to Selling

There are many interpretations of the 7 Steps to Selling.  Here’s one.  The key to the seven steps is to make sure you go through each step even if it takes a little or a long time.  Skip a step and you might find yourself starting all over. 7  Steps to selling 1.     Make initial…

business in perspective

Perspective

Perspective Today my 12 year old gave a beautiful presentation at school assembly on ‘perspective’. I thought how relevant it was to them (as teenagers) and to us (as business owners) and as people (given the current week in world affairs). Sometime we are so caught up in what we are doing on a day-today…

are you brave enough to be a purple cow

Being Brave in Small Business

How to Be Brave in Small Business With #Seth Godin currently in Melbourne painting the town ‘purple’ – I have sought inspiration from him once again. It starts with the uncomfortable realisation that if you have a ‘remarkable’ business or business idea – not everyone is going to like it and not everyone is going…

take risks in business to succeed

The Hardest Work You Can Do Is Make Decisions

According to research there is no correlation between success and hours worked!    In todays business environment you don’t necessarily use most of your time to make products  – you make decisions.  How to market, how to sell, how to be creative. To paraphrase #Seth Godin (from his book Small Is the New Big):  Richard Branson…