christmas and business

Christmas Countdown

While the Christmas countdown is on for those looking forward to gift giving and holidays, for business now is the time to take advantage of the season as well as preparing for the year ahead. We are either flat out working ‘in the business’ to fill Christmas orders and make money while the sun shines…

What is business?

We tend to overcomplicate business.  But having worked in micro businesses and international businesses, the core idea is the same.  Business is no more than buying and selling.  Traditionally this was called trading. Business stripped bare is nothing more than buying and selling.  As the business operator you have something to sell that’s different from…

Get Your Business in Shape!

Top ten tips to get your business and life in shape Have a really good pitch.  This relies on you have a very specific USP (Unique Selling Proposition).  The more niche you can be the easier it is to sell to the market who are prepared to buy Understand your target market. Under no circumstances,…