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Tips To Help You Be More Productive

As we approach the end of the first month of the year how are you progressing with your objectives and goals? The chances are you started off the year with great expectations of all the things you wanted to achieve in the first quarter of the year, but one or two things have not gone to plan. Many of us find ourselves in the situation where we want and need to be more productive – in fact I don’t think I have met anyone in the last 3 years who has not remarked that they have to achieve more with fewer resources.

Why Profit Should Be Your Most Important Goal

This time of year many business owners revisit goals and objectives for the coming year. I know that I do and it’s a practice that helps me focus on what’s really important all the way to the task level.In all my years of working with small business owners and suggesting they do the same one word hardly gets brought up in the goal setting conversation and that word is profit.

How You Can Become a Successful Leader

How would you define a leader? Political figures, teachers, actors, and many other people may come to mind, but it's important to know that a title does not qualify a leader. Even owning a small business doesn't define a leader. According to Dictionary.com, a leader is "a guiding or directing head, as of an army, movement, or political group."

Are You Happy With Your Business?

Are you happy with the current state of your business, your finances and your personal life? Do you know exactly how you want your business and life to look in an ideal world?

Are You Still Motivated?

It’s hard to believe that we are already two weeks into a brand new year. It is such a hopeful time. I am getting tons of positive energy from small business owners around the globe. Not a negative person in the lot. They are saying things like “This is my year!” and “I know it’s going to be a good one!” and “We’re over the hump now, 2010 rocks!” What about you? What are you saying? And are you saying the same thing you were two weeks ago when we turned the corner on the new year?

Setting Goals for Success

Sometimes goals are like New Year's resolutions -- they don't get very far. With business goals however, it is important that they are well planned and established to ensure that they are achieved.

Starting A Business?

So, you've decided on a new project. What next? This post follows on from my posts Are You An Innovator, Immitator, or Idiot?, and Market Research Using Google Adwords. If you're starting out on a new project, have a read of those posts before we move on. Planning "He who fails to plan, plans to fail" - Proverb

You Mean I Should Have a Plan?

Some business owners jump into marketing without any plan or clear objectives. For that matter, some don't even have their products "ready for prime time" before they begin marketing.

Define a clear goal for your website

Back in the days, everyone and their dog wanted to have a website for any reason. Even just to display dog/cat photos.