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Is Being Paperless More Efficient? This will become an age old question that will always create debate.  Small efficiencies can be obtained by using digital formats where possible to replace paper copies. Some great examples of becoming paperless are receiving facsimiles via email and only printing what is absolutely necessary.  At this stage you can […]

Are You a Small Business Owner or Manager Needing More Time in Your Day? If you are anything like most Small Businesses, you are great at your product and service delivery but are constantly running out of TIME! If You answered Yes to any of the above THEN the Coaching theProduct proven and tested Small […]

What to do for Christmas Sales For most of us the Christmas sales period is one of frantic sales, staffing and cash-flow issues.  Stock in, where to store it, merchandising, pricing and the list goes on.  The main question is about how to structure your tasks to get the maximum traction during this period (and […]

Implementing Creditors Benchmarking The Creditors Benchmarking measure refers to the average number of days it takes to make a payment by a business. While there is a temptation to delay payment for as long as possible to maximise working capital and assist cash-flow, especially if a business’ Debtors are slow in paying; but this is […]

What is Operational Planning Simply, operational planning is planning in each section of your business in line with your overall long term Business Strategic Plan (Business Plan). This operational plan for each section is driven by the business strategy and makes up the overall business plan.  Operational planning involves detailed financial planning and budgeting and […]

What is Business Benchmarking? Understanding Business Benchmarking is very much about understanding how industry considers and values businesses. For a small business owner, this is often a nervous and scary subject due to the amount of misinformation and misunderstanding involved. Benchmarking is taken from comparing all the available statistics across similar businesses (size) in your […]

The most recent internet usage statistics are out and if you are not updating your website and emarketing to cater for the next generation then you are missing out on valuable business. The latest figures show mobile phone useage in Australia/Pacific at 89% saturation point (Source 1), that is for every baby, child, man or […]

How to effectively use a meeting! A lot of time is wasted and relationships formed during meetings.  So what is the answer for a balanced productive meeting to achieve your objectives and to ensure all parties are happy with the result? Some Simple Guidelines to Effective Meetings (Time Management): Have an agenda – Issue it […]

Insurance Brokers Increase Cover and Hold Premiums Unless your background is spending hours pouring over contracts and trying to read legal terminology; do you and your business a favour and enlist the services of a professional Insurance Broker. I’m not talking about cutting insurance premiums or removing cover; rather, by ensuring you know what cover […]

Welcome to Coaching.theProduct and our Business Blog. In the coming weeks and months you will see an array of business related posts here.  From starting up a business, to marketing a business, business development, use of other business professionals, succession planning and much more! Please book mark this blog and remember to check in regularly […]