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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 […]

Understanding Strategic Planning The most common thread between all great businesses and those achieving great advances whilst other are complaining is the design and implementation of a Strategic Planning document.  Depending on the business it may be referred to as a Business Plan, Mission Plan or Strategic Plan. The other thing you will notice straight […]

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 […]

Observing Remembrance Day in Your Business Remembrance Day marks the anniversary of the armistice which ended the First World War (1914–18). Each year Australians observe one minute silence at 11 am on 11 November, in memory of those who died or suffered in all wars and armed conflicts. Your Business can support the observing not […]

Traditional Goal Setting is only part of the Journey! I have had the pleasure of working with some great people this week.  Part of this journey was working on Goal Setting and yes my mind immediately switched to SMART goals and how they have helped me along in life to achieve certain things.  But there […]

Building Extra Dimensions to Relationships At times you ponder the differences in getting the cheaper less known or the dearer established brand.  Personally, I like quality and timeless performance.  I’d rather spend the extra on a quality product or service that I know (or imagine) will go the distance rather than a cheap alternative.  For […]

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 […]

Positive Goal Setting What the!  Sometimes you just can’t think of the actual words to use. Ever noticed that as habitual people, we don’t step outside of our comfort zones to enable us to move forward? Then complain when we don’t get what we deserved! How often do we a Christians in business or our […]