productivity

• Work Faster Turn On Gmail Preview Pane

  Over the past few weeks I had been working on a presentation for the Wellington Read More >>

• When It’s OK to Be a Workaholic

  My last Herald column, working when you don’t have to  – NZ Herald here – Read More >>

• Two Tips for the Self Employed

  Now you might not know that in addition to running my international speaking business, I Read More >>

• Making More Sales From Your Clients

  Let me set the scene. Midnight. The air is so crisp and cold you can Read More >>

• Is Facebook for Business Worth the Effort

  It seems the whole marketing world is; and has been screaming ‘Facebook’!! ‘Facebook’!! ‘Facebook’!! You Read More >>

• How You Can Free Up a ½ Hour a Day

  As I write this, I am, sitting on a flight from Auckland to the Gold Read More >>

• Finding New Business Opportunities

  Question one. What do you do when you have quiet periods in your business? Twiddle Read More >>

• Be the MasterChef of your own success

  As yeast works it’s magic on flour and sugar – doubling the volumne; you can Read More >>

• Making the Biggest Excel Database Mistake?

  The most powerful sales and marketing tool your business has is your database. Too bad Read More >>

• Adapting To Change

  You’ve read about the disrupting forces of technology. How have you adapted? How has it Read More >>

• Five Ideas to Help Get More Done At Work

  Imagine this in your office. Two staff members, one on $90,000 per year, the other Read More >>

• Two tips for growing sales and profit

  I was chatting with Tuihana Café Foodstore owner Nathan Dunn a short while ago. Tuihana Read More >>

• Make more sales. Quoting from pain to gain

  After non-response and poor customer service, the next headache for small businesses is producing quotes Read More >>

• Focus Gets Better Results

  In small businesses, managers and owners wear many hats. So not only do you have Read More >>

• Five Quick Reminders To Help You Improve Sales

  Ask A reminder to what we all hear, but often forget. If you don’t ask Read More >>

• Putting your business at risk?

  ‘If I lose it, I’m sunk. It’s my life at Emma’s Cottage. All the notes, Read More >>

• Running a business by phone, pen & pad

  This is an interesting read about how one smart cookie stripped conventional systems from his Read More >>

• A Great Idea for Quiet Times

  Do you, or staff have a quiet period in the day, or perhaps a day Read More >>

• Guilty of these five-time management mistakes?

  How can you effectively manage your busy day? Time management is not necessarily working “harder,” but Read More >>

• Get Complete Satisfaction From A Day’s Work

  How often do you get a sense of complete satisfaction at work? If you would Read More >>