Coaching & Mentoring
Advice: The ‘one percenters’ – a list of small things every business should/shouldn’t do
If the world of business was able to borrow just one phrase from the world of AFL Football, then I’d hope it was the concept of the ‘one percenters’ – the idea that it’s all the little tiny things that players do that win the game for their team. Get enough ‘one percenters’ going your [...]
Advice: Twitter 101: A primer…
So… what is Twitter? Ah, the multi-million dollar question… Perhaps it’s easier to answer what Twitter is *not*, first:
• Twitter is not exactly like a chat program (MSN, iChat, Skype, etc), but it does let you communicate back and forth with friends
• Twitter is not exactly like sending an SMS from your phone, but it does let you broadcast news and other messages to many people
• Twitter is not exactly like a blog, although it does let you get to know people over time
• Twitter is not exactly like Facebook, although it does let you find people and see what they’re up to
• Twitter is not just a fad – it fills the otherwise empty niche of ‘real-time written communication’ – although it seems to be the mainstream media’s darling this year!
What Twitter *is*, is a free system of writing messages of no more than 140 characters, so that anyone in the world who is also on Twitter can *follow* you, and thereby follow the stream of messages you’re writing.
Advice: Skype 101: A primer…
Have you heard of Skype but were afraid to ask about it…? Don’t panic – it’s been a mainstay of voice communications for computer-folks for a long while, but there’s still lots of you (us!) out there who need to be introduced to the concept… one step at a time…
Folio: Hendrey Consulting
Hendrey Consulting came to ReBusiness late in 2008 in need of a business system – an automated assistant to keep track of their inbound, in-progress, and outbound property valuations.
Advice: Keeping It Simple, Stupid.
Global financial crisis, or *no* global financial crisis, some downtime over Christmas and January is a great time to do some serious navel gazing into your business, take a good hard look at what has as what hasn’t worked in 2008.
‘Keeping it simple’ is just a realisation that over-complicating your business might not be doing you our your customers any favours – the chances are that if *you* get a little confused with your product or service offerings, your customers are certainly scratching their heads, too.
Advice: The Cashflow Crunch: Who, what, when and how to survive one
So what really is cashflow? Why is it so important? And how the heck is my business going to survive this trend? Important questions – and if you don’t already know the answers, then it’s vital for your business that you read on…
Advice: Reviewing and re-invigorating your business in 2008
The smaller a business you are, the more your own personal ethos infiltrates your business, to the point where your business reflects the person *you* are, and vice-versa – in effect, your own values and beliefs shape your business, and hence how your customers perceive your business – your brand.
Advice: The long lost art of writing plain text emails
Email – love it or hate it, it’s ingrained into our personal and business lives – the communication tool of choice for many small businesses, due to its speed, reach, and universal appeal. Email has changed the way we write our business communications. Compared to typically quite formal written documents, an email allows us to [...]
Advice: The Science of Getting Things Done – Part Two
Last month I introduced a concept of ‘Getting Things Done’ – a bit of an Internet phoenomenon, whereby all your emails in your inbox, and all your files on your computer are attended to with a firm application of some really easy to follow rules – rather than let lie dormant for weeks or months on end.
This month, we continue – onwards and upwards!
Advice: The Science of Getting Things Done – Part One
If you’re anything like me, your computer is more than just a tool that you use for work – it’s likely that your computer is your virtual ‘filing cabinet’ – full of projects and work in progress, special applications for special purposes, resources and documents for reference when things get tricky, as well as a treasure trove of emails dating back to the last millennium.
We often file things away badly, and often, we don’t file at all. Our productivity in the real world is seen as critical, but our productivity in the virtual world is often way behind. Sound familiar? Read on!