The World Doesn’t Stand Still While Sort Yourself Out! Unfortunately!
Imagine how simplified business could be if we were able to stop the world around us moving and take the time out to plan properly, review what we are doing and modify accordingly, unfortunately that isn’t going to be the reality. I have experienced companies who have stopped everything until their plan is complete and refined. [...]
10 steps to better networking from The Growth Academy
One of the most common topics of discussion at sessions of The Growth Academy is “Why should I network, where should I network”. Networking is a great way to meet new people, people who could become either a good source of referrals, a trusted associate, a great supplier or even a customer but it does [...]
Best Business Advice Ever Received
This is another “retro” blog post…..first published back in 2010 it is still very valid today and it just goes to prove that good advice is timeless! I am currently in the middle of writing a series of blogs on Setting Business Targets for Growth and while I was writing what will be part4 I [...]
Top 5 must read books which will help you grow a business
There are hundreds of business books available and many of them say the same things but I am yet to come across one which doesn’t have at least one gem of wisdom in it somewhere but reading them all is not really possible! After a quick poll of my Twitter followers I have compiled a [...]
7 top tips on Cold Calling effectively
During The Growth Academy sessions one of the most commonly asked questions is about the validity of cold calling and how to do it effectively. The simple answer is that you don’t cold call. For many years cold calling targets has been a highly utilised sales tactic. It is valued by many companies and disliked [...]
5 Great Tips for Setting Targets For Growth
Can a company grow properly without setting targets? I don’t think so, I haven’t come across one yet which has. In all walks of life we have targets. Many of us have a target weight, some of us have a target of that dream house or a fantasy holiday next year or we have financial [...]
The Growth Academy 10 top tips to ensure your cashflow flows!
In our quest to ensure that our followers get the best information around The Growth Academy would like to thank guest blogger Jamie Watts of Bibby Financial Services for the great content in this blog post! Even as the economy shows signs of recovery, doing business is as hard as ever – especially when you [...]
The Growth Academy 3 top tips to maximise referrals
Receiving good referrals from your business contacts is a great way to bring in new business in. The prospective customer is more comfortable with the possible transaction as you have been recommended to them and a lot of the initial hard work of engaging dialogue is removed. Referrals are good news all round but how [...]