Everyone is looking for original ways of promoting their product, a good angle to make them stand out in a crowd. Suneet Tuli had an interesting idea: to get into…
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“Here’s the deal”, as Simon Cowell explained to the Britain’s Got Talent contestant who challenged him to get on stage and do better. Cowell explained politely that the deal was…
Many of us consider ourselves poor at party chit-chat and dread the inevitable question: “and what do you do?” People in regular employment can always quote their job title, while entrepreneurs often…
Ask Mike: My business has been going some time but seems to have hit a brick wall. How do I grow it?
Sooner or later, all businesses hit a brick wall. For entrepreneurs, it is a tough but salutary experience when they realise that the main obstacle to growing their business is,…
What happens when the cornerstones of a company begin to crumble? I discussed this some years ago with Eric Edmeades, a self-made millionaire who runs programmes for business owners, budding…
Never ask a candidate for your sales team how they should be rewarded. Here’s what you’ll get: “a highly competitive salary” (read, £200K per year) “a fast company car” (so…
Now the recession seems to be behind us, I am sure many of you have ambitious plans for growth in 2015. If so, this is now the time to start…
Networking events are useful for growing your business, so long as you do not just use them as an opportunity to sell too aggressively. Effective networking is primarily about meeting…
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Click on the “play button” above to listen to the podcast/audio version of this article… ‘You don’t get something for nothing’. It’s a well worn phrase which entrepreneurs understand more…
