You wouldn’t be running a business if you didn’t have people already buying your product or service. But in a sea of small businesses and tough competition, how do you catch your slippery customer hook, line and sinker? 1.... read more
You wouldn’t be running a business if you didn’t have people already buying your product or service. But in a sea of small businesses and tough competition, how do you catch your slippery customer hook, line and sinker? 1.... read more
Oprah Winfrey built a media empire using the same basic principles that has earmarked every successful entrepreneur. You can apply the same ones to drive your own success. When you look at your role models, have you had what I... read more
Blisscipline is finding the joy in what needs to be done. In business there are always tasks that just need to be sorted out, even if we don’t find them fun. A Facebook friend suggested that instead of blisscipline,... read more
It has been a few years now since I wrote my first business plan for the happychild website, registered trademarks and started to publish the happychild newsletter. It’s almost one year since the site launched on 1 July 2010.... read more
Margaret Lomas is the best-selling author of six property investment books and is the Founder and Director of Destiny Financial Solutions. She is also the 2006 Telstra NSW Business Woman of the Year. In part two of this interview,... read more
My premise this month is that a company’s future success derives from providing value to customers that is not available from competitors – and that it must be developed with a market-orientation. To accomplish a competitive edge, most companies... read more
A colleague recently commented that as great as I am at celebrating hitting milestones – or reaching goals – I always ask, “What’s next?” You see, I’m not willing to settle for the status quo – and nor should... read more
A colleague recently commented that as great as I am at celebrating hitting milestones – or reaching goals – I always ask, “What’s next?” You see, I’m not willing to settle for the status quo – and nor should... read more
Galia Albin, CEO of Almedia Holdings Ltd. (Israel) is a successful and astute businesswoman, best-selling author, philanthropist, peace activist and campaigner for women’s and children’s rights. In this In Her Shoes interview, Galia shares: the story of her husband’s... read more
Do you have time to fail? Twenty one percent of small business owners obviously do, claiming they don’t have time to write a business plan, yet one third of small businesses fail because they lack one, according to an... read more
Margaret Lomas is the best-selling author of six property investment books, Founder and Director of Destiny Financial Solutions and Chair of the Property Investment Professionals of Australia. In this interview, Margaret Lomas tells us: how she took control of... read more
