Give me feedback……… Likes, views, comments, shares, customer surveys, buyer reviews. Even feedback when using a public toilet! But what about receiving feedback when you’re the business owner? Especially if you are sole business owners or director – you’re on your own. If you are a business owner how often do you ask members of […]
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Who’s The Boss? At the end of 2023 there were over five and a half million small businesses in the UK (with 0-49 employees) accounting for 99.9% private sector businesses. As a business owner I count myself and a large part of my network in this category, and work as an advisor with many business […]
Read full story Owning your business Do you own a business or are you a business owner? Sounds a stupid question, playing with words. Yet there is meaning in my madness. When I first met Matt Driver, former owner of Mint IT in Wakefield, he was in the business owner camp. It was a title or role he […]
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As a business owner you are the hub of the business. Seems obvious. Maybe it’s something you feel good about – the business needs you. It’s no surprise that the most common and biggest influence on the life of a business owner is how well they handle the Hub & Spoke aspect of their […]
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Volvo make their cars available on a subscription model where consumers will pay one fixed fee per month for access to a car which includes insurance and maintenance. Everything from toothbrushes to flowers are now available with subscription billing, creating recurring revenue. Future Value comes from recurring revenue When it comes to […]
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In my previous blog (which you can read here) I introduced the 4 steps to scaling up your business. I then described the first two of having a scalable product (one that is teachable to your team, is of value to customers and is a repeatable purchase) and having a scalable infrastructure (Systems, processes and […]
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I bet you every business owner you talk to is interested in growing their business. They’ll talk about business growth or scaling up their business. A business that isn’t growing is declining. But scaling up isn’t as easy in practice. When you’re a one-person business you have to do the selling and the doing plus […]
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Business Owners are often looking to increase their business value and the most common approach is to focus on the sales figures. When trying to increase sales, many businesses decide that they need to cross sell new products or services to their existing customers. Cross selling may be a great marketing strategy, but if your […]
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Business growth is probably one of the most written about subjects on the web and in the media. Whether its about the economy and productivity or individual businesses investing in new technology, people or equipment. Never mind the number of finance providers, coaches, consultants or agencies encouraging all of us business owners to focus on […]
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