Starting a new company? Been going a couple of years but not as successful as you would like to be yet? Then stop! You may be falling into one of the Top 10 Entrepreneurs’ Traps! Over the years I have worked with many aspiring entrepreneurs and business owners, and I continue to do so because […]
Business Words Of The Week – Opposite & Cobbled
In each Own It!! podcast, Nicola and Judith discuss their chosen Business Word Of The Week for that particular week. Their words for Episode 022 of the Own It!! podcast are Opposite & Cobbled: Nicola: So what’s your word of the week, then? Judith: It’s OPPOSITE. Nicola: Ooh. Judith: I was reminded yesterday that there […]
The Own It! Virtual Summit 2016
A chance remark in episode 073 led to Nicola and Judith deciding to run their own virtual summit on a weekend in June, just eight weeks away. Hear all about how that idea took flight in this week’s podcast, and following along each week as we bring our idea to fruition. Listen To / Download […]
Trying To Become An (Internet) Business Success With Your Hands Tied Behind Your Back
What I want to cover today for you is something that struck me when I was talking to a client a day or so ago. Now, I love this client dearly, but I think he would be the first person to admit that he’s extremely disorganised. Our calls are often taken up by me struggling […]
How To Make A Decision (Personal OR Business Decision)
One of the things I wanted to talk to you about in this post is, “how do you make a decision?”, specifically how do you make a good decision or a good business decision? I’ve always found it very difficult to make decisions. I’ve read various books about it, and I’ve used various tools. Someone has […]
Swimming With Piranha For The First Time
As Steve Jobs famously said (and I’m paraphrasing here) you can’t really plan your life, you can only look backwards and connect the dots. Looking back over my life, or at least the part of it that I’ve experienced so far, the time I spent marketing The Music Room was a really pivotal time in […]
New Business Book Reviews
I’m a voracious reader – business books, marketing books, psychology books, science fiction mainly. In this post I’m sharing new business book reviews about the books that are currently on my bedside table and why you should read/ listen to them too. So, what’s on my bedside table to read? I have been ordering books like […]
Instagram for Beginners
Nicola’s back from an impromptu trip to SuperFastBusiness Live 2016 in Sydney. Where in our previous episode she talked herself out of it, she simply woke up one morning and changed her mind. While Nicola was in Oz, Judith had a week off from the podcast as well as from her Small Business Big Magic group […]
Why You Really Need To Be Using Facebook Ads For Your Business!
In the most recent company info posted by social media giant, Facebook, it’s laid out very clearly why you need to be using Facebook, and its advertising platform, for your business. Here are the pertinent figures: 1.04 billion daily active users on average for December 2015 934 million mobile daily active users on average for […]
What Would A Truck Driver Do?
It’s been a week to test the patience of a saint, I tell you! One week to really practice my “bug free mind” techniques, and I’m pleased to say that that practice paid off. In spite of the stress levels caused by circumstances that could have easily overwhelmed me and made me ineffective as an […]