As your small business grows, you will need to bring more people and resources on board. Especially if you aspire to have a business that operates without you so you are free to go on holidays or earn money while you sleep! Even if you plan to remain small, it is likely you will need some support. If you have been...
Christmas can be either a crazily busy time if you are a retailer or wholesaler, or it could be a quieter time if you are a freelancer. Either way, with a little over 10 weeks to go, you need to plan your time now and get into action to maximise profits before the year is over. Here are our top 10...
I have been studying scriptwriting and one of the most incredible realisations during the course was how most movie scripts, regardless of the genre, follow the same basic formula – the same sequence of events – almost down to the minute. Now I can see how the same sequence of events applies to the Lion King as it does to...
Pricing your small business products and services properly is one of the most important and hardest business decisions you’ll make, and continue to make as your business grows and prospers. It is tricky because the pricing equation is never as simple as adding a bit on to recover your costs. It centres on the perceived value or quality your customers have...
You know you have exactly the same number of minutes in a day as everyone else on the planet. How is it that some people manage to do more than others? It’s all about time management and being productive with what time you have. You can’t just find time – you have to schedule it. How you spend your time...
Are you about to make Beyond Business Groups one of your monthly habits? We are all about working ‘on’ your business rather than ‘in’ it and one of the fastest ways to get there is by building habits. One of the best habits to develop is learning – reading, watching, listening. Beyond Business Groups was designed based on the book group concept...
Since moving to the country I've become an apiarist and my fascination with bees and all things honey has escalated. Beekeeping is one of those fields of endeavour where it seems the more you know the less you know. Even the members of the beekeepers club with 50+ years of experience will admit the learning is never-ending. The world's awareness of...
It can be confusing to be a small business owner. On one hand, you are told to hold onto your ‘why’, the reason you wanted to go into business in the first place. On the other hand, you are encouraged to respond to the market. So it’s not surprising the easiest thing to do is nothing! At Beyond Business Groups we...
Steven Covey wrote The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People in 1989. It was the first book of its type, almost starting a new genre – the self-help book. Now 30 years later the book remains a favourite. And for good reason – the lessons are timeless and can be applied to all aspects of your life – business, personal, professional....
This month I reviewed one of the dog-eared tomes from my extensive library – The E-Myth Revisited by Michael Gerber. E-Myth \ 'e-,'mith\ n 1: the entrepreneurial myth: the myth that most people who start small businesses are entrepreneurs 2: the fatal assumption that an individual who understands the technical work of a business can successfully run a business that does that...