Be like Spain to dominate your industry
The previous World Cup flavour post wouldn’t be complete without this addition. I wrote a couple weeks ago about how being like Germany when it comes to business can keep you on the safe path to success. The analogy of course was football related. The German squad have always been known for playing very systematically, [...]
Why you shouldn’t fall in love with your new idea, and why you need to test it first
I’ve been excited lately – very excited – about adding a new service to my list. I’m still perfecting the skill, so I won’t let the cat out of the bag just yet. Suffice it to say that it has the potential of creating a very good situation for both me and the buyer. A [...]
How to completely take over a niche and obliterate your competition, and how I finally dumped my local taxi firm
Arnold Schwarzenegger is alleged to have said that he doesn’t do sequels when it comes to films, but that he made an exception for Terminator. Well, this post is a sequel to How to completely take over a niche and how my local taxi firm is driving me mad. What’s more, it’s a fantastic sequel [...]
One year, one Guru, one system
Are you dealing with new and changing information constantly to keep abreast of your industry? Are you trying to replicate somebody else’s system, or various systems, and tweak them until the work for you? If this is you, then you’ve probably hit the information overload wall several times before today. I’m talking about that feeling [...]
How to completely take over a niche and how my local taxi firm is driving me mad
I travel a lot, often times catching trains at the crack of dawn. So I rely on taxis to get me to the station in time for my train. As it turns out, each time I book a taxi I get a bag of stress thrown in for free. I’m not kidding. When the sky [...]
How to impress your clients beyond words and turn them into loyal customers
Last year I came across a small business owner in a big industry full of competition, and what he did took me completely by surprise and won him my custom hands down. This is a very important lesson for every business owner: one that you can’t afford to miss. So let me tell you what [...]
How to charge what you want, and get away with it, and damn the medical system
To say that December 2009 was a stressful month would be an understatement. It was one of those months when things seem to go from bad to worse. Somebody very dear to me needed to go into hospital, and fast. At the time we were in Glasgow, but location is not relevant to this post. [...]
Why loyalty is bad for business and how to value your time
How many jobs did you promise to do, and of those, how mane have you actually managed to do so far? If your to-do list has as many promised jobs as ‘real’ jobs, then you’re suffering from a sense of loyalty. Let me explain what I mean, and what I did about this, when it [...]
If shoveling snow won’t help your business, this will…
My neighbour thinks I’m lazy. I’m fine with this: it’s merely an opinion. In fact, he probably thinks a lot worse of me, but if you’re pleasing everybody then you’re doing something wrong. He caught me walking down the path, taking my dog out for his poo-run walk. He was puffing and panting, leaning on [...]
How to slip past your competition during the holidays!
We’re minutes away from the New Year. 2010 is minutes away, and with it come the expectant hopes of every small business owner with dreams, hopes and… a plan. You do have a plan, don’t you? Dreams and hopes are what got you started and on your way to entrepreneurship, but a plan is the [...]
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