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7 Reasons Why You Need An Annual Marketing Plan

7 Reasons Why You Need An Annual Marketing Plan

No business can be successful without a proper marketing plan. Creating a plan will help you with starting up your business AND growing it.   Are you like me? When I started my business, I had clear goals of what I wanted to achieve - e.g. how many clients I want to...

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Starting A Business Part-Time. The Pitfalls And The Plan.

Starting A Business Part-Time. The Pitfalls And The Plan.

When it comes to making the leap from employment to entrepreneurship, do you follow your heart, your gut or the money? For many, the safest option is to follow all three and to start a new business part-time so that they can start working on their dream, while having...

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Know Yourself – 12 Important Questions to Ask

Know Yourself – 12 Important Questions to Ask

  Are you like Shrek? Funny question, I know… ...but I think humans are actually a lot like ogres. Remember when Shrek was trying to explain to Donkey what ogres are like and had the "onions / layers" conversation with Donkey?   [Click video for dialoque]...

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Is it Time to Make an Appointment With Yourself?

Is it Time to Make an Appointment With Yourself?

As service professionals and solo-preneurs, it is easy to get lost within all the different tasks we need to take care off. Tasks like client appointments, delivering a good service, taking care of admin, marketing, financial and strategic planning… and on top of that...

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5 Systems to Simplify the Process Of Getting Clients

5 Systems to Simplify the Process Of Getting Clients

You can save a lot of time, get more clients and run your business more effectively when you use systems for everything you do. Doing marketing, drawing clients into your pipeline, staying in touch with prospects and clients, scheduling client consultations,...

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How to Set and Achieve Your Goals

How to Set and Achieve Your Goals

Earl Nightingale said: “ We are at our very best, and we are happiest, when we are fully engaged in work we enjoy on the journey toward the goal we've established for ourselves. It gives meaning to our time off and comfort to our sleep. It makes everything else in...

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How To Make Marketing A Priority In Your Business

How To Make Marketing A Priority In Your Business

Is marketing one of those things that you know you should do, but you just never get to do it properly? Mostly because there are so many other things that take up your time? What? Did I hear you say….”yes”! Well, don’t feel too bad about it. For most solo-preneurs,...

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