Keep Your Friends Close And Your Business Contacts Closer…

  Are you guilty of not keeping in touch with family friends, extended family, old colleagues, or school mates? We all love our family and friends but sometimes life gets busy and sadly touching base with them falls down our priority list. Occasionally we’re lucky enough to find friends who are understanding and we can easily pick up where we left off with them, even though it’s been years since we saw them and perhaps…

Juggling Priorities as an SME business owner

In 2015 the British Standards Institute carried out a survey of 250 SMEs with between 1-250 employees. The survey revealed that almost 50% of them didn’t feel that their business was operating efficiently. 25% claimed that there was room for improvement and 20% of owners stated that they were involved in every aspect of their business. It is no wonder that 55% of SMEs don’t survive more than 5 years. Finding the time to grow…

If only you had Zoho Card Scanner App…

A few weeks ago I shared the wonders and convenience of the Zoho Card Scanner App in a blog post, outlining how small business owners simply have to snap a picture of a contact’s business card and the clever app accurately populates the correct fields in the virtual business card contact on your phone within the app. The neat and nifty application’s wow factor then comes into play when you are welcomed by an option…

From Filofax to Freedom Pt6 – Gaining Momentum

So we’re going to get in a time machine now and go back to my training session with Paula, before Christmas card writing! The training session was focused on me observing while Paula showed me around the system, this was exciting for me because for a while I had only been using the email (head back to Pt3 – The Nitty Gritty to find out why!) so seeing the actual CRM was pretty cool. All…

Scan Your Way to Success and Simplicity!

We all know a few cheeky life hacks– little secret cheats to make life easier. From running an old post-it note between the keys on your keyboard to gather mouldy crumbs and dust before you throw it away, to putting your smartphone in a glass to crank up  your alarm’s volume to avoid over-sleeping. We all do them and we all like to share them because most of us want to make other people’s lives…

Do you have a CRM New Years Resolution?

Do you have a New Years resolution? Is it to organise your network of contacts? If your current CRM system doesn’t work as hard as an ant, now is the perfect time to sort it out! Why not dive into that huge pile of business cards or that ever growing spreadsheet while you feel fresh? That’s exactly what I’ve done over the Christmas holiday! I spent my time organising, cleansing, labelling, tagging and having a really…

Get organised and save time!

Do you want to get organised and save time? Does this look/feel familiar? Every week I come across more and more businesses that are drowning in business information, paperwork, business cards, leads and task lists, to name just a few of the things that are piling up. Most businesses want to increase their turnover and save time. With their business data all over the place, this seems like an impossible task. Have you thought about…

It’s magic… business cards turn into cash!

Have you ever wondered why you’ve got a huge pile of business cards on your desk, in your drawer or in folders but you don’t have enough sales?  You’re not the only one – it’s seems to be standard amongst most micro business owners. We are all so busy networking and working in our businesses that we just end up adding to the pile every day. Most of us are out networking and meeting new…