How many things can you do at once? When was the last time you multitasked? I bet you can do a fair few activities at once and have multitasked at least once today. With the advent of the internet, technology and an acceptance of 24/7 working hours, as well as the expectation that we all should socialise, exercise, have hobbies, families, keep a good home, etc we’re all accustomed to multitasking. Why do we do…
How well does your company’s team gel? Take a moment to reflect on that question. If you think they get along fairly well, what about your wider team, beyond the immediate department you work in? Do they enjoy as smooth a relationship? If so, why not, do you reckon? Is it because they have different ways of doing things, different goals, different purposes? Companies where departments are segregated are missing a huge trick since…
Should small businesses focus on ‘filling the sales funnel’, or on building relationships and letting Leads take care of themselves? Leads, prospects, suspects, opportunities, potentials… there are so many ways to describe what is commonly referred to as how you ‘fill the sales funnel’. Different people use different terms. Personally I’m not fond of ‘suspects’; it sounds too much like they’ve been in trouble! I’ve found ‘Leads’ to be the best, most broadly understood, term. Most people…
We hope you’re having a great summer! Here at Creative Analysis we’re huge fans of how the right online tools and systems can enable savvy freelancers, entrepreneurs, business owners and their teams to be free to work from wherever they choose and to break free from the traditional- now outdated- 9-5 grind. We love how the right digital platforms can make hardworking people completely and utterly Location Independent. Being Location Independent comes in really…
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…
How often do you leave work and wish you’d been more productive that working day? For quite a few of us not getting through much of our ‘to-do’ list or feeling like we don’t achieved much day-to-day can bug us…a lot. Our new partner PandaDoc can help. The solution? Find a new system, a new way of operating. But with so many systems out there, what’s the right answer? We’d recommend PandaDoc. It’s their mission…
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…
Do you know when we know we’ve missed a great opportunity? When it’s passed us by, with that pesky feeling of hindsight mischievously and knowingly grinning at us as we reflect on the ‘If Onlys and ‘What Ifs’. What if we had developed that relationship with that interested possible client more? If only we had made time to go to that networking event where lots of other local small enterprises picked up new business….
“Brexit”. It’s become the buzzword of 2016 hasn’t it and will probably be added to the Oxford Dictionary soon, in fact I’ve just added it to my computer’s dictionary now! It’s no wonder people from all walks of life are familiar with the term, given that business confidence in the UK economy has dropped by almost double since the historic EU Referendum on June 23rd. The BBC reported that, according to a YouGov and…
Dear Business Owner, As a business owner, like me, you would’ve had to have spent money to make money at some point. This includes investing in different marketing methods, to attract customers to balance your books. Marketing is all about communicating your business message- but how do you decide what the best way to communicate with your target audience is? There’s often a stereotype that older people prefer tradition, whilst young people have an…
