With the media focusing constantly on negative business news, it’s refreshing to see some good news stories coming out; (yes, there are still a lot of businesses doing really well!) Apple announce record breaking revenue & profits This article, from my tech news blog, gives some background to yesterday’s announcement by Apple; that their figures… Continue Reading
Marketing tips and ideas to help you grow your business, by Jim Connolly
Author Archives: Jim Connolly
Time for marketing
QUESTION: What does great marketing have in common with great comedy? ANSWER: Timing! Marketing & timing I received an email earlier, announcing the launch, today, of a new website. If you check the date of this post (20th January 2009) you will see that it’s the day that President Obama was inaugurated. This international, mass… Continue Reading
4 ways to grow a business
With so many buzz words and marketing ideas flying around, it’s easy to forget the basics. That’s why I wanted to share something with you today, which really helps us focus on what’s important. 4 ways to grow a business As Jay Abraham said so concisely, many years ago; there are only 4 ways to… Continue Reading
Recession thinking
Judging by my inbox and the comments on this blog, it seems that the current recession is having a very different impact on different people. That’s to be expected, yet I’m seeing businesses of similar sizes, in the same industries and the same region having totally different experiences. Recession marketing I wrote a while ago,… Continue Reading
Networking and numbers
One of the biggest mistakes people make when building a commercial network, is that they focus too much on numbers. However, the size of a network by itself is of limited value. Building a large, low value commercial network is actually a low leverage activity and counter-productive! Networking isn’t just about numbers This is because… Continue Reading
Trust your instincts
After running a successful business for 13 years, I have come to understand and appreciate the power of trusting my business instincts. Trust your instincts! Whenever I have gone against my natural business instincts, it’s almost always been the wrong thing to do! Even if I sometimes think on a conscious level that my ‘hunch’… Continue Reading
Blog comments
I have always been a keen reader of blogs, not only because of the actual blog posts – but because of the gold dust you can find in a blog’s comments section. For example, no matter how knowledgeable a blogger is on his or her subject, there will usually be people reading a post, who… Continue Reading