If you would like to attract more word of mouth referrals, this post is JUST for you! I’m going to start with a question: How easy is it for your clients or customers, to spread the word about how amazing your service is, to the right people AND with the correct message? Word of mouth:… Continue Reading
Massively boost your sales and profits by focusing on these 2 things!
If you want to increase your sales, revenues AND profits, you will love this post. It shows 2 areas of your business you need to focus on and provides a link to dozens of practical ideas you can use. 1. You need to focus on increasing the value of your work We live in an… Continue Reading
Klout: Has the service improved?
Klout, the controversial service that claims to be able to measure our influence, say that their algorithm has become more accurate, since I ditched the service last year. Like many users, I was amazed how inaccurate Klout scores were and asked for my account to be deleted. Today, there are well qualified people being refused… Continue Reading
You’re in The People Business!
Everyone in business, is in the people business. It’s people who buy from you, recommend you and support you. It’s people who frustrate you, hinder you and waste your time. The common link, is that it’s people. Automation When it comes to business, we know that the smartest people automate all the stuff that should… Continue Reading
The Blog Tree: 50 Most influential UK blogs
The UK edition of The Blog Tree was announced today by Eloqua, listing their top 50 most influential UK blogs. It was terrific and humbling, to see this blog rated so highly, especially among so many great blogs in; marketing, PR, social media, tech, start-ups, SEO and design. What’s in a list? Whenever I see… Continue Reading
The sandwich shop that closes for lunch
If you want your sandwich business to survive, it’s probably a bad idea to close for lunch. Lunchtime is when you are likely to sell the most sandwiches, so you need to be there and ready, for when the hungry masses arrive. Before you laugh at a sandwich shop closing for lunch Consider this: What… Continue Reading
What everyone needs to know about blame
Who is responsible for our results? I spent some time recently, with the former owner of a retail outlet. He explained that the reason his store flopped, was that the economy was too weak. I know a number of the people whose retail outlets are on the same high street as his and although a… Continue Reading
Time to get Thunky again!
I have just relaunched JimConnolly.com, also known as my Thunky. What is a Thunky? I got the idea for the name Thunky, because the blog was a place for me to put random thoughts, things I had Thunk. Anyone can have a Thunky. It’s simply a self-hosted blog, where you post the kind of interesting… Continue Reading
You’re just 5% away from the success you want. Here it is!
My mentor, the late great Jim Rohn, used to say: ‘Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.’ The 5% that matters Most business owners will do 95% of what’s needed, in order to achieve the results they REALLY want. They work hard. They work long hours. They make sacrifices for their business. The challenge,… Continue Reading
5 Ways to grow your business!
If you want to grow your business, there are 5 ways to do it. They are: Increase the transaction value of your existing clients. In other words, sell them more products or services each time they buy from you. Increase the frequency of your clients purchasing. Instead of them buying from you 4 times a… Continue Reading