Is Your Website Working?
If you have a business, chances are you have a website for it. And, if you haven’t — why not? OK, there are businesses that can get by without a ... Read more
Business (page 6)
Every post I’ve written on business, newest first.
Allow Me to Introduce the Book You Haven’t Written Yet
It’s often said that everyone has a book inside them. Whether or not that’s true as a whole, it’s certainly true that every business owner has at least one book ... Read more
Marketing to All the Senses — in Writing?
Why do you think food shows are so popular on TV? Well, apart from the fact that most of us like to eat, of course, and also to find different ... Read more
Marketing to Your Strengths
A little while ago, one of my regular clients asked me to have a look at his website content and tighten it up. The thing I immediately noticed was that, ... Read more
Are You Ready to Dodge the Icebergs?
The seas of business have become hazardous lately — for reasons you know well, unless you’ve been living on the moon. High waves, submerged reefs, maybe even icebergs. Is your ... Read more
Slughorns and Slubberdegullions
The Victorian poet Robert Browning loved finding obscure, archaic words to use in his poems. The trouble was, he didn’t always take the trouble to find out what they meant. ... Read more
Sometime Starts with an N
How often do you say “I’ll do it sometime”? If you’re anything like me, it’s probably very often indeed. All those tasks that don’t have hard deadlines, so it’s OK ... Read more
Silence Isn’t Golden
“Silence is golden”, according to the classic Sixties song, echoing the old proverb “speech is silver, silence is golden”. Profound philosophy, perhaps, but definitely not a philosophy to be applied ... Read more
Self-Employment — the Good, the Bad and the Ugly
I’m self-employed. Alternatively, I can (and do) legitimately describe myself as the owner of a business. But, as the only participant in a sole trader organisation, self-employed is a good ... Read more
What Has a Water Mill to Do with Modern Business?
I recently visited the water mill at Mill Green, near Hatfield. If you don’t know it (and if not I can recommend it), this is a still-working mill that’s thought ... Read more
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