People say 'FOCUS' is the magic ingredient in any successful business and they're not wrong, but they make it sound like it's EASY! And it isn't! Being able to focus when you feel like you barely...
Productivity Tips for Small Business Owners
Making time for marketing and actually getting stuff done are pretty tricky, especially when you have lots of other pulls on your time.
In this productivity section you will find help on making and finding time to grow your business, on working more efficiently and on turning plans into action. You’ll learn my best productivity and implementation tips and before you know it, you’ll be whizzing through your to-do list like a productivity ninja!
Why You Need A Book Of Awesome (And How To Make One)
Have you ever had a day when you fell out of love with your business? When it all felt too hard? Maybe a mean customer had a dig because they were in a bad mood. Perhaps things just...
She’s Better Than Me
OK admit it - how many times lately have you looked at someone else’s website, or...
How To Stop Comparing Yourself To Other Business Owners
OK admit it - how many times lately have you looked at someone else’s website, or products, or business card or shopfront and thought to yourself, with a heavy heart ‘she’s better than me’? And how...
Do You Need The London Cabbie Approach To Business?
I was chatting to one of my VIP coaching ladies the other day and we decided that she needed to exploit an opportunity that appeared in front of her, even though it wasn’t part of her original plan. It wasn’t a full-blown rebrand or anything like that, just changing...
How To Make Time For Marketing
Hands up if you have more than enough time for marketing! If you do, then you're one of the fortunate ones because most small business owners I speak to seem to be desperately trying to find time but failing. In fact, time– or rather, a lack of it - seems to be the...
You’re Not Made Of Butter (So Stop Spreading Yourself So Thin)
Often when women business owners come to work with me, they are absolutely exhausted. For years, they have tried every idea they can think of to make money, and yet they are still working every spare minute and are STILL broke. And yet after a few weeks working with...
5 Simple Productivity Hacks You Can Use In Your Business Right Now
I speak to loads of women business owners each week and many of them complain that they don’t have enough time to do all that they need to do in their business. When I ask them what their typical day or week looks like I can always find at least one, but usually...
Are You Too Busy And Broke?
When I start working with a new client I ask them what they want from their business and they often look at me with a mixture of confusion and mild panic and tell me they're not sure what I mean. So, I say to them “why you doing this? What was your dream? Why did you...
The Multi-Business Myth – Are You Juggling Too Many Businesses?
I often see ladies who are really proud that they are building 2 or 3 businesses. And my heart sinks. Because I know exactly how they are thinking... They are spotting money-making opportunities around every corner. They see a friend with an MLM business and decide to...
How NOT To Deal With Overwhelm
I got an email from one of my clients which basically said “Waaaaaaaaah I’ve got so much to do and I just want to hide under a rock until it goes away”. She has 3 small children, she’s not been well and her hubby has had a sick bug too. Her clients were baying for...
A Quicker Way To Grow Your Business
When you’re a one-woman band it’s tempting to try and do everything yourself. Run a home, see to the children, do the marketing, social media, book-keeping, legal stuff – oh, yes and actually do the thing you get paid for, too. Then you find that you’re so busy DOING...