As small business owners we are busy. There are not enough hours in the day and the thought of adding extra tasks to an already ridiculously long to do list is about as appealing as poking yourself in your eye with a knitting needle! There is a love hate relationship with many small businesses about [...]

Do you need customers and sales fast?  Here are five ideas of how you can drum up sales for your business. 1.  Contact all people or businesses you have worked with before to discuss new work possibilities. 2.  Make contact with past customers and organise a special promotion to entice them back 3. Take out [...]

There are always positives in every situation and a downturn is no exception.  How can a downturn be good news for a business? If you do business with other businesses there is an opportunity that isn’t available in busier times. Business owners who are not super busy are more open to hearing from you and [...]