It’s June and I’m thinking about conferences right about now for 2 reasons: I’m working towards going to one of the coolest international conferences I know of and I’m thinking about starting to work on putting together the 4th annual Kings County Small Business Conference during Small Business Week again this year. I’m working on […]
What do you call HARD SKILLS? Accounting (my fave), copywriting, inventory control, employee relations, sales, collections, purchasing, etc. These are acknowledged to be essential for business success. Then there are the SOFT SKILLS: listening, empathizing, being optimistic, problem solving, showing compassion. They are much more difficult to measure. They are not the focus of the […]
The statistics tell us that 80% of businesses fail in the first 5 years. The reasons cited include: lack of basic business skills not enough good advice cash flow problems lack of sales losing focus pricing poorly not seeking help underestimating the competition and the market undervalueing promotion Usually the reasons are directly related to […]
Take a look at my Squidoo lens. You can vote for your favourite books or add the business books that made a difference to you. While you are there, think about making your own lens. It’s an easy way to aggregate information that’s important to you and that you want to share. I’ve set mine […]
Hot off the blogoshere presses: a new magazine. Gathering the best of the productivity bloggers offering their best in productivity tips. This is Stress-Less month, here at BOSC. This magazine will help you do that. There are articles on happiness at work, Getting Things Done, Zen to Done and many others.
It’s not about hits any more. We can listen to any music we want, buy more books than any book store can hold, access books from anywhere through the library system and hear from anyone anywhere. It used to be that we listened to what Casey Casem told us were the top 40. We didn’t […]
What Perks can you offer your best clients? How can you make them feel very special? October’s Trend briefing on TrendWatching.com explains the concept of giving your best clients something special. Airlines and hotels have been doing it for years. It’s not about elitism, rather it’s creating incentives to make all your clients want to […]
I’ve been thinking, and that’s always a dangerous thing. If we’ve been doing small business for a million years since the first people traded fish for rabbits or salt for apples; and there are a billion small businesses on the planet right now; why do we all feel alone and overhelmed? Why do we feel […]
Carrie and Daniel got me started last year. They suggested everyone should choose a word or two to be a theme for the year. So, as I start 2008, I gave it much thought and decided on Continual Improvement. That will apply to me, Crystal Clear Bookkeeping, The Friends of the Kentville Public Library Society […]
I like to choose one or two words as a theme for the year. The words for this year are continual improvement. That’s for me, for Crystal Clear Bookkeeping Ltd and for you. My pledge to you is to keep giving you information and opportunities to continually improve your business and therefore your life. I’ve […]
