Entrepreneur v.s. Employee tasks – what’s the difference? Just had one of those days where you were just putting out fires in your business and you feel like throwing in the towel? The reason often is due to the business owner not setting up the right systems to handle the business operations. It’s a mind-set […]
What Richard Branson Thinks About The Late Steve Jobs (Apple)
I was very sorry to hear about the recent passing of Steve Jobs (Pixar, Apple). Showing my age and confessing to be an early techie – I followed the rise of Apple and Microsoft in the early 1980s and was familiar with the intial Apple computers. Then, over the past three decades I read many […]
Loss Of Walk-by Traffic – Don’t Let This Happen To Your Business!
I’ve been saying it for years… when it comes to marketing – you can’t simply rely on local walk-by or drive-by traffic. You are putting yourself at the mercy of the local conditions – car park changes, local council works, nearby building works, etc. Here’s proof… have a read of this article in The West […]
Getting Things Done – Bill Glazer Style
As you may know I subscribe to an excellent marketing newsletter from Dan Kennedy and Bill Glazer. It’s posted to my office from the USA and it’s filled with very timely marketing and business information. One article describes how Bill Glazer as an entrepreneur gets so much done. Here is his response : Bill Glazer […]
What’s Basketball Got To Do With Marketing?
A quote from Michael Jordan : "I have missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I have lost almost 300 games. On 26 occasions I have been entrusted to take the game winning shot, and I missed. I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is precisely why […]
Are You a Marketer or a Shop-Keeper?
Everyone who is successful in business has a mentor (or mentors) and a coach – or should have! Even Bill Gates (once the world’s richest man) had Warren Buffett (the world’s second richest man) as his mentor. One of my mentors is Dan Kennedy. I receive his paid newsletter once a month and it’s a […]
The Business Story Behind Monopoly
Hi Mark Fregnan here. I’ve always been interested in start-up business success stories, so here’s another good one… The Monopoly Book by Maxine Brady The Setting The stock market crash of 1929 caused mass unemployment for millions of Americans. For Charles Darrow, the financial problems grew increasingly difficult. Once a salesman of heating and engineering […]
25 Things You Absolutely Must Do To go From Nothing To Self-Made Millionaire Within The Next 7 Years …
I came across this interesting article by Bob Bly about being successful in business. I have added my comments in bold italics (MarkF) THE 25 PRINCIPLES OF BUSINESS SUCCESS BY BOB BLY: Have a definition of success. Live below your means – with occasional exceptions. A good book to read about this is the Richest […]