With the busy lives that we lead it can be so easy to fall into the trap of going hell for leather at work and simply not paying complete attention to what we are doing.
Here’s an example of what can happen when you don’t concentrate properly when replying to emails at work…
Minutes ago, I sent a quick note out to my database to advise when tickets would be on sale for an upcoming event. Read more
I’m assuming, if you’re reading this article, that you’re an accountant or at least working in the industry in some capacity. Let me ask you a question … “As an accountant what is the most important thing you do for your clients?” Over the years I’ve been given any number of responses to this question.
Some say, “Keep my clients safe & compliant”.
Others say, “Make their lives easier”.
While many say, “Get them a big tax refund”.
However, the most common response I receive to this fundamental question is, “to add value”. Read more
Do you have a Chief Financial Officer (CFO) in your business? If you’re a small business, chances are, no. Few small or medium businesses have a CFO.
A CFO’s role in a business is to use the financial information of a business to drive and improve it. The financial information of a business is the key to the strategic direction and improvement of every business. Read more
The old saying goes ‘two things in life are certain – Death and Taxes’. I’d like to formally request that this saying is altered to be ‘three things are certain in life – Death, Taxes and Deadlines’.
The consequences of missing these deadlines though can range from missing your bus to angry wife or even losing your job (or perhaps even scarier losing your job and making your wife angry).
So here are six tips to help you stay on top of your tasks and meet those deadlines every time, while hopefully avoiding those all-night work marathons we’ve no doubt found ourselves doing from time to time. Read more
Smart business resolutions for all SME’s.
There’s a New Zealand online business I came across the other day, which may as well have had a photo of me pinned to their mood board when they conceptualised it.
From the moment I spotted an ad for it on another blog, to the moment I followed them on their Facebook page. Read more
Smart business resolutions for all SME’s.
There’s a New Zealand online business I came across the other day, which may as well have had a photo of me pinned to their mood board when they conceptualised it.
From the moment I spotted an ad for it on another blog, to the moment I followed them on their Facebook page. Read more
I’m doing this blog post at what many people would describe in frustration as ‘the last minute’. I’m using the last possible moment available to get it finished.
Is it because I am lazy? No. Unmotivated? No. Super-duper busy. Yep.
I actually purposely left it till the eleventh hour – I needed the rest of the week to tackle other tasks for my business m.a.d.woman that (genuinely) needed finishing earlier.
I’m one of those people who is busy jamming several lifetimes into one. I’m always cramming in one more activity, meeting one more deadline and choosing ‘both thanks’, not either – although I try not to where cake is concerned. Read more
Keeping up with products and services in your interest area can be hard work for bloggers or journalists. I’m forever on the lookout for new ideas to engage my readers.
That’s why I was thrilled to hear news of a new online service called The Media Bag which will make it much easier to find new products and services without me spending all my time researching. Read more
It’s only a hop, skip and jump until Christmas day. End of year parties colour our calendars and employees around the country are booking their leave.
Many businesses either shut down or fall back to a skeleton crew over the holidays so it’s important to include your social media monitoring and engagement into this roster.
If your customers could have operational, service or purchasing issues over this time ensure whoever is on duty is trained up and familiar with your processes to address and answer tweets or Facebook questions. Read more
Part Six in our series on business blogging.
There’s been a pretty common theme of questions coming from those of you following our business blog series. How the heck do I find the time to run my business and get a successful blog going on the side?
Like all things, great blog content takes time and effort to generate, and you’ll need to put some thought into planning to ensure you maintain your post schedule, whatever frequency that might be. Straight from Tim Ferris himself, an uninspiring blog is more of a liability than no blog at all. Think about it from your own perspective – if you were researching a company and found an abandoned blog on their site, it would probably make you question their ability to see a project through to completion, right? Read more
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