When I read the E-myth by Michael Gerber and later when I discovered Work the System by Sam Carpenter, I understood exactly what they meant. I had seen the result of a non systemised and un-organised business and how it negatively affected the lives of the people running it. Only I didn’t realise what the [...]
Getting Banks to say yes to finance is getting harder and harder, but they are still the major source of finance for small businesses in the UK. When applying for finance from your bank it helps if you follow these procedures. Always produce a business plan. The main areas that need to be covered in [...]
To know how profitable your marketing is, you need to know the lifetime value of your customers. This is the average profit you earn from a customer over their lifetime. Take a mechanics garage as an example. If the average new customer brings their car in three times a year and spends £200 each time [...]
I believe that I am fairly open-minded when it comes to Technology. I do my shopping and banking on line. I own an iPhone and love a good app but there was one area that I just couldn’t bring myself to adopt and that was online bookkeeping. I'm not even sure why, now, looking back [...]
