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#13 Lunch and learn: A sales tip from the Early Learning Centre

March 12, 2012, No Comments

Recipe: Shut up shop and increase sales This recipe is inspired by the following story from the Early Learning Centre (E ...

#12 Lunch and Learn: How the people you admire can help you boost your business, silently.

March 8, 2012, No Comments

What it is Questions you’d like to ask the people who you admire Why it works There’s a website called ‘Thought qu ...

#11 Lunch and Learn: how to give your ideas a go without it costing you a fortune

March 6, 2012, No Comments

What it is: An experiment! Why it works: If you hark back to school days and the chemistry lab you may remember doing go ...

# 10 lunch and learn: How to get three hours work done in just one

March 1, 2012, No Comments

What it is The Power Hour – a fabulous technique to super-charge your efficiency, awesome for the time-challenged! ...

#9 Lunch and learn: The secret sentence that will change your business

February 27, 2012, No Comments

What it is: A tip to keep you focused on the stuff that counts Why it works: Being blunt, it’s an in-your-face reminde ...

Selling handmade? Why you need to be super-PICKY about your customers!

February 27, 2012, No Comments

Getting paid fairly for your handmade products isn’t easy is it? But here’s something to think about which  ...

#8 lunch and learn: Make March a marvellous month – start it on the 31st

February 24, 2012, No Comments

What it is: We’re nearly at the end of February – that’s 16% of the year gone already – and hasn’t it ...

Business essentials, straight from the catwalk, by Moda Operandi!

February 21, 2012, No Comments

For every successful business, be it a lifestyle business or a start-up-big-business the rules are the same: find an unt ...

#7 Lunch and learn: How to keep a timesheet and get better managing your time

February 20, 2012, No Comments

What it is A basic time sheet to record how you spend your time Why it works We are hopeless estimators of the time it t ...

What is a lifestyle business?

February 20, 2012, No Comments

Many of us run a business as a fun and flexible alternative to paid employment.  We enjoy what we do and we get the sat ...