Wednesday Wisdom – 6 Tips to improve your business
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Wednesday Wisdom is where This is where we share great articles and resources, from around the web, you can action right now to grow your business.
So, sit back, grab a coffee, paper and pen, take lots of notes and get ready to grow your business.
So here’s what we’ve found this week:
Slightly different approach with this article! Whilst I agree with the sentiment of the post, I’m not sure that it’s particularly enlightening for businesses owners. I’m sharing, because I think it’s important that you understand about the business of business, but if you don’t understand it, please post any questions in the comments below and I’ll help shed some more light on it or maybe produce a post of our own on the subject. Debits and Credits: A Basic Understanding for Small Business Owners
Every entrepreneur I meet is on the constant lookout for great new ideas. Successful ideas which work in one business or industry might work in yours. So 20 Ideas Worth Stealing (which is a long article) shares some great ideas which you might be able to learn from.
Talking of ideas, I was led to a great website resource: Unusual Business Ideas that Actually Work from a comment by Erich Ramsey here on the Blog. Unusual Ideas Which Actually work does what it says on the tin, by being useful website showcasing some of the more “way out there” ideas. Thanks for the suggestion Erich!
Two great articles from copyblogger, which are both packed with useful tips. The first article by Logan Zanelli, is 125 of the questions and tips for building a Brand which he used for developing a brand for his clients – some very useful gems here 125 Tips for Building an Irresistible Brand. Also on Copyblogger is Danny Iny’s 38 Critical Books Every Blogger Needs to Readwhich I believe is actually mistitled as I believe that it’s 38 Critical Books Every business owner needs to read.
I’m a big fan of getting big results from taking lots of small steps. In fact if you make a 1% improvement each day to your business and repeated it every day for a month, you’d have improved things by 33%. Which is a massive change, and easily achievable. In this video below, David Siteman Garland from The Rise To The Top Talks about the benefits of small changes in this video.
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My name is Matthew Needham and I'm a full time interim manager and consultant. I work with businesses large and small to help them grow their businesses, save money or improve their business processes.
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Thanks for those links you shared. This week has been really a fruitful one. I have learned so many different things like how to have the right mindset, how to improve your site’s performance, etc. etc. Your Wednesday Wisdom is such a good source of information. Good job!
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Matthew Needham Reply:
January 18th, 2011 at 10:50 am
Hi Anne, thanks for the comment here.
Glad you’re learning a lot and it’s taking your business forward.
Keep up implementing the advice and you’ll be at the next level bbefore very long.
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Hi Matthew
It is now Friday evening here in Perth and I’m playing catchup! Thanks for all the posts you have recommended. Looks like there are some I should go and check out.
Been very busy with those small steps you talk about. Also being more laser focused on the goals I have set for 2011 to make sure I achieve them.
One of the things I have learnt this week is to not get distracted by all the “outside” noice on the net. I have seen some ridiculous claims and some. Sadly I then go on Twitter and see people tweeting those posts! I move on and get on with what I need to do.
Patricia Perth Australia
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Matthew Needham Reply:
January 18th, 2011 at 10:53 am
Hi Patrica,
I’m glad you find these round up posts useful. You’re right, there is a tonne of good stuff on the internet, but equally there’s some really bad stuff. The trouble is you can easily waste time on the bad stuff, which means that there is no time to catch up and unless you’re very careful you get distracted and bogged down in the all noise.
Thanks so much for the comment.
Matthew
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Great finds you have there! Those links are really well worth a read. This week I’ve been looking at personal finance and marketing blogs and articles, and I’m sure I’d get excellent ideas from those sites. Thanks Matthew!
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