Comments on: Business advice and the quick fix

By: Ian Burton

Ian Burton — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 07:01:59 +0000

While I totally agree with your view. I think the answer I would give to the question would be “Plan your business and know your business” By planning what you intend to do and knowing your business will help to identify capital requirements also implications of and capability of growth and more. Yetting business owners to think about their businesses is so important.

By: Colin Cathcart

Colin Cathcart — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 23:15:55 +0000

Harold Mitchell has 3 pieces of advice for business success:-
1 Never give up
2 Never give up
3 Never give up

By: Karen Brook

Karen Brook — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 21:28:42 +0000

Nice article and very true. “To get 1 ‘long term’ new client/customer – you probably have to talk to 20!

By: Jennifer L

Jennifer L — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 04:29:55 +0000

That’s a great point you make there because its really easy to think ‘quick fixes’ are going to be the answer. That’s why I estimate a low 2% response for a cold campaign – its an industry standard and any improvement on that adds to our top line. It’s all about ROI, and a lot of tradies, online entrepreneurs, the salt of this earth types, are not aware that it takes a lot of time and effort to build trust and build a business.