Strategic-Planning  

You've got a good quality product that converts in sales right? You pretty much have your niche tied around your pinky finger and know the ins and outs of every little detail with regards to your market demands. What if you could use what you already have, and instantly (well ...read more

Have you ever sat at a bar with a friend or client to discuss a topic, but the other person seemingly disregards it and changes the subject without acknowledging what you said? Not exactly the best feeling in the world right? And yet, chances are, this is exactly what your ...read more

Even for well-established companies, I find many businesses have difficulty defining their target market. Yet the size and value of your market is key to planning your marketing, to setting your sales targets and to raising money from your investors.

Since precise information is rarely available, I help my clients to ...read more

So you've reached that stage where you're ready to get your home business started in every way except one: you need money. Whether it comes from a loan or from investors doesn't really make too much difference, since there's one thing that they all need to see before they'll give ...read more

As a Merger and Acquisition advisor, we regularly dialogue with the top executives in the information technology industry. We have to chuckle when we reach a decision maker with a large IT company and he says, "We have a corporate policy that we do not buy companies." Does this guy ...read more

The strategy cycle is a simple tool that will help you to achieve the goals of your organisation. Consisting of four main phases, the cycle is an iterative process that you can use to build and improve your business year after year.

Research

Successful business relies on informed decision making. Managers with ...read more

Computer hackers stealing customers’ credit card information are no longer just a threat to traditional technology and Internet companies. ChoicePoint, Polo Ralph Lauren and LexisNexis have captured headlines recently as victims of credit card theft. They’re among the thousands of companies at risk from hackers breaking into their computer systems ...read more

Filing systems are not going away any time soon. The
paperless world we thought was created with the advent of
computers has done nothing more than create an exponential
amount of reasons for us to generate more hard copy
documents requiring storage ...read more

When it comes to learning how to write a business plan it is important to gather as much information as possible, both information relating directly to your business and information relating to business and business plans in general.

There is no doubt that learning how to write a business plan is ...read more

Few small business owners have ever taken the time to develop a strategy to ensure their business succeeds. Most of them spend more time planning their next holiday than planning their business outcomes. Some have a basic idea of where they are going but few outline what they need to ...read more