I provide a great number of ways by which to make contact with me: phone, email, the various social media sites. My contact details are on my many websites, too. So, when somebody who should not have my mobile phone number contacts me by mobile I will usually ignore them and block their number. There… Continue reading Contacting me by mobile
Category: Small Business
The most valuable lesson I have learned about management over 37 years
I have been self-employed since 1986. And I have been running businesses in a wide range of industries such as retailing, building/construction, investment and development, and the law business. One thing I have noticed looking at others operating in the same industry is the importance and value of good, basic, management. I am not talking… Continue reading The most valuable lesson I have learned about management over 37 years
Declining the gatekeepers’ call
I would imagine that the chap who contacted me last week to go a national radio station was surprised when I declined his invitation. But it did not suit me, notice was too short, and I do not place the same importance on once powerful media outlets as most people do. I have my own… Continue reading Declining the gatekeepers’ call
How to excel as a service provider
I have discovered, after being self-employed for some 37 years, that if you are a service provider you can make a good living by doing what you say you will do when you are supposed to. This may seem like a simple, trite, self-evident observation. But I have noticed that most service providers struggle to… Continue reading How to excel as a service provider
The key to successful content marketing-this bird photographer gets it
I started following a guy-Simon d’Entremont- on YouTube recently, whose channel deals with photography and bird photography. The quality of his videos is of such high quality that it did not surprise me to find that he has built a community of 155,000 YouTube subscribers in a relatively short period of time. If you check… Continue reading The key to successful content marketing-this bird photographer gets it
Managing people-one of the most valuable lessons I have learned after 37 years
I have been managing people since 1986 or thereabouts. I admit that managing employees has not been something at which I excelled. In fact, I may not even have achieved competence. But as the years have elapsed and I have managed different individuals in widely different roles I have become a little better. After 37… Continue reading Managing people-one of the most valuable lessons I have learned after 37 years
Help wanted in Galway
We were in Galway for the long weekend just passed and one thing struck me forcibly. There were ‘help wanted’ posters or signs up in a tremendous number of service-based businesses. Bar staff, waiting staff, sous chefs, baristas, serving staff. The signs were everywhere. And in the Esquires coffee shop in Eyre Square there is… Continue reading Help wanted in Galway
Missing the social media opportunity
The vast majority of small businesses fail, in my view, to properly exploit the power of social media to promote their business and brand. The simplest, most effective way is to use video. Video can be shared on most social media sites in one way or another. And you can bang out a new video,… Continue reading Missing the social media opportunity
Reconsidering email access
I have written in the past about the ever-present problem I have with my email inbox. I have had a problem with the sheer volume of emails I receive on a daily basis and my determination to maintain a policy of trying to clear my inbox every day. It has become such a problem that… Continue reading Reconsidering email access
“You need a catchphrase”-No, you don’t
A commenter left a comment on a TikTok video I posted: “You need a catchy catchphrase if you want to make it online”. No you don’t. Not if your idea of making it online is to show up with monotonous regularity with something useful for the audience you seek to serve. Because you want to… Continue reading “You need a catchphrase”-No, you don’t