From the monthly archives:

September 2009

The 5 Biggest (and often fatal) Mistakes in Townsville Yellow Pages Adverts

September 24, 2009

Yellow Pages Season Hits Townsville Five Biggest Fatal Mistakes in Townsville Yellow Pages Ads September is the start of the selling season for Townsville Yellow Pages . In the lead up to the closing date your ‘Yellow’ rep will be buzzing you. Pressure will start to build and decisions made about size, design and categories. [...]

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Townsville Yellow Pages Close Soon… Are you ready or are you an advertising “VICTIM”?

September 24, 2009

Yellow Pages Headings How much do you know about Yellow Pages adverts? * What is a successful advertisement? * What makes a successful ad? * The Steps to Yellow Pages success Who [is your target market]? What [do you want to say]? How [to write your advert] The components of the advert: -  headline & [...]

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Even though it is only September – get ready to get your year in gear!

September 24, 2009

GYYIG – Get Your Year In Gear! 2009 is rapidly ending and 2010 is rapping at our doors.  Are you ready?  Did this year give you what you planned for? For many this is a trick question as you may have done more planning for what they will wear on a long weekend away than [...]

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Robert Kiyosaki’s 6 Steps – Want to know a business secret?

September 24, 2009

Do You Want To Know Another Secret? Read the following sentences carefully.  There are not many words – but they are powerful in your business. In general, successful businesses follow a certain path of development. There is the fundamental area [MASTERY] that needs to be done first – to ensure there is a consistent base [...]

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So tell me again the main reasons you went into business in the first place?

September 24, 2009

What are the main reasons you went into business in the first place? Welcome to the last 100 days of 2009. You may have just completed a delightfully refreshing break on your holdidays – and have just returned to work feeling ferociously motivated to get the rest this year right! You may have resolved to [...]

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Random Motivational Quote

September 24, 2009

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do.  So throw off the bowlines.  Sail away from the safe harbour.  Catch the trade winds in your sales.  Explore.  Dream.  Discover.”  Mark Twain Tweet This Post

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Townsville Business Builder Coach’s Tip of the Week – Systems

September 24, 2009

Short Tip Of The Week – Systems Systems are your way of empowering your team to do large parts of your job just as if you were doing it personally.  They can reduce your hours and stress by getting all the team to do a great job…sounds fantastic?  Well it is easy once you know [...]

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What are the top 12 reasons for small to medium sized businesses failing?

September 24, 2009

You already will have heard the statistics on business failure.  The statistics vary, depending which source you are reading from.  For simplicity, let’s just trust the data provided by Dunn & Bradstreet – who are business credit providers and who do “research” to keep their PR machines churning along. According to D&B “Businesses with fewer [...]

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Welcome to James Hooper’s New Business Growth Tools & Systems

September 24, 2009

If you have come to this site – you are certainly looking for something.  I hope I can help you find it. This site now will be home to tools and processes to help coach small and medium sized business owners get to where they want to go. Seminar.com.au is owned and run by me [...]

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