http://seminar.com.au Townsville Business Coach & Business Builder Thu, 05 Apr 2012 01:03:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://seminar.com.au/townsville-yellow-pages-issue-dates-2012-and-yp-bad-news-video/ http://seminar.com.au/townsville-yellow-pages-issue-dates-2012-and-yp-bad-news-video/#comments Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:42:13 +0000 Business Coach James Hooper http://seminar.com.au/?p=682 Townsville Yellow Pages Issue Date For 2012 is  ”April 12th”. That is when I understand they will begin delivering here in Townsville. To find this out I had to call their 132378 number – as it was not clear on the webpage.  It was interesting listening to the messages that preceded me talking to my [...]]]> http://seminar.com.au/townsville-yellow-pages-issue-dates-2012-and-yp-bad-news-video/feed/ 0 http://seminar.com.au/the-sex-food-so-potent-that-priests-were-forbidden-to-eat-it/ http://seminar.com.au/the-sex-food-so-potent-that-priests-were-forbidden-to-eat-it/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 02:58:13 +0000 Business Coach James Hooper http://seminar.com.au/?p=678 “The Sex Food So Potent That Priests Were Forbidden To Eat It…” What is the common first step for every campaign for  getting your target market to read {or listen/watch} your message to them? What is it that made you open this post after reading just the headline? How will you feel if you never, [...]]]> http://seminar.com.au/the-sex-food-so-potent-that-priests-were-forbidden-to-eat-it/feed/ 0 http://seminar.com.au/business-predictions-that-melt-old-ways-of-operating/ http://seminar.com.au/business-predictions-that-melt-old-ways-of-operating/#comments Fri, 15 Apr 2011 23:37:00 +0000 Business Coach James Hooper http://seminar.com.au/?p=597 How fast will your business IT operations change in the next 2 years? About 30 years ago I was told about the “Innovation Life Cycle”.  It was at Uni in a Marketing lecture, and the lecturer zoomed past it like a dragonfly passing a hungry frog.   Today as I look at the predictions made [...]]]> http://seminar.com.au/business-predictions-that-melt-old-ways-of-operating/feed/ 0 http://seminar.com.au/townsville-yellow-pages-shrinks-by-11/ http://seminar.com.au/townsville-yellow-pages-shrinks-by-11/#comments Wed, 13 Apr 2011 08:21:05 +0000 Business Coach James Hooper http://seminar.com.au/?p=594 Townsville Yellow Pages After my last posts about Sensis Yellow Pages Print Edition, one of the first things I did when the new books arrived this week was to look at the page number on the final advert in the new book – and compared it to last years. Last year the Townsville Yellow Pages [...]]]> http://seminar.com.au/townsville-yellow-pages-shrinks-by-11/feed/ 0 http://seminar.com.au/new-pricing-tool-shows-effect-of-price-increases-and-discounting-on-bep/ http://seminar.com.au/new-pricing-tool-shows-effect-of-price-increases-and-discounting-on-bep/#comments Mon, 04 Apr 2011 07:18:21 +0000 Business Coach James Hooper http://seminar.com.au/?p=586 Simple Tool To Calculate The Impact of Price Increases and Decreases on Break Even Point The video below explains how to use this simple Excel spreadsheet to see the impact on your bottom line of price increases and decreases.  Eg what does a 10% price rise do to your profits?  And how much do you [...]]]> http://seminar.com.au/new-pricing-tool-shows-effect-of-price-increases-and-discounting-on-bep/feed/ 0 http://seminar.com.au/yellow-pages-a-still-powerful-dinosaur/ http://seminar.com.au/yellow-pages-a-still-powerful-dinosaur/#comments Fri, 01 Apr 2011 06:28:56 +0000 Business Coach James Hooper http://seminar.com.au/?p=577 Yellow Pages – Not Quite Dead Yet – And Can Still Help You Increase Your Business Profits.. In the Business Section of The Australian Newspaper of March 30th – is a simple little chart that shows exactly how Sensis [ie Yellow Pages] has been smashed by the internet.   The first chart shows the drop [...]]]> http://seminar.com.au/yellow-pages-a-still-powerful-dinosaur/feed/ 0 http://seminar.com.au/leonardo-da-vinci-albert-einstein-on-cashflow-forecasting/ http://seminar.com.au/leonardo-da-vinci-albert-einstein-on-cashflow-forecasting/#comments Thu, 16 Sep 2010 11:17:40 +0000 Business Coach James Hooper http://seminar.com.au/?p=475 [flashvideo file=http://seminar.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Leonardo-and-Albert.mp4 /] What Would Leonardo da Vinci and Albert Einstein Say if They Saw The Current Business or Marketing Plan of The Average Townsville Business? Answer:  If they had their business hats on – they would ask to see your cashflows before they considered your marketing. Is there  much point making a profit with [...]]]> http://seminar.com.au/leonardo-da-vinci-albert-einstein-on-cashflow-forecasting/feed/ 0 http://seminar.com.au/the-best-share-advising-newsletter-for-townsville-investors/ http://seminar.com.au/the-best-share-advising-newsletter-for-townsville-investors/#comments Wed, 15 Sep 2010 02:01:05 +0000 Business Coach James Hooper http://seminar.com.au/?p=463 Attention Townsville Investors – SMSF & Others Over the last few months I have been testing the Trident Confidential Report.   Each Wednesday an email comes with a great review of what is happening in the markets around the world plus a listing of the the current recommended portfolio. Last year (2009)  their returns were [...]]]> http://seminar.com.au/the-best-share-advising-newsletter-for-townsville-investors/feed/ 1 http://seminar.com.au/marketing-blitz-now-on-until-the-end-of-september-hang-on-to-your-hat/ http://seminar.com.au/marketing-blitz-now-on-until-the-end-of-september-hang-on-to-your-hat/#comments Thu, 19 Aug 2010 07:05:43 +0000 Business Coach James Hooper http://seminar.com.au/?p=311 Who Wants a Marketing Plan Right Now That Makes Targeted, Ready to Buy Prospects Call Your Phone? Lately I have felt like doing more marketing.  Not sure why – maybe it was being briefly lured into the marketing side of politics. So – what is YOUR marketing doing for you lately?   Do you have [...]]]> http://seminar.com.au/marketing-blitz-now-on-until-the-end-of-september-hang-on-to-your-hat/feed/ 1 http://seminar.com.au/marketing-townsville/ http://seminar.com.au/marketing-townsville/#comments Tue, 17 Aug 2010 23:29:25 +0000 Business Coach James Hooper http://seminar.com.au/?p=289 Marketing Townsville - Are You Wasting Your Yellow Pages Dollars? There is a fundamental that is often missed in local business marketing.. We can use the Townsville Yellow Pages as an example because the YP bees are buzzing again.  Your rep will be calling – asking you to DECIDE your investment for the book to [...]]]> http://seminar.com.au/marketing-townsville/feed/ 0