Business Tools

Don't Give Up When Technology Lets You Down

Technology is a wonderful thing - until it lets you down. We rely on our internet connection and devices so much to run our businesses these days that when it goes wrong it can easily have a disastrous effect. Read on for my top 5 tips for avoiding an IT disaster.

How can a daily diet of frogs guarantee your success?

Have you ever eaten a frog? The thought is pretty unappealing to say the least, but according to acclaimed speaker and best-selling author Brian Tracey in his famous book 'Eat That Frog' it should be the very first thing you do each morning if you want to be...

Why most small businesses don't work - and what to do about it

I’ve just finished reading The E-Myth Revisited by Michael Gerber – and what a book! It really should be required reading for anyone thinking about starting their own business or anyone already in business and where currently everything depends on them. The title refers to Gerber's belief that...

Never lose a password again

Our Rave Resource this month is this great little online app for securely storing your ever-growing list of logins and passwords. And it's FREE! LastPass is...

I couldn't run my business without it...

This month's rave resource is the fabulous Teamwork Project Management Software app. I've been using this neat little programme for almost a year and it's massively transformed the way I run my business. The guys at Teamwork have a wonderful attitude to customer service and despite no doubt having thousands of customers they always manage to make me feel like the most important one.