Timing of These 3 Things Impacts Your Cash-Flow
Last week I wrote about the early yardage predictor of cash-flow. Do you remember? It is the estimated dollar figure of what is in your sales pipeline. And there is the timing aspect. This is the time it takes from connecting with a prospect to closing a sale. This...
What Impacts Your Cash-Flow More Than Anything?
Timing. And timing has two aspects to it. The first is the timing of the prospects in your pipeline. What is the best early indicator of your cash? The value of the interested prospects in your sales pipeline. I will show you how to get that figure. Firstly, we will...
3 Reasons to Use Xero Expenses for Employees
Submitting expenses can be a pain… For you. For your employee. For your accountant. With Xero Expenses it is easy to submit expenses. Why use Xero Expenses? Let me give you 3 reasons… Reason #1 – It is Super Easy for Your Employee With Xero Expenses you start by...
5 Boundaries You Should Set Between Work and Home Life
I just read a good Blog from Regus (the global shared office company). Actually 2 blogs. The first talked about 5 boundaries to set working from home. And who is not working from home (at least part-time), these days? One idea is a new one for me. Our Team has been...
3 Reasons to Stop Writing Cheques
When was the last time you wrote a cheque? For me, I cannot remember. I have an ancient box of business cheques somewhere in my office, collecting mold. They are so old that the address is incorrect. Think of it, dear reader, it is Covid 19 times. You are a mid-sized...
The Massive Efficiency of Cloud Accounting
There can be so much hype when new technology kicks in. Also, monthly software fees to go online add up to more than desktop software. Some people compare the price of online accounting to Quickbooks Desktop. Likely QuickBooks Desktop is a lot less expensive. This is...
The One Permanent Thing in Your Business
Why do we start a business? To make money? Is that it? Is that ALL there is? Could there more to it than that? Make new friendships? Have fun? That sounds a little more “user-friendly”! Go a bit deeper and look. Do we want a legacy? Yes? If so, how do we do that? And...
Top 3 Ways to Hyper-Focus for Massive Productivity
I am almost finished reading an awesome book called Hyper-Focus by Chris Bailey. Some of what I read I knew already. Keep reading and I will share some cutting edge pointers. The stats he refers to are incredible. One study was done in situ – meaning live studies on...
3 Tips to Massively Increase Sales By Cold Calling
Increase sales by cold calling? You would rather stick needles in your eyes, right? Seasoned sales pros hate cold calling. Did you know that? It is true. They do it because they think it gets sales. And cold calling does work. The problem it that it is a brutal game....
3 Things That Everyone Seems to Miss in Pricing
I just read a Blog from the Business Development Bank of Canada called 7 Steps to Setting the Right Price for Your Products or Services. The Blog makes some good points. I have 2 comments on it, though. Firstly, the Blog has the overall wrong focus. It is inward not...