Archive for July, 2009

Health and Safety Regulations and Contract Cleaning Companies

The discussion around Health and Safety regulations within the Cleaning Industry appears to be a very grey area indeed. Many Cleaning Companies and Employers of Cleaners receive new regulations negatively, seeing these as another way that governments control us, limit freedom and make more money out of businesses. A common attitude is that Health and [...]

A Checklist of The 8 “Must-Have” Marketing Tools for Service Professionals

There are countless tools available today to help you promote your services and generate more clients. However, before you experiment with the latest and greatest, you’ll want to make sure that you’ve equipped your marketing toolbox with the following eight “must-haves”:

Creating a Breakthrough

How do you create a breakthrough in your business or your life? It’s hard to see the possibility, to see that you can create a breakthrough, especially when times feel hard or tough. What it comes down to is getting out of your own way. How do you stop your own success? Do you sabotage [...]

Buying Business Phones

Business phone systems can be purchased from telephone service providers, other manufacturers through their sales networks or through Internet. Most businesses usually need to have several telephones to run their operations and it is neither practical nor necessary to have each telephone connected to the external (service provider’s) network. Communication systems containing internally operated switching [...]

Turning New Coaching Clients Down

When you’re building a coaching practice, it’s tempting to take on every new client who approaches you. As you get busier, it’s easier to be choosy about who you work with. When we train, we’ve told about the importance of referring people on to specialists if we don’t feel qualified to deal with their particular [...]