Simply Business Coaching

Follow-up Friday

  This week I’ve been experimenting with ‘themed’ blog posts: Mentor Monday, Time Tip Tuesday, Wellbeing Wednesday, and Thought for Thursday.  If you’ve read them, I hope you enjoyed them.  My problem, which has been niggling at me all through this week is that I didn’t know what to do about Friday!  It wasn’t through lack of names, alliteration examples abounded (Friday Focus, Frivolous Friday, etc), but what to actually write about?

While I often prepare and write my blog posts in advance, I’ve been undecided and dithering about today.  So until I can find the right theme for future Fridays, here’s a quick round-up of what’s been going on recently at FrontLine Results HQ.

Last week on Debbie Mahler’s radio show, I shared some business coaching tips for people thinking of starting (and already established) an online business, especially in these difficult times.  I thought it was rather good; feel free to let me know what you think!

On Monday this week, my radio show guest was Rod Sloane of No-Bull Marketing fame.  We covered quite a lot in just under half an hour, and Rod gave away some great marketing nuggets.  I managed to arrange guests for the next 4 weeks’ shows as well.

I also had quite a few phone calls this week, with enquiries for my newly launched ‘Online Business Roadmap’ service; I took a booking for a 60 Minute Strategy Session, was asked to run a workshop in May, and booked for a talk later in the year.

The rest of the time has been spent writing and publishing 2 newsletters, 6 blog posts, which has involved doing battle with templates and temperamental internet providers!  Oh, and I almost forgot, I’ve also been preparing for a brand new workshop taking place next Friday!

Better get on and do some more on next week’s workshop.  Looking forward to a large glass of chilled Sauvignon Blanc this evening – I think I’ve earned it!

New Year Reflections

I'm writing this in the last few hours of 2008, before the parties start in earnest, the champagne corks are popped, and the fireworks herald the arrival of 2009.

Although my intention was to share my own thoughts about the year that's nearly over and what may be facing us when we get back to serious business next week, there are already so many excellent posts out there that I decided to share some of those instead.

Review 2007, Forecast & Plan 2008 (revisited)
Problems ..... and Happiness
Revisiting the 80/20 Rule and Why It is even more critical ......
2009 will be the year for small businesses to ......
New Year's Revolutions

I'll just content myself with wishing you and yours all the very best in 2009 - good health, prosperity and much happiness. 

Happy New Year!

Random thoughts and unconnected ramblings – not really much to do with business!

I’m confused (please don’t laugh, it isn’t kind).   If anyone knows the answers to some of the trivial questions that are exercising my little grey cells right now, I’d be really glad to hear from you!

I thought that banks were having a hard time borrowing money and that was why it’s called a credit crunch.  Why then, do they keep offering to lend me more and more?

If all those shares have been ‘wiped off’ the stock markets – where has all the money gone?  In theory it still exists – so who’s hiding it?

If the government is so keen for people to stop smoking, how are they going to make up the shortfall in taxes they used to collect from smokers?  It certainly won't be through savings on health costs.

If call centres record your calls for training purposes, why do you have to explain everything from the beginning each time you ring them?

Why can’t direct mail companies get the message that I'm not interested, especially as I haven’t placed an order in over 5 years?  (They can’t be paying the postage themselves!)

How come all the foods that are meant to be bad for you taste so much nicer than the healthy ones?  And how come the special offers in supermarkets are nearly always for the unhealthy stuff?

Instead of bailing out the financial institutions using tax payers money, why doesn’t they ask the people responsible for this mess to return the fat bonuses they received? 

Why does Facebook want you to suggest people to introduce to ‘friends’ on the screen before you get to know all about them? 

Oh, and finally, why do I jump when the phone rings?  After all, that is what it’s supposed to do ;-)

Thank you, I feel better now.  Normal blogging will be resumed soon.