Next Steps for Business

What are your top tips for Business Success? Have you given this some thought?
Dave and Marie go through their favourite top tips on what business success practices they have taken used over their many years of improving businesses.
They cover considerations around Dave's favourite topic business plan, Marie's cash flow, efficiencies and many more
Marie also touches on her key strategies for profitability.
It also includes some cheesy phrases, can you spot them?

One thing you can't buy is time. So Dave and Marie bring in Alex Slack from The House Of Lifestyle Management and pick her brains on her top tips to manage your time. There are confessions, tips and structure so you can improve your time management and get those important items done.
Alex has worked in a whole host of different, demanding environments where key deliverables have been time sensitive. She's made this skill in to her business. So if anyone can encourage you to be more time efficient then Alex can.

What tips do you have for making the most of your time?

Can you believe it, but its 6 months on since Lockdown was first banded around and the daily commute was chopped. There's been a lot of change over these months, some good and some bad. 
Dave and Marie take this opportunity to review some of the changes which have affected the over this period. They revel in how some businesses have capitalised and been entrepreneurial in moving their business to survive in these changes. They also highlight businesses that failed to adapt and the repercussions of this.
How has your business changed?
How have you changed?
What good things have you seen from this change?

Communication with prospective clients is so important and allows you to build a bond with your clients so you can develop the Know-Like-Trust process, however not everyone follows this relationship process.
Dave and Marie talk through both good and bad etiquette on communication covering social media, emails and other communication mediums.
What gets your goat on approaches?
What do you think is a good approach?
Why not share with Dare and Marie

We have discussed about branding previously but how important are the images we use to help promote our business? Should we simply use the Stock Images available on a number of great sites or should we go bespoke?
When is a good time to use our own in house photography/  mobile phone/ DSLR? When should we bring in a professional?
These are great questions and need to be answered, so Dave and Marie bring in the help of Professional Photographer, Videographer and Drone Pilot, Mr John Cooper.
John has been helping businesses get an edge in their marketing for so many years with his marketing knowledge and more recently professional photographer.
Let John weave you through the difficult questions on when to do it in house and when to outsource.
John covers many aspects on shot framing, subject selection and considerations.
What steps do you take when selecting your image?

We have all made small changes in our life and routine which have either deliberately or inadvertently made a big difference, say cutting out that chocolate bar, walking a bit further or started talking to strangers and made a new friend.
In this episode Dave and Marie talk through considering to change your filter or paradigm. Dave explains by what he means on this and how it can be down to us and how we interpret situations based on our previous experiences that will colour this filter.
Dave talks through different people you can mix with will help you start to see the world differently. Even if you can't socialise with millionaires and billionaires to see how they see the world, then do spend time with others and understand how they see the world to see if it can enhance yours
Dave then goes on to explain how reading self improvement books can bring a new view on life. This again can benefit you, assuming you apply it to your behaviour.
What books have changed your world?
Which individuals changed your view on life?
What was it that they had that you hadn't considered?
Who do you inspire?

Do you feel your life is out of balance and unsure why? Do you feel you are lacking in certain areas but can't work out why?
In this episode Dave and Marie talk through the concept of the Wheel of Life.
Looking at each facet of your life and gain a prospective of where you are with your life and how you can improve it. It starts with the first step.
How does your wheel look?
Does it give you a clearer view on where you are and what you can do to change things for the best?

Are you procrastinating? Have you hit a plateau, running out of steam or wondering if your hobby could be your next job, but need some inspiration? You've found the podcast you've been looking for.
Dave and Marie speak to Bill Lonero, guitarist band member, song writer, author, photographer, screen play writer, inventor...
Bill talks through his inspirations, his process on how he wrote 2 books, invented the Straplock (which he got endorsed by Joe Satriani), why he learned the guitar, how he's progressed his photography.
At the end of this podcast I hope you've got the idea, Just Do It!

www.straplock.com
www.royalrebelsband.com

Having trouble working on how to price your product?
Are you aware of different pricing strategies?
Dave and Marie discuss the various different pricing strategies that are deployed by companies as well as the reasons for this.
Probably one of the most inclusive lists they have covered on pricing.
Which style of pricing do you adopt?
Will this podcast get you to rethink your pricing strategy?

What sort of mindset do you need to have to be "good" at Sales? What makes a good salesperson? As a business owner how do you motivate your sales team?
Dave and Marie are rejoined by Andy Neal of Astute Sales Solutions. Andy's previous visit to our podcast was so popular (3rd highest to date) so we had to get him back. Furthermore, Andy has a wealth of knowledge after he's been doing this for so long. Additionally, he's so happy to share this information to all our listeners.

How do you motivate your sales staff?
Do you like doing sales?
How do you get in to the right mindset?
Andy will get you a few useful tips.