by Michelle | Oct 8, 2013 | Business Owners, Business Success, Outsourced Admin
Spring has officially arrived (even if it already feels like Summer!!). The warm, pleasant days, the sun shining down on our bodies usually leads us to a sudden urge to clean up, clear out and de-clutter. You might also be feeling the urge to Spring clean your...
by Buck Samrai | Sep 24, 2013 | Business Owners, Business Success, Life Balance, Outsourced Admin, Small Business Planning, Women Business Owners
Last week we wrote Part 1 of how to keep you as a business owner can keep yourself focussed until your next break. This week, we thought we’d add another three tips. 1. Focus Helpers If you’ve got a project that requires significant focus and your brain’s...
by Michelle | Sep 18, 2013 | Business Owners, Business Success, Life Balance, Outsourced Admin, Phone Answering, Women Business Owners
I love September – it’s warm and gorgeous outside my office window and as I watch, I can see people enjoying their weekend. Australians just seem that bit happier with life. It’s also that time of the year when we’re in that serious revenue producing part of the...
by Buck Samrai | Aug 27, 2013 | Business Owners, Entrepreneurs, Women Business Owners
In the 14 or so years that I’ve been building my own business, Serviced Offices International, we’ve met a lot of business owners, many of whom have been extremely successful and grown from one person to many. We’ve even seen some clients build and ‘flip’ their...
by Michelle | Aug 15, 2013 | Business Marketing, Business Owners, Business Success, Entrepreneurs, Outsourced Admin, Small Business Planning
It’s important for every business owner to have an idea on how best to market their business in order to maximise every chance of winning those all important new customers and grow their businesses. Last post we wrote about the 5 marketing do’s: 1. Define your ideal...
by Buck Samrai | Jul 23, 2013 | Business Start-up, Business Success, Entrepreneurs, Outsourced Admin, Outsourcing, Phone Answering, Small Business Planning, Women Business Owners
Marketing is a crucial part of establishing and growing any business. Regardless of what age, stage or industry your business is in, it’s vital to define who your ideal customer is and figure out how to reach them. No matter how great your product or service,...
by Michelle | Jul 2, 2013 | Business Owners, Business Start-up, Business Success, Customer Experience, Do what you're great at, Entrepreneurs, Great Service, Outsourced Admin, Women Business Owners
In the 14 years since I started SOI, I’ve had the very great privilege of getting to know a great many business owners and watch them develop and grow their businesses a step at a time. We’ve seen so many of those businesses flourish and grow. Generally, when we’ve...
by Buck Samrai | Jun 18, 2013 | Business Owners, Entrepreneurs, Outsourced Admin
It’s that time of year again and people everywhere are coming down with the usual batch of the dreaded lurgies (you might want to read my previous blog on the business owners guide to staying healthy). But that got me thinking about ‘that’ old TV commercial for...
by Michelle | Jun 4, 2013 | Business Owners, Health, Life Balance, Outsourced Admin, Women Business Owners
With winter creeping onto our doorsteps, so too does the dreaded cold and flu season. I don’t think I’ve ever met a business owner who doesn’t feel that sense of panic when they think about getting sick and not being able to work. So I thought it was probably...
by Buck Samrai | May 28, 2013 | Customer Experience, Small Business Planning, Women Business Owners
There’s a relatively new ‘field of endeavour’ that highlights that people buy products and services based on irrational decision making. It’s called Behavioural Economics which is situated somewhere between economics (which looks at people making decisions based...
