7 Ways a Business Mentor Helps You Succeed

7 Ways a Business Mentor Helps You Succeed

Anytime I look at World and Olympic record holder, Usain Bolt, I try to imagine when he took his first ever step. Surely at that point, people helped him to stand, walk, and run. But today, he is regarded as the fastest man alive! Same thing applies in the business world. There’s no entrepreneur I know that never told me of…

5 Reasons Businesses That Don’t Network Fold Up

5 Reasons Businesses That Don’t Network Fold Up

Networking is an activity where business people interact or develop business relationships. It also involves information sharing, and can provide you with opportunities to discover potential partners and customers. Bluntly put; no networking, no customer. No customer, no money. No money, business dies. It’s a simple as that. Apart from poor goods and services, poor marketing strategies, and lack of diligence,…

8 Steps to Preparing a Winning Presentation

8 Steps to Preparing a Winning Presentation

There is no one who does not desire the standing ovation. That moment when you end your presentation with a “thank you” and the crowd bursts our in boisterous applause. Standing before people to present what is your brainchild or otherwise the product of your research is often a daunting task. Whether it is just an official presentation to a panel…

4 Ways An Angry Customer Can Help Your Business Grow

4 Ways An Angry Customer Can Help Your Business Grow

While I was working as a salesman in the bank, one thing we usually had to deal with almost every day was an angry customer. Expecting and handling them was part of the things we were trained for though. Angry customers are everywhere; from the bank customer to the housewife that went for grocery shopping. We have all been angry customers…

5 Ways to Make Your Commute to Work Insanely Productive

5 Ways to Make Your Commute to Work Insanely Productive

Image credits to Bike List The average person spends a minimum of twenty five minutes commuting to work and another twenty five coming back from work every day. Some spend as much as forty five minutes on a one way trip to work. How do we make that percentage of our lives that we spend commuting to work productive?

4 Easy Ways to Turn a Prospect to a Happy Customer

4 Easy Ways to Turn a Prospect to a Happy Customer

According to Wikipedia, “A business, also known as an enterprise, agency or a firm, is an entity involved in the provision of goods and/or services to consumers…. in exchange for other goods, services, or money.” Logically, therefore, the more consumers (customers) a business owner has, the more money he/she makes. How then can you, as a business owner attract your…