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Are You Selling Yourself Short?

Do you charge enough for your products and services?

Do you charge for your products by adding a profit margin on top of how much the product cost to produce? Do you charge for your services based on time – hourly rate, daily rate?

In my last post, I talked about how to accurately calculate the right profit margin after costs. Many business owners get this calculation wrong and inadvertently reduce their profit margin so it’s worth a read.

But is this the right way to set your prices or are you under selling what you offer? Continue reading →

September 25, 2017 Chris Briggs 0 Comments Business Strategy, Business Success, Marketing strategy, Strategic Planning, Strategic Thinking, Strategy benefits, costs, price, products, profit, services, value, Value propositions

Start Today – Build Your Business Foundation

If you’ve followed my work you’ve probably heard me say that the success of a business is proportional to its strength and that this strength is derived from the foundation that it is built on.

Now I don’t make claims like this without backing them up.

I’ve detailed why a business that lacks this foundation will struggle and ultimately fail in my report, Why Most Businesses Fail.

In my eBook, How Strong Is Your Business? I show how the right foundation will make your business strong in 4 vital ways and how each of these strengths directly attributes to the potential success of your business.

I’ve written also articles and published a book, Your Business Foundation, on the subject.

All of this is to help you as a business owner build a strong business that is far more likely to be an extraordinary business, that is one of the few that thrives and not one of the many that sinks.

Until now, to access each eBook, report or other training material you’ve needed to leave me your details – not anymore.

My team and I have worked hard over the last few weeks to create a new library of free resource. Continue reading →

June 10, 2016 Chris Briggs 0 Comments business foundation, Business Strategy, Business Success, Control and Certainty build a strong, Build your business foundation, business strategy, business strength, certainty, effective business, Free membership site, how to build a strong business, systemise your business, your business flow

Is Your Business Balanced Between These 2 Crucial Elements?

Your business can be divided into 2 equally important elements… Continue reading →

April 19, 2016 Chris Briggs 0 Comments Business Success, Marketing strategy attract and deliver, balance your business, business attraction, business balance, business marketing, crucial business elements, marketing

Give Your Business a Reason for Being

We all have them. Those days when everything is a chore, a grind, just hard work.

It’s ok to have those days and there doesn’t always have to be a “good reason” – they just happen and the best thing you can do is walk away because quite frankly you are getting little done anyway.

Stepping away is of course beneficial and should be mandatory for business owners. But it’s also fine when you’re just having one of those days.

But if this feeling persists. If you’re having more and more of these kinds of days then you could have fallen into a rut that you’re struggling to get out of. This is of course more serious. This is when giving your business a reason for existing can really help you climb out the other side.

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September 15, 2015 Chris Briggs 0 Comments business foundation, Business Success, Purpose business purpose, business strength, purpose, strong purpose

Is Your Business Based on a Solid Strategy?

Credit: Sutha Kamal at Flickr

If I asked you what your strategy is over the next 2 to 3 years, what would you say? Would you, like so many business owners, CEOs and government heads tell me what you aim to achieve or would you actually describe a strategy that details how you will get there?

People often confuse the two and as a result their business suffers – they think they have a strategy whereas they actually have a goal. Not knowing the difference can have a big impact on your business. Continue reading →

July 7, 2015 Chris Briggs 0 Comments Business Strategy, Business Success, Strategic Planning, Strategy business strategy, certainty, goals, strategic planning, strategy, systemise your business

This Is Vital If Your Business Is to Grow and Succeed

If you own a small business that is essentially you, and you want it to grow beyond what it is, then what I’m going to talk about here is going to really matter at some point in the future. If your business is larger with people in it then this really matters now.

What you need to do – whether this will apply at some point in the future or applies now – is spot and nurture your best people. Sounds obvious right? But all too often businesses lose good people they really didn’t need to and can’t afford to.

Your good people really are, and will be, amongst your best assets and will make all the difference to the future success of your business so it’s worth making the effort to find your best people and to nurture them. Here’s why…

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June 9, 2015 Chris Briggs 1 Comment attributes, Business Growth, Business Success, Processes attributes and skills, talented people, your business’ greatest asset

Strategy – The Personal Trainer In Your Business

Would you like to be fitter, healthier, stronger? Most of us would and most never achieve it to the level they want because, well, it’s hard. It’s a real challenge and it won’t happen just because you want it to or because you have good days.

It’s the same for business – it won’t be fit and strong just because you want it to be or because you have ‘good’ busy days.

Both need focused effort and guidance and the return is always proportional to the investment. Invest in the effort to get down the gym and to eat the right food and in return you’ll lose weight and get fitter quicker. Invest in the effort to make your business fit and strong and it will grow quicker and be more resilient against harm.

People who want to be fit and healthy and stay that way often need help to keep them focused and disciplined – so they invest in a personal trainer. Business leaders who want the same for their business need the equivalent to a personal trainer – they need a great strategy…and here’s why.

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May 13, 2015 Chris Briggs 0 Comments Business Strategy, Business Success, Strategic Planning build a better business, build a healthy business, build a strategic business, Build a strong business, business goals, business strategy, how to build a better, stronger business

If You Are Struggling IN Your Business You Need To Read This

Are you struggling to step out from your business? Do you feel like a hamster in a wheel? Does your day start, continue and end with problems that only you seem to be able to solve? Do you finish the day having not achieved all you wanted?

Do you yearn for some space, some peace so that you can step out from your business and see the big picture, check the course you’re on and get creative on making your business better?

If you’re like most business owners then you’ve almost certainly said, “yes” to these questions. Well, here are some tips on how to eliminate most of these problems and be able to step out from your business.

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February 24, 2015 Chris Briggs 1 Comment Business Strategy, Business Success, Planning, Processes, Strategic Planning business processes, business threats, distraction, planning, Productivity, risk analysis, time management