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Be buyer aware

by Jacqui Hogan on October 5, 2011 · No Comments

As some of you know, I belong to Toastmasters, and often do speeches there on a variety of topics. Last night, I did a speech about ‘the effective salesperson’, which seemed to hit the spot, so hopefully, you will find it useful too. There is lots of stuff written about the key success factors in [...]

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What is Mentoring?

by Jacqui Hogan on September 20, 2011 · 1 Comment

As an experienced mentor, I often get asked this question! There is a lot of confusion about coaches, mentors and consultant. This is my take.

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Successful Innovators are persistent (Secrets 5)

by Jacqui Hogan on May 31, 2011 · No Comments

Successful innovators know that not all new ideas will work first time, or even at all. They allow for failure and manage ideas in a way that doesn’t have a serious impact on their day-to-day business. I always remember what a director of a very innovative technology company said to me once. ‘If you aren’t [...]

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Successful Innovators Collaborate (Secrets 4)

by Jacqui Hogan on May 31, 2011 · No Comments

Most small businesses are very good at what they do, but often don’t have all the skills necessary to implement a great idea. Successful innovators don’t let this put them off, and are not afraid to collaborate with other companies that do have those skills. They also know that exchanging ideas with businesses in other [...]

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Successful Innovators have a process (Secrets 3)

by Jacqui Hogan on May 26, 2011 · No Comments

Now you may be thinking ‘hey, innovation is a creative process, surely it should be free and open?’ But ideas need managing, assessing and reducing to the best ideas. Some of them will appear, at first glance, to be completely inappropriate. But  without an objective process, you may miss the best . Successful Innovators know [...]

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Successful Innovators Seek Ideas from Everywhere (Secrets 2)

by Jacqui Hogan on May 19, 2011 · No Comments

Successful innovators know that great ideas don’t just come from R&D departments, but from people working on the ‘front-line’, customers, suppliers, even competitors. These are the people who are likely to know what the problems really are. They also know that the more ideas there are, the more likely one of them will be great. [...]

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101 ideas to make your business more Innovative

by Jacqui Hogan on April 6, 2011 · 2 Comments

In a very rash moment yesterday, I have decided to post a new idea every working day on twitter until I reach 101.

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7 New Years Business Resolutions

by Jacqui Hogan on January 31, 2011 · 1 Comment

New year’s resolutions can be a bit of a cliche, but this is actually not a bad time of year to take a step back and think about what you want to do next year to make your business more successful. Here are my suggestions:.

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Better Business – from a bottle

by Jacqui Hogan on January 10, 2011 · No Comments

Are you stuck for ideas to take your business forward?

Have a big idea

Next time you have a meeting why not spend 10 minutes of thinking creatively at the start? Ask this question: what are the most unlikely ways you could use a…..

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SWOT are you missing?

by Jacqui Hogan on December 29, 2010 · No Comments

S.W.O.T. on a Post-it-noteAs we all know, the business environment is constantly changing, but it can be hard to find time to consider what the impact might be. A SWOT is a well tested method that does not take too much time, but still produces the information needed to make good business decisions.

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