Are you as creative in your business systems as you are in the way you run your business?
There are loads of opportunities to apply your natural creativity - ways that make it fun for clients and for your staff - which helps you to retain both.
Part of the key involves the transactional processes within your business - frankly the boring stuff. Things like invoices and statements, answering phones, tracking documents. Yet here is a vast opportunity to improve your processes and efficiency - and deliver better customer service as a result. Read more
Why are you in business?
There are a myriad of reasons but one of the main ones is to make a profit – to make money. If it’s not then I’d suggest it’s just a hobby – so let’s agree that we’re here to make money. Good! Read more
In a basic form, there are three main ingredients you need before starting a business (this includes hiring an entire team or becoming a freelancer).
Time, Money and Personality.
I believe to start a successful business, you may not need lots of one or two of these elements (also dependant on the industry you are entering), but you certainly need a good total between all three. Let me explain in more detail. Read more
Learning from others experiences and mistakes is always a good idea. And for a sales person what better way to learn than from some of the most successful sales people. Some sales training and sales coaching classes bring in successful people to give a talk to the new batch of sales people. But, if you haven’t got a chance to hear these people talk then, not to worry here are the 5 tips from the most successful sales people. Read more
We’re always hearing about nasty big corporations destroying the earth, and how we as consumers should be doing more to recycle and save the environment, however easily the largest employer in Australia is small business (90% of all Australian businesses have under 20 staff).
So, how can we, as creative businesses, save the world? Read more
Welcome to Creative Suit, a brand spanking new magazine style blog for owners and managers of creative businesses.
We’re hoping to distribute some great thoughts, inspire conversation and offer advice to those who stick around.
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