Will Blackberry learn the right lessons this week?

Along with many others my Blackberry Internet Service stopped working on Monday this week. I should explain I am a Blackberry fan and I on my 5th model. My kids use 3 of my old Blackberrys too (best not mention the other 1 of the 5, the Storm 2). I hope that Blackberry maker Research [...]

Common Sense Business Networking Tips

I mainly blog at the business networking blog now. Posts are Business Networking stories together with common sense tips, hints and advice. Latest posts below: I also have a podcast on business networking:

In Business the Law of Averages is not always Common Sense

Many business owners seem to think that they will get an average, or “their fair share of business” in a local area. Relying on this alone does not make sense. In a recent NRG business networking seminar I attended, the presenter was Chris Bose of Inpress PR. He spoke about the operation of Power Laws [...]

Doing the right thing and measuring the result

I attended a seminar a couple of weeks ago at the Reading NRG Business Networking Group. It was presented by Phil Parr of the branding agency, twentyfive, on the subject of business to business branding. One of the points he made was about the importance of constantly measuring the results of your branding activities.  He [...]

Back to the future

In my business networking blog entry, Reputation, Friends & Generosity, I mentioned a seminar presented by Nancy Williams of Tiger Two on online reputation management. The last of her 13 top tips was about good old fashioned customer service. Getting back to the past as she put it. It makes common sense for any business [...]

6 Common Sense Principles for Business

Great post from The Engaging Brand Blog with Anna Farmery. Business is essentially simple, but we tend to make it very complex. She wrote her Dad used to say to her: “Anna, business is not complex, people make it complex but business is just based on simple common sense. What is complex about these principles….” [...]

Effective Business Networking

If you provide your network with opportunies and support then in turn it should bring you great opportunities and support. To understand how to build netorking relationships there is a free download of “The 7 secrets of effective business networking” at the NRG Business Networking Website. I co-authored this as a result of experience and [...]

Hello world!

I developed cs4b™ ‘Common Sense For Business’ a few years ago to help business owners with business development so they can get on with what they enjoy, get better organised and find the right focus to become more successful and put the processes in place to: – win better customers – build better relationships with [...]

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