 | Your Life Is Your Business by Rasheed Ogunlaru
Video/Article: Our guest contributor talks about why your lifestyle and your business are intrinsically linked and why sorting out your personal problems will benefit your business. |
 | Brian Solis Video and eBook
Video/eBook: Brian Solis talks about why you need to have a greater understanding of how your customers interact online and some steps to take to improve the way you interact online. |
 | How Processes Fail The Systems They Serve
Video: Clay Shirky delivers a talk to journalists on how failing to innovate the news industry is deminishing its ability to serve and satisfy their customers. A lesson that can be easily applied to all industries.
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 | The Key Influencers Chart
Worksheet: This is a quick exercise to help you list the people who can help your business grow. Write their names down and how they can help you, then contact them and start growing your business. |
 | Ken Blanchard - Leading At A Higher Level
Video: The author of 'The One Minute Manager' talks about how to improve your leadership by keeping your employees involved in decisions. Also insights on strategy, business attitude and teamwork. |
 | Your Website - 15 Ways To Guarantee It Will Fail
Checklist: A quick checklist covering some of the most common website mistakes companies make. Read through this list while looking at your website. |
 | The FiMO and RECoIL Worksheets
Worksheets: Two excellent worksheets to help you analyse your business. The FiMO worksheet helps you analyse how your business is performing at the moment and the RECoIL worksheet helps you look at your company's potential to grow. (Full Members Only) |
 | John Cleese On Creativity
Video: The star of Monty Python and Fawlty Towers offers his insights into how you can become more creative with your solutions to problems. This talk is delivered in John's unique style and is loaded with excellent jokes. |
 | The Macintosh Way by Guy Kawasaki
eBook: In Guy Kawasaki's first book he talks about the management techniques and creative ideas that pushed Macintosh to the forefront of the computer industry during the 1980s. (Full Members only) |
 | The Competition Audit
Worksheet: If you know what your competitiors are doing you will be in an easier position to outperform them. These two worksheets help you analyse your industry and your competitors and understand their strengths and weaknesses. |
 | How Growing Businesses Blow Themselves Apart
Article: Some businesses grow so quickly they fail to keep on top of the problems that are created by their increase in size. You must be prepared to make the correct changes to stop problems occurring.
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 | James Dyson On Innovation
Video: James Dyson talks about how he came to invent his bagless vaccuum cleaner and use it as the basis to build a British manufacturing business with a £1 billion turnover in 20 years. (Full Members Only) |
 | Warren Buffett: The World's Greatest Money Maker
Video: Warren Buffett is the world's third richest man and was probably the best investor of the 20th Century. In this BBC documentary Evan Davis tries to uncover the secret to Warren's success and investment knowledge. |
 | Stop Selling And Start Storytelling by Jason L Baptiste
eBook: This is a short guide as to how to change the way you talk to your customers and talk about your business. Turn your product pitch into a story to make it engaging, and repeatable. (Full Members Only) |
 | The Service Firm Myopia You Aren't Aware Of
Article: Robert Craven talks about how many service firms tell themselves that they provide exceptional customer service, when in fact their customers believe their service to be average. |
 | Nine Things I Learned From Alan Mulally
eBook: This is a short selection of management tips offered by Alan Mulally, the CEO of Ford. In the last 15 years he has turned two of America's leading manufacturers back into profitable companies. (Full members Only) |
 | The State Of The IPO Today
Video:
A 50-minute seminar on the state of IPOs in 2012 and why so many large
companies, including Facebook, are going to IPO. Plus a panel of VC
partners offer their reasons why the tech industry is growing so
rapidly. (Full Members Only) |
 | 5 Rules For Pricing Excellence by Patrick Lefler
eBook:
This 13-page guide will help you better understand the ways you can use
the pricing of your products to stimulate more sales. It also tells you
why you shouldn't lower your prices to increase your sales. (Full Members Only) |
 | From The Bedroom To The Saleroom - From Start-Up To Successful Business
Case Study:
Robert Craven talks to Charterhouse Auctioneers about how they have
grown over the past 13 years into one of the South West's most prominent
auction houses. |
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Ask Robert Craven A Question
Question Portal: You can now ask Robert Craven a question and get advice about a business issue.
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New Book - Business Gurus
Book:
A guide to the world's biggest and most popular Business Gurus, their
theories and how their methods still produce results for businesses
today. Be the first to get this great new book that Robert Craven has
contributed to.
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It's Not Rocket Science! by Andy Lopata
eBook: Andy
Lopata offers you a short eBook that gives great pieces of advice on
improving your performance at networking events and advice on how to
build real relationships with the people you meet there.
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