Employee personality types – How important are they to business planning?
Tim considered himself an exemplary employee. He worked hard, went the extra mile, defended his company and got along great with his manager. However,...
17 August 2018
Employee personality types – How important are they to business planning?
Tim considered himself an exemplary employee. He worked hard, went the extra mile, defended his company and got along great with his manager. However,...
10 August 2018
Essential negotiation skills needed in a business
Whether you’re a salesman trying to sell a brand, a shopper haggling over the price of a new vehicle, a mother trying to get a child to eat vegetabl...
03 August 2018
Tips on delivering bad news
Good news is easy to deliver, bad news - not so much. Once you’re in a position of influence, you are going to have to communicate difficult news th...
27 July 2018
Challenging your leader without damaging the relationship
There used to be sales people and then the rest of us. But… regardless of our vocation or influence, we all carry out some form of sales every day. ...
20 July 2018
Using team building techniques to make your business stronger
During my research for this week’s article on effective teamwork, I came across several team building techniques employed by organizations throughou...
13 July 2018
Using Google Analytics to improve your business
So you have installed Google Analytics (GA) on your website and now have access to loads of data that is being collected. How do you use that data to ...
06 July 2018
Newspaper advertising – an important part of marketing campaigns
Advertisers who are cutting back on newspaper advertising are undermining their marketing campaign. This is the message from a study on Return on I...
29 June 2018
Have another look at Searchlight Online – https://searchlight.vc!!
We are pleased to report that in keeping with technological advances, we have recently taken significant steps to strengthen our digital offerings. ...
22 June 2018
Our business decisions and thoughts are influenced by others
You will either gain or lose because of social proof. I visited the ATM at a bank recently, and, although there was a crowd, only two of the three mac...
15 June 2018
‘Why did you give John Doe best plumber in the Best of SVG?’
In this edition of Prime the Pump, I’ll be addressing some frequently asked questions about Best of SVG and share with you some feedback we received...
