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Establish yourself as a leader in your field to attract leads. Page 5.
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September August 2014 Volume 6. 5. The The CONNECT CONNECT SMALL SMALL BUSINESS BUSINESS NETWORK NETWORK - NETWORK - NETWORK . PROMOTE . PROMOTE . EXPAND. . EXPAND.
“Transition to Retirement Vs Salary Sacrifice” ...in plain English. By Paul Gillmore, Page 14.
“Email Etiquette - Reply or not to Reply” That is the Question. By Wendy Tadokoro, Page 16.
“10 Commandments for a Successful Business” By John Laurenson, Page 6.
“A Lesson in Management” That every small business owner should know, Page 4.
“How To Blogg For Your Business” in 5 Quick Steps. By Ben Mackie, Page 10.
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Table of Contents
EDITION
“He who fails to plan, plans to fail” 3 - The Sphinx, ‘Mystery Men’
A LESSON 4
in management that every small business owner should know.
GET PUBLISHED 5
”By submitting an article and having it published, you are promoting yourself as an authority figure in your field”
10 COMMANDMENTS 6 FOR A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS
POWER QUOTE 9
Enjoy the power of words that both resonate and motivate!!
HOW TO BLOG 10
FOR YOUR BUSINESS IN 5 QUICK STEPS
PHOTOGRAPHERS 12
Ever thought of selling your images? We’ve made it super easy!
Transition to Retirement vs Salary Sacrific. . . in plain English! 14
Naturally there are calculations and legislative requirements behind the scene and all super funds will recommend you seek financial advice to set up your TTR strategy.
Email Etiquette - Reply or not to Reply. That is the Question. 16
What is acceptable in one organisation may not be acceptable in another, it all depends on the nature of the business and the culture.
CSBN MISSION STATEMENT 18 THE CSBN TEAM 18
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EDITOR IN C H I E F
BEN Mackie “He who fails to plan, plans to fail” - The Sphinx, ‘Mystery Men’
How often have you thought to yourself “When I feel like doing a, b, c or d, then I’ll start!” The problem is, when we rely on no more than the right ‘feeling’ as motivation to start work, it almost never happens. So was the case with me once- after a day at work or completing other tasks, I wouldn’t even have the headspace to begin making solid plans for my future. I just didn’t ‘feel’ like it. Needless to say, I often found myself frustrated and disillusioned. Compared to where I actually was, where I wanted to be in life still felt like a vague, distant dream. Time only goes one wayforward. If we remember that we can’t actually buy, sell or get a refund on time, then it makes sense to use what we are given wisely. If you spend your limited money on junk food, you will get junk results. If you spend your limited money on healthy food, you will get healthy results. The same is true for what we spend our limited time on! If you have a weekly planner already, that is a great start. That’s how my attitude towards spending time began to change. I started getting important, life-changing stuff done! Instead of thinking “How do I feel right now?” I’d think “If I do this now, how much better will I feel when its’ done by the end of this week?” The
next step is to take your weekly planner (if you don’t have one, write one up or learn more about keeping one from somebody already in the habit). From your weekly planner, take a look at the most important ‘To do’s’ for the week ahead. These are the things that will be most productive to your career/ personal life. Then break it down into daily, half hour segments. Have every 30 minutes listed, from when you wake to when all activities usually finish for the day. Then note down all appointments, meetings, classes etc.the things that are on a set day/ time. Around these, list all your other weekly tasks. Try to have your day planned out at least a day in advance. Once you have each day planned out, see what you can fill the empty time slots with. Of course there will be times when plans change or instances where you can afford to be flexible, but as long as you consistently plan your week out and follow the path as set by your daily schedule, you will not just get more done, but you will feel a noticeable sense of personal achievement. You might just be surprised what you can achieve in only one week!t me to your
new article if these steps help you write one!
Author - Ben Mackie
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A LESSON
in management that every small business owner should know.
So, the rabbit sat on the ground below the eagle and rested. All of a sudden, a fox appeared, jumped on the rabbit and ate it.
An eagle was sitting on a tree, resting, doing nothing. A small rabbit saw the eagle and asked him, “Can I also sit like you and do nothing?” The eagle answered, “Sure, why not?”
Moral of the story: To be sitting and doing nothing, you must be sitting very, very high up. Source - www.tickld.com
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GET PUBLISHED
”By submitting an article and having it published, you are promoting yourself as an authority figure in your field”
to do with your particular business, skillset or area of expertise. What do you find particularly interesting? What are some of the most important things you have learned? What’s great advice you’ve been given that’s proven successful for you? Sharing your knowledge and becoming a guest contributor isn’t just of great benefit our readers, it also has great flow-on effects for your professional reputation and (as a result) your business and expertise. Did you know that by becoming a guest contributor you have the chance to share your knowledge and expertise with fellow readersand this also provides an effective form of free advertising for you and your business? There are other ways to promote your business and your area of expertise in CSBN Monthly besides advertising or having a feature article written about you. We are currently on the lookout for guest contributors to provide our magazine with articles each month, so if you have articles written or are keen to pen one from scratch, now is a better time than ever to submit them to us! We are looking for articles between 1-2 pages long, relating to anything
So whether you already have folders full of articles to choose from or if it’s time to sit down and start writing, CSBN Monthly is eager for you to share with us! Plus, for a limited time, all authors who have an article published will also receive a complimentary half-page ad in the upcoming issue. With free promotion like that, there’s no better time than now to start sharing your work! Deadlines for the next edition is the last day of each month, 12 midday. For more information, see Submissions Guides and Requirements on our website. Contact Ben Mackie on 0405 526 351 or send an email through to Ben@CSBN.com.au. Author - Ben Mackie
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10 COMMANDMENTS
FOR A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS I interviewed Eric Lease from Cottage Carpentry the other day about how he became so successful in his business. When I met Eric over 20 years ago he was working full time building architecturally designed homes for private clients and had 3 carpenters working for him. Today he has 50 staff, handles between 200 and 300 jobs a week with an average value of $500 for just one client and that equates to revenue of over $5 million a year, and Eric works only 10 hours a week. What he also does is to go on holidays at least twice a year or whenever he wants to. I had coffee with him
just after he came back from a sailing holiday in the Caribbean earlier this year and he gave me a ride in his new Porsche, and he never looked happier and more relaxed. The interesting thing to find out was that the same principles, I used to work with him 20 years ago, still apply today. I’ve compared a number of coaching programs and the backbone systems are similar, so it was great to have it confirmed.
When Eric asked me to work on his business with him, back then, he wanted to expand but had run out of time availability and wasn’t sure which direction to take. He was quoting every job and was working on every job trying to get everything done perfectly. Underneath it all, the fundamental problem Eric had was a lack of trust because Eric didn’t trust anyone and I was the first person he had decided to trust. We set some ground rules and I knew I had to deliver on all my promises so the integrity of what we were attempting would work because I knew I was going to ask Eric to do what would seem like pretty confronting things for him, like learn how to trust his staff. Before that though, I had to find a way to shift his attention away from working inside every job. I asked him what
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his biggest frustrations were and he said it was “Quoting new work and defects on the job”. This was great, so we went to work on designing a job quoting procedure and customer follow up system that would increase his conversion rate and achieve it in a lot less time. This was not an overnight matter but over time we were able to find common threads for every job that could be translated and refined into a repeatable system to be employed by someone else to do the work. We also instituted team meetings where we asked the staff for their ideas and what problems they were facing on the job sites. At the first meeting Eric asked my attendance and to help run it. Initially no one was willing to say anything, until they were completely reassured that these were fair dinkum questions and “we aren’t wasting our time here”. Over time, as these weekly team meetings progressed and customer satisfaction surveys were instituted, we solicited valuable information to improve the on-the-job procedures such that they reduced the defect rate almost to zero. The end result was; the customer satisfaction rating went through the roof and they won just about every job they quoted for. Eric swears by the systems he has and the vital statistics he uses to run his business from anywhere.
Now, Eric is a stickler for details and has a great memory so I asked him what the number one best thing I told him was that contributed the most to his overall success. His answer was to set personal goals beyond your wildest dreams, even without knowing how they will come about, because he said it was this that has given him meaning, value, direction and purpose. Eric was just as clear about the details on all the other principles I worked with him on and I decided to set them down in a format available to everyone. All the things Eric recalled that we did together and what I coached him on, in an easily available format, and I’ve called them the Ten Commandments for a Successful Business. I know that without the synergistically functioning of this set of principles and procedures you will be like a hamster running on a wheel in a cage with the lights turned off, and how long do you want to go on doing that? If you would like to know how to go about setting your goals (using the best goal setting system) and developing a planned program of action to boost your bottom line and to free up your time please call me for a free session. I will be more than happy to oblige. Call me now on 0403 828 188 because I know this can work for you just like it has for Eric Lease from Cottage Carpentry.
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correct any drops in performance. 9. Develop, document and improve your business systems for everything, starting with sales, in alignment with your business vision. 10. Leverage your business through your staff by committing and making ongoing continuous improvements over the long term while understanding that each new idea must pay for itself.
Here are the Ten Commandments for a Successful Business:
If you would like to know how to go about setting your goals (using the best goal setting system) and developing a planned program of action to boost your bottom line and to free up your time please call me for a free session. I will be more than happy to oblige. Call me now on 0403 828 188 because I know this can work for you just like it has for Eric Lease from Cottage Carpentry.
1. Set personal goals for yourself, make it a hundred, no matter how minor or extraordinary and ignore how or when they will happen. 2. Set and commit to a business vision for the long term, at least hundred years, and add a business mission statement, business creed and business operating rules. 3. Develop a profitable business model and improve your sales skills to draw in and close the business. 4. Follow up each and every prospect to demonstrate you are interested in them. 5. Always give more to your client than is expected, and make sure all your dealings are honest, legal, ethical and beyond reproach. 6. Survey your clients to pick up on improvements that can be made in quality and service delivery until you become the market leader, and then maintain it. 7. Hold quality team meetings to solicit improvements from your staff and reduce bottle necks. Acknowledge and reward staff initiative that results in improvements. 8. Maintain control of your business by collecting meaningful statistics to understand how your business is going, then support improvements and investigate and analyse to
Author - John Laurenson Website - www.goalsprojectssystems.com Email - John@goalsprojectssystems.com Phone - 0403 838 188
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POWER QUOTE Enjoy the power of words that both resonate and motivate!!
“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” — Maya Angelou Suggested by - Camille Scott
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HOW TO BLOG FOR YOUR BUSINESS IN 5 QUICK STEPS
Writers block. It’s a term that describes when you’re about to start writing a piece, or you’re in the middle of writing a piece, but there are no sentences coming to mind. You go to start a sentence, but it lacks direction or coherence. Or you sit there with a mental blank and not even a clue on what topic to write about! If you only write for leisure then this can be a frustrating experience, but there’s always the option to walk away from what you’re doing and come back at a later time when the inspiration returns. If you’re writing for your business, it’s usually a different story. There are deadlines to meet. Deadlines unsympathetic to your ability to create a blog post that will be interesting and useful to your target audience. So you sit there with the clock ticking, wondering “What on Earth am I going to write?” This dilemma isn’t just something occasional writers suffer from- it even afflicts authors, editors and copywriters from time to time! If you keep a regular blog for your business that often features original content, then you’ve no doubt encountered a mental blank like this at least once! But no matter your business, here are a few quick steps to help you create a new blog post for your business, even if you don’t have a topic to begin with: 1. What will be of interest to my target audience? Who are the people you do business with? What are their main problems or concerns that they entrust you or your business with solving? Many times, you will find that the problems you encounter are the same problems or issues that your target audience encounters. If the topic you decide to write about falls into this category of shared problem/ issue then your task is made easier, because you’re able to relate personally to the problem/s afflicting your target audience. There’s more incentive for your target audience to continue reading an article when they feel as if the author understands them and their problems and
can relate personally. 2. In terms of skillset, expertise or my profession, what can I ad to this topic? As a voice of authority in your industry, what great ideas, handy tips or useful advice can you share with your target audience? Perhaps you’re a mechanic who knows first hand the costly problems that can surprise a person who puts off servicing their car? Maybe you work at a nursery and have noticed that many customers are watching their household plants and flowers die off because they aren’t receiving the adequate water/ light/ nutrients needed to grow and thrive? Perhaps you work with cosmetics and know some quick, easy tips that will help your target audience avoid suffering dry/ broken/ blotchy skin? Generally speaking, you either want to a) Present a problem you have the solution to, or b) Discuss a problem, product, service or concept that you can ad useful information to. Not only will many of your readers be thankful you helped answer a query of theirs, but regularly posting articles of this nature positions you as the “go to” person amongst your target audience. Should they have problems or queries of a similar nature in future, there’s a great chance they will bring their questions to you- as well as their business! 3. How can I be of service? In short: How can you help? Perhaps you’re stocking a fantastic new product that is the solution to a problem commonly afflicting your target audience? Maybe you’ve learnt a useful skill or acquired new knowledge that can be of great benefit to your customers? Maybe you’ve had several customers or readers asking you the same question and you’ve decided to help them out by delivering a qualified answer in a single post? No matter the subject matter, writing a blog post or article for your business is only worth the time if you are able to offer something of value to your readers- in whatever form that may be.
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4. How can I keep it as short and sweet as possible? For anybody in business large or small, time is a precious commodity. It’s enough of a task going through your e-mail inboxes filtering out the junk from the e-mails worth reading, responding to or keeping on file! While your latest tips, suggestions or ideas may be of great benefit to your target audience, chances are they’re not going to clear their diary to make time to read your article. Whatever you’re looking to write about, how can you get the message across in as fewer words as possible? Generally speaking, even your most loyal customers aren’t looking to read a novel. Whatever you have to share with your target audience, keep it bite-sized! The next tip will help a lot with trimming your article down to size: 5. What is my post about, in one sentence? Knowing this makes it easier for you to get straight to the point as quickly and easily as possible when you write. If it takes several longwinded sentences just to summarise your post, then chances are it will take several long-winded paragraphs to actually write it. You want to keep it short and sweet, remember? Furthermore, knowing what your post is about (and knowing how it will benefit your target audience) in just
one sentence also makes it easier to come up with a heading for your entire article. Having a catchy, informative heading often makes all the difference between your target audience passing on your article or taking a few minutes out of their time to actually read it. Being able to sum up your post in one sentence makes it much easier for you to get to the point- and this is what your target audience is searching for as soon as they begin to read! Following these 5 steps will help you next time you need to write an article or blog post and find your progress chained back by “writers’ block”. How am I so sure? This entire post is testament to that! 12 hours ago I had no idea what I was going to write here, so instead I sat down, went over these 5 steps - and 1,000 words later this is the result- a 1,000 word post inspired by not having anything to write about in the first place! This is not just something I can do because of my profession- by following the 5 steps listed here, the same opportunity is open to you, too. I wish you the best with your next post, and feel free to link me to your new article if these steps help you write one!
Author - Ben Mackie
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PHOTOGRAPHERS Ever thought of selling your images? We’ve made it super easy!
Stock photography is readily available, but can cost an arm and a leg for that perfect image to compliment your message. The Team at CSBN has decided to include a new section to our monthly magazine aimed specifically at photographers who would like to show case, sell and receive recognition for their work. While this will add a valuable and visually impacting addition to our magazine, it will also serve to promote those who would like to promote and benefit their work, and generate more people looking to use their images for marketing and promotion. The selling and buying for now will be between the photographer and the client, but
we are working hard to have a powerful feature on our website to showcase your images while automatically taking care of the selling and buying, quickly and easily. Our aim is to provide some unique images at affordable prices that can be used for commercial purposes by small business owners, as well as help you promote your images while generating an income from “The Team at CSBN has decided to include a new section aimed specifically at photographers who want to show case their work!”
them. You might be just getting started, or be an old hand with a DSLR - it doesn’t matter. If your work is clear and sharp, has impact and clarity, and of a specific resolution, we want to see it and publish it here. Send your files through to
admin@csbn.com.au with a brief description of who you are and why you love photography, .
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Transition to Retirement vs Salary Sacrific . . . in plain English! LOOK WHAT’S COVERED IN THIS MONTHS
Naturally there are calculations and legislative requirements behind the scene and all super funds will recommend you seek financial advice to set up your TTR strategy.
Transition to Retirement (or TTR) is a way to boost your superannuation heading towards retirement. You can simply begin to draw some of your super whilst working and contributing to super. It allows you to put more into super, reduce your working hours, maintain, reduce or increase your take home pay or a combination of all these. This can be very powerful! Salary Sacrifice is similar but not as powerful. You can make tax deductable contributions into your super which places more in
your super, reduces your taxable income and reduces your take home pay. That’s it! You can salary sacrifice at any age but you can only TTR from age 55 onwards. Let’s compare and you’ll easily see what I mean. Mary, a teacher aid, is 61 years young earning $51,238 gr p.a. Her compulsory super contributions (SG – Super Guarantee) are $5825 p.a. Salary Sacrifice – Mary contributes $150 p.f. to her super =
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$3,900 p.a + $5825 SG = $9725 into super. Her take home pay is $1096 p.f. Compared to: TTR. Mary converts $50,000 of her super to pension or income phase and begins drawing $180 p.f. She contributes $878 p.f. to super. Her Take home pay is still $1096. Mary gets an additional $18928 + $5825 SG = $24,573 into her super retirement savings this year. What’s the difference? It is important to remember that 15% contributions tax is deducted from both contribution amounts. TTR strategy is $24,753 – 15% = $21,040 net into super Salary Sacrifice Strategy is $9725 – 15% = $8266 net into super If you compare $21040 to $8266 contributions to your retirement savings, you can see why I call it a powerful strategy but to be fair, Mary’s case is a good outcome. Other scenarios will vary, but I think you’ll agree it’s worth at least looking into if you are 55 years and want to boost your retirement savings. Why is this so? The difference between Salary Sacrifice and TTR that makes it so powerful is that the tax you would otherwise have paid on the income, goes into your super at a much lower tax rate – the difference between your top tax rate and the super tax rate actually stays in YOUR super! The reason why it works so well for Mary is that her top tax rate was 32.5% but with TTR her top tax rate becomes 19%, so, it looks like this:-
Salary Sacrifice versus Transition to Retirement (TTR)
Naturally there are calculations and legislative requirements behind the scene and all super funds will recommend you seek financial advice to set up your TTR strategy. If you would like to find out more, or how you could benefit, phone Paul on 5429 5561 PS. This is a real scenario that I did last week. Do you think that Mary (not her real name) is happy? Too bloody right! Paul Gillmore DFS Founder and Director of Southern Cross Financial Services 07 5429 5561 paul@sc-fs.com.au
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Email Etiquette -
Reply or not to Reply. That is the Question.
What is acceptable in one organisation may not be acceptable in another, it all depends on the nature of the business and the culture.
When is it OK not to reply to an email?
Email communication never came with an instruction manual. Back in the day, email was a great way to communicate, quick, easy and free. These days email is a huge drain on our productivity. It’s now an essential requirement for businesses and organisations to develop policy and guidelines around the different communication mediums and specifically the use of email to effectively communicate. What
is acceptable in one organisation may not be acceptable in another, it all depends on the nature of the business and the culture. The answer to the question “When is it ok not to reply to an email?” is – it depends. It comes down to productivity vs. politeness. Whether you work for yourself or you are an organisation, set the criteria upfront as to the expectations of how you want email to be handled. No one likes to be ignored, however, with the volume of email in our inboxes these days it is often a physical impossibility to answer every email we receive. A good rule of thumb is if you can flick a reply within one sentence then get it done and answered – even if the response isn’t favourable. This way at least you aren’t leaving the sender hanging and you will most likely stop the next 4 follow up emails arriving. Try to avoid further discussion by leaving doubt or open ended questions, get to the point politely and hit the send button. To help receive a reply as the original sender, remember to keep your emails short and to the point. If the answer can’t be written in one sentence, pick up the phone and get the response that way. Always consider making a call over email when trying to schedule an appointment or checking somebody’s availability.
When should you definitely reply?
The answer – it’s your call. If you are a servicebased business then you should, as part of
your quality service, provide a timely reply to customers or potential customers. These days most people with a pending service question are impatient and looking for an immediate response. If they can’t get it from you, then they may just look elsewhere. Many companies these days have auto responders in place to acknowledge these requests; this buys them some time to reply to the request properly. For all other email, the decision to reply depends on the nature of the content. If you have specific types of email that you have deemed as requiring a definite response, ensure this is communicated to your team or your customers especially if you made a written guarantee. Is there acceptable etiquette around responding to emails - or is this still being determined? Email is generally not considered the appropriate communication media for fast turnaround responses and on the whole, most people accept that as the norm. It is sometimes necessary to inform others of the average or expected response time, this can quite easily be added to the bottom of all email in the form of a P.S. or Please Note. There will never be one size fits all for email, the same as there
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will never be one way to write a Facebook post. To reduce the burden and volume of emails, try to eliminate as many as possible in the first instance. Consider the amount of emails that you send, generally the more that you send the more you will receive. Look at your personal use of email and see where you can make improvements such as the length of your emails, the number of CC’s in the email and is there a better more effective way to communicate your message– maybe pick up the phone occasionally. I’ll finish with this quote from Simon Sinek – Start with Why “Emails are like rabbits, they reproduce at an exorbitant rate”
About Wendy
Wendy Tadokoro helps busy business owners, professionals and their teams to implement high impact systems to improve their personal and business efficiency - so that they can manage day to day activities with confidence, less stress and focus on what really matters most. Wendy loves to help others to leverage systems, use smart time saving strategies and tools to get more done, be more effective and enjoy their work/life. For more information visit:
www.organisingworks.com.au
Author - Wendy Tadokoro
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CSBN MISSION STATEMENT Through a simple and highly effective world class web site service and development system that offers tailored solutions to everyday marketing challenges for almost every business.
Business growth will be sourced from an abundant supply of happy and satisfied customers who constantly refer more and more qualified prospects, and through highly effective networking and marketing events both online and in person. Promotion is further engaged through the highly successful CSBN Magazine and through regular publication of satisfied client stories and testimonials, and very profitable professional alliances with complementary organisations. Extraordinary client satisfaction ratings will be achieved through the development and improvement of highly functioning systems and procedures designed to engage and enhance customer experience at each and every interaction. The highly valued product and service offering is delivered by highly effective staff who are happy and motivated to improve and grow themselves and the business through effective use and improvement of the world class business systems. The overriding attitude is to remain the world’s best in web site development service and is achieved through: 1. an undying commitment to improving and innovating 2. constantly watching our competition and learning from them 3. staying in touch with our customers current needs and wants 4. system evaluation and improvement
THE CSBN TEAM
meet our members.. Camille Scott
founder & manager Camille Scott, owner & manager, came upon the idea for the Connect! Small Business Network through her contact with the amazing NEIS small business course, it’s staff and mentors. By seeking new avenues through which to market my website services, and to outsource required work, I quickly realised that I had no clear and easy access to fellow NEIS participants.
“I truely hope the CSBN will benefit small and start up business owners across Australia to grow and reach the level the dream of”
“I truly hope the CSBN will benefit NEIS participants, both past and present as well as other business owners across Australia by providing a networking platform, from which we can all connect and benefit from our unique business experiences, services and products. Because I believe in the NEIS Small Business course, its standards, people and mentors, NEIS participants are the people I most want to do business with. I look forward to connecting with you soon.”
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Ben Mackie
editor in chi e f
Ben Mackie, CSBN Editor in Chief, also manages his own business (Scribe Copywriting). Through frequent involvement in business networking, Ben understands first hand how important it is for business (large or small) not just to make stronger connections with their target market and their existing client base, but also with other businesses. “Starting out in business is like planting seeds with the intention of growing a big tree. You can plant the seeds in healthy soil in a spot where they are exposed to enough sunlight to grow. But it’s not an instant process, the seeds and the soil need constant maintenance, attention and care to grow. Patience is also necessary. CSBN is where we connect people from all different fields- those sowing their seeds to those who have experience tending to their seeds and want to share their knowledge of what it takes to grow your business into a mighty tree.”
“CSBN is where we connect people from all different fields - those sowing their seeds to those who have experience tending to their seeds and want to share their knowledge of what it takes to grow a business into a mighty tree.”
Jo hn Laurenson
business coac h
John Laurenson, CSBN Business Coach, also manages his own business “Goals Systems Projects”. With over 40 years experience, John is an absolute wealth of knowledge and drive in solving problems, developing and implimenting highly efficient systems, and taking any business from woe to GO in no time at all. “If I said systems was the most important I would not be wrong but having said that you need vision / direction to head towards and a business model that is profitable. I help you focus with clarity and where you want to go and help you break down the phases of your business so you can clearly develop systems that work toward achieving your long term aims. Take 30 minutes out of your day to call me and have a conversation and discover if we are a match.”
“What is the most important thing you need to do in business?”
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CONNECT! Small Business Network (CSBN) The CSBN is designed to help you expand and succeed in your business. We provide a wide variety of services to help your business stand out from the crowd while looking polished and professional. It takes a lot of hard work to succeed in business today, but we go the extra distance to help make it easy and effective for you.