Could you campaign for your job?
Almost every lamp pole in our country currently hosts at least one political poster with pictures and slogans. TV and radio adverts are coming out with political parties promising us a better life together if we vote for them. In the coming weeks leading up to 7 May when we go to the polls, we will begin to see an increase in campaigning and promises that will sway those of us who have not yet made up our minds where to place our voters cross.
What is it you and your business had to secure customers in the same manner.
What would your pole posters look like?
Would you put your face on the poster?
What would your slogan or tag line be?
If you had a 3 minute radio interview would you know what to say and how to say it?
How different is your marketing campaigns to an election campaign? Can you stand by your words and promises that you make to your customers. How satisfied would your customers be once they have spend money (cast their vote) on your product offering? What would they be sharing with their friends about their experience with your business?
Take time today to think on these things and make any changes that may be required to move your business away from the fly-by-night political party campaigns we see far too often.
Change is Constant
There are not many things that remain constant in our lives these days, one that does is the need for change. With the rules of life, business and love ever changing or modulating from one phase to the next, we need to be on the constant lookout for new opportunities and gaps in the market that require our attention.
A few big changes that we have undergone at the Entrepreneur Incubator is that of our new office. We are now based in Woodstock, the new hottest venue in Cape Town. Our offices situated in the Upper East Side Complex offers us luxury, security and a range of facilities such as coffee shops, restaurants, conference facilities and a gym and pool for those de-stress sessions.
Included in our office move was the appointment of our newest staff member: Chevon Cupido joins the team as a Strategic Assistant. Chevon will be working alongside myself in supporting our clients and helping to generate modules, tools and workshop materials.
Our offices also boast the ability to create high quality videos for use on websites, training programmes and social media. The green screen technology and wireless microphone allows us to get perfect sound based at any location you desire.
So with change, come the opportunities for us to expand our offerings and for you to join us to help push your business up a notch or two to the levels you have hoped for. If you want to get more info from us, then please contact Chevon direct on admin@ei.co.za
Small Business Productivity Model
We are in the final stages of creating courses and workshops around our new offering: The small Business Productivity Model. This simple, yet profound tool will help identify the areas of your business that need more focus while supporting other areas already established. Just by completing the template, your business will be able to experience a more focused approach to day processes and procedures.
Watch the introduction video and get your name on the list of workshops to be run soon.
Small Business Growth Conference
An exciting announcement regarding the Small Business Growth Conference taking place in Cape Town on 24 March 2014. In keeping with their commitment to bringing you the right tools and expertise you need for growing your business, key sponsor Santam will be bringing you the ‘Consultation Station’ at this year’s conference.
It’s a unique opportunity for you as a Small Business Owner/Manager to get expert advice and solutions to your business challenges at absolutely no additional cost.
If you register as a delegate, you will have the opportunity to reserve two 15-minute consultation sessions with a panel of industry experts on any of the below fields of your choice:
- Business Strategy
- Promotions
- Human Resources
- Business Legal Matters
- Financial Management
- Operations and Logistics
For more information on the Consultation Station, simply click here.
If you have any queries, please contact us on 021 180 4111.
Where does my time go-Learn how to cope
The common complaint of business owners and Entrepreneurs seems to be TIME. Time flies by so fast, our lives a fuller than ever before and just when we think the work is done, another 100 emails IMs, tweets and posts call out for our attention, not to mention actual meetings, proposals and running a business.
Time Management for Entrepreneurs can never rely on traditional programmes and courses taught in corporate. It is just ridicules to expect any Entrepreneur to comply to a set of rules. Rather build a framework of guidelines that facilitate the management of time around yourself and find the best way to mold your time around you.
If you are a 3 am person, like me, or a late riser and midnight oil burner, then why should you ever want to be squeezed into a 9 – 5 box.
There are a number of easy to adopt tools and rules that we offer in our Time Management for Entrepreneurs course, will not only make you more productive, but less stressed and more happy.
This link will give you a free access to do the course. Please feel free to share this with your friends and colleagues. This link will be active for a limited time so get in while you can. Offer expires on 28th Feb. Go for it, Enjoy.