Posts by Hayley Smith

Welcome to the magical world of business automation, where the mundane becomes effortless and the tiresome, well, less tiresome. Automation isn’t just a fancy buzzword that tech wizards love to throw around. It’s the secret sauce to less work, fewer errors, and more time for the fun parts of running a business (like making money…

If you’re in business, chances are you’ve heard of CRM systems and automations. But what are they exactly? In short, CRM stands for customer relationship management. A CRM system is a tool that helps businesses keep track of their customers and prospects. Automations are simply automate tasks within the CRM system. Now that we’ve got…

Running a business is a demanding job. Especially when first starting out. When it takes off, most business owners first thought is to start looking for an employee to take some of the admin and day to day off their hands. After all, that used to be the only option available. But what if I…

So, the same as most of the solopreneurs, sole traders and small businesses, I get plenty of subscriber emails from coaches, marketing companies, strategists…the list goes on. And some, I like to read, see their insights, and work through my own processes and see if they align. If they do, I enjoy reaching out and…

For this weeks winter guest blogger series, Mike Bee from Big Box Advertising talks about how to adapt your messages for Christmas. Looking at some of the Christmas TV adverts that convert. If you would like to chat to Mike about helping you convert customers through advertising, visit their website https://www.bigboxadvertising.com/ Advertising can be a…

Trailrunningman: Trail runner, speaker, writer and adventurer. https://www.trailrunningman.com/home/blog/ Please bear with my running story, it is relevant then I get down to business. On Monday’s I attend an online event at 7 am, Wisdoms123 Chats, it is hosted in South Africa so a more reasonable time of 8 am there. At this time of year it…

This is a very worrying time for all, and especially those in small and medium sized businesses. There is a lot of information out there on the way the government can help those businesses. But there are other ways you can future proof your business to help keep going during these very uncertain times. The…

Don’t be scared to keep selling Over the last few days, I have seen many posts from small businesses that are apologizing for putting up a post selling their services or products. They are worried they are being crass in uncertain times. Well I’m sorry, but at the end of the day, we should all…