The Last Post

by BJ Biz Buzz on January 21, 2010

Well, the time has come to sound the last post for our BJ Biz Buzz blog.

Sue and I had a business strategy meeting the other day and decided that we were spreading ourselves too thinly across the number of business services we were providing.

So we decided to cut back and focus on the core business of our AQ/KQ services.

One of the cut backs was the decision to stop this blog because of the time involved in maintaining it. We already have three blogs going;  Sue James, Chris Chi and Chris Chats and these take up a fair bit of time to maintain.

We going to miss our Biz Buzz and our cute Bee but sometimes very difficult decisions have to be made in the interest of running a successful business.

We hope  the resources we have provided on BJ Biz Buzz have been interesting and helpful for your business.

You can still follow us on our other blogs, twitter accounts and Facebook accounts if you are interested.

So this is our last post.

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Create Goodwill With Your Customer

by BJ Biz Buzz on December 16, 2009

4 tips by Joanne Kyce on how to create goodwill with your customer that will help your business.

I particularly like the tip ‘tell the truth’.

It’s not rocket science but for some business people it’s a challenge. Especially for those  who adopt a ’sell at any cost’ mentality.

It is tempting at times to cut corners in business but if you are ever tempted to lie then remember Mark Twain’s quote ‘ when in doubt tell the truth’.

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Time Management for Business

December 7, 2009 Biz Skills

Here are some quick tips for effective time management for business from Business Wealth.
A quick read with plenty of tips.
Includes the following short articles;

Time Management

How Much Is Your Time Worth?

Controling Time Wasting

Making Time for What’s Important

Take the time to read these tips and you will learn how you can save time and become more productive.

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Public Speaking

November 10, 2009 Professional Development

If you are running a business you need to be able to speak well.
So here are 126 articles on public speaking that you may find useful.
Includes a lot of short articles which are ideal for a quick read.
The articles are  from the Advanced Public Speaking Institute and covers topics such as;
Audience
Audio Visual and Props
Banquet Speaking
Body [...]

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Top 10 Networking Tips

November 4, 2009 Biz Skills

The Top 10 Tips for More Effective Networking by Alvah Parker is a good and practical article on how to network effectively.
Tips are appropriate for business and I especially like his tip on forming relationships, perhaps the most important tip for successful networking.
Footnote: Article written by Alvah Parker, copyright.

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Creativity Tools

November 3, 2009 Biz Skills

Here are some creativity tools from Mind Tools to get your brain into gear so you can come up with some great business ideas.
The links include;

Introduction to Creativity Tools

Reversal – Improving products and services

SCAMPER – Generating new products and services

Attribute Listing, Morphological and Matrix Analysis – Creating new products, services and strategies

Brainstorming – Generating many [...]

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100+ Marketing Ideas

October 30, 2009 Marketing

The 100+ marketing ideas article from the US Small Business Administration is a handy guide to marketing your business.
It’s a quick easy read with the following sections on marketing.

General Ideas
Target Market
Product Development
Education, Resources, Information
Pricing and Payment
Marketing Communications
Media Relations
Customer Service and Customer Relations
Networking and Word Of Mouth
Advertising
Special Events and Outreach
Sales Ideas

It will either reinforce what you [...]

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Are You a Business Ratbag?

October 27, 2009 Biz Skills

Sue and I walked into a cafe the other day to order a coffee.
The guy who served us did not smile, looked bored and it seemed to be an effort for him to walk over to the counter.
I thought he was bit of a ratbag because of his non existent customer service skills.
A ‘ratbag’ is  [...]

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