Are you wasting money on customer service?
My wife purchased Hula Hoops BBQ Beef flavour for me from our local Tesco which was a surprise as they were out of stock for some time....
Alec Drew - The Business Expert
- Oct 24
- 3 min
5 more tips for better public speaking
I was invited by the organisers of the London Climate Technology Conference to emcee this important conference that included many...
Alec Drew - The Business Expert
- Oct 4
- 2 min
How 'present' are you and your employees?
It was about 3.00 in the afternoon one Tuesday recently and I was walking along a pathway that runs adjacent to a narrow slip road that...
Alec Drew - The Business Expert
- Sep 19
- 5 min
5 tips for better public speaking
I was invited by the organisers of Tech Connect Live to emcee the main stage at their 2022 event. In tandem I was also going to moderate...
Alec Drew - The Business Expert
- Sep 5
- 2 min
Recession, what recession?
There is a recession coming, how do I know, because every day we get further away from the last one, we get a day closer to the next one,...
Alec Drew - The Business Expert
- Aug 29
- 3 min
'No' is sometimes the best answer
One of the strange quirks of doing business in Ireland is the inability of the Irish to say 'No'. Now you do not have to be that blunt...
Alec Drew - The Business Expert
- Aug 15
- 2 min
Hidden charges update...
I wrote an article about hidden charges with downloadable spreadsheet see here which was prompted by my experience of being caught out by...
Alec Drew - The Business Expert
- Aug 1
- 2 min
Are hidden charges going under your radar?
I am annoyed with myself. I am usually careful about subscribing to websites but got caught out recently and that cost me €200.00. I...
Alec Drew - The Business Expert
- Jul 24
- 2 min
Why you should declutter your mind
On average we have more than 6,000 thoughts per day running around in our head which could explain why so many of us find it difficult to...
Alec Drew - The Business Expert
- Jul 18
- 3 min
Let's make email work for us
How much is email costing your organisation every year, well according to a report from the International Journal of Internet and...
Alec Drew - The Business Expert
- Jul 4
- 3 min
Where is your time being spent?
Time poor is an expression that we seem to hear on a regular basis, and I suppose the question that must be asked is, are we time poor...
Alec Drew - The Business Expert
- May 24
- 2 min
7 practical tips to make internal meetings more productive
We have all attended them, the meeting that rambles on with no clear focus or outcomes, where petty squabbles and side issues suck the...
Alec Drew - The Business Expert
- May 17
- 4 min
Have you a process in place when you lose a customer/client?
We all lose customers and it is part of the natural cycle of business but it is important to understand why it happened as it may prevent...
Alec Drew - The Business Expert
- Apr 13
- 4 min
What is the value of an organisation chart?
When we are starting out in business we have the ability to remember virtually every aspect of our business. It is in our head and we can...
Alec Drew - The Business Expert
- Mar 29
- 3 min
What do you do?
What do you do maybe one of the most common questions you are asked and it is natural for people to reply by saying IT, we have an...
Alec Drew - The Business Expert
- Mar 8
- 1 min
Would you like some practical help with your business?
Have you just started a business, are you thinking of starting a business or are you looking for guidance as you navigate your way...
Alec Drew - The Business Expert
- Feb 26
- 6 min
Simple tips around managing the company purse strings.
Should you be offering credit - in my business I look for payment up front because I cannot take back the knowledge that I am imparting...
Alec Drew - The Business Expert
- Feb 20
- 2 min
It's time to get out there again and renew relationships.
We have all had to adapt to technology to meet virtually which has changed the way we do business but now is the time to get out, renew...
Alec Drew - The Business Expert
- Feb 15
- 2 min
7 practical tips to make internal meetings more productive
We have all attended them, the meeting that rambles on with no clear focus or outcomes, where petty squabbles and side issues suck the...
Alec Drew - The Business Expert
- Jan 26
- 3 min
New business opportunities maybe right under your nose.
We are so busy looking for new business that we sometimes forget the resources we have sitting under our noses or close by. I was talking...