3 steps to successful face to face networking
'Networking is not selling' and if that is the only message you take from this article then I have been successful. Networking is about...
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Alec Drew - The Business Expert
- Jan 2
- 2 min
3 important questions you need to consider
What will you do differently this year to get you closer to your dream? Are you prepared to invest anything to help you drive your...
Alec Drew - The Business Expert
- Dec 14, 2022
- 2 min
How much did you invest in yourself in 2022?
The day you stop learning about life and business is the day you take your last breath. As someone who has spent more than 40 years...
Alec Drew - The Business Expert
- Dec 7, 2022
- 2 min
Make 2023 your best year ever for business!
If you have seen the film Groundhog Day you will know that the main character played by Bill Murray finds himself in a place where every...
Alec Drew - The Business Expert
- Nov 19, 2022
- 3 min
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 4, 2022
- 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 5, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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
- Jul 18, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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 17, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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 31, 2022
- 2 min
60 powerful business apps for a better and easier life
Here are a range of apps for both your business and personal life that are designed to make your life easier. Images Cleanpng...
Alec Drew - The Business Expert
- Feb 26, 2022
- 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
- Jan 18, 2022
- 3 min
How is your team coping with their 'Weapon of Mass Distraction?
We are all walking around carrying weapons of mass distraction on our person, namely the smartphone. For those born at the beginning of...
Alec Drew - The Business Expert
- Jan 12, 2022
- 2 min
So you would like more business...
As we start the year every business owner is out there looking for new business opportunities. Let me help you by providing a list of...
Alec Drew - The Business Expert
- Jan 4, 2022
- 2 min
There should be a 'P' in January
Before the introduction of sat nav it was necessary to plan your journey in detail. Firstly, you would take out a map and identify...
Alec Drew - The Business Expert
- Oct 6, 2021
- 3 min
Cyber-attack, not if but when
I am not a cybercrime expert and you don’t have to be either to be aware of the increasing number of individuals and organisations being...
Alec Drew - The Business Expert
- Sep 28, 2021
- 2 min
The Value of the Zero invoice
One of the challenges we all face in business is the request for the little extras. It is particularly difficult when you have just...
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