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Vanquish Your Business Demons

Julia Stock

None of us has a perfectly running business all of the time. The Demons may be pragmatic business problems or they may be ones that originate in our heads - Julia Stock and Vicky Henderson are two great business coaches who will be exploring these issues from their unique perspectives. Each episode will feature a different business owner talking about what stands in the way of them and business happiness. Pick up great tips to help you run your business better.

How to create an amazing Sales and Marketing Strategy

Bill & Julia talk about Sales & Marketing Strategy in this episode - why you need one and how to go about making it the best

Nov 28, 2023

29 min

Don't try to eat the whole elephant

Thi phrase is true of a lot of things, but it is particularly true when it comes to business strategy. Which is why Julia & Bill are talking about it.

Nov 20, 2023

29 min

What do we mean by Business Strategy?

Welcome back to series 4! Julia is being joined in this series by the other half of Be Astute - Bill Stock to talk about the various issues and joys of being a small business owner.

Nov 7, 2023

25 min

What do you do when a client decides they hate one of your staff?

We got a great question from one of our listeners this week, and it turned into a great conversation about all things staff - including the role of hotpants in the workplace........

Jun 6, 2023

27 min

37 reasons not to........

Everything in business is a choice. Some we feel in control of and some we feel pushed into. So why are we making the choices that we do?

May 31, 2023

30 min

Can the future of your business be found in a raft building session?

This week Julia and Andrea are talking about the joys of staff training - why business owners don't do this, and all the benefits for your business if you do it well. And yes - raft building with a lady on a mobility scooter was discussed........

May 15, 2023

29 min

The art of the webinar as a sales tool

This week Andrea and Julia are talking about the joys of webinars - not to visit but to run as a way of generating more sales for your business. Why is this interesting? Because so many people run dreadful webinars! So pick up a bunch of tips from two experts about how to be a cut above the competition.

May 10, 2023

26 min

Nipping things in the bud

We have all had times when we decided to let things slide - and normally regretted them later when they turn into much bigger problems - so what is the art of bud nipping?

May 2, 2023

30 min

Do you need to be better than your staff?

Julia & Andrea discuss an age old leadership question today. Some leaders deliberately recruit people to be better than them: leading to the questions - What value is the boss adding? Others deliberately recruit people who will never threaten them: So what is the plan for business continuity?

Apr 24, 2023

28 min

The Joy of Boundaries

Andrea is very proud that she has started to set time boundaries - and they worked! Cue a wide ranging conversation about the difference between Leadership and Management, plus what you need to think about next. This seemed to involve toilets and the Kennedy Space Centre.......

Apr 17, 2023

29 min