Minute by minute

The official good stuff tumblelog for minutecoach, passing on handy hints as and when they pop up.

The idea behind minutecoach is to provide help to the battle-weary business owner and management professional who's work life is getting out of hand. As a professional consultant I've been lending an ear and helping friends, colleagues, managers, directors and total strangers get a grip on things for ages.

What's the biggest innovation at minutecoach? Pay As You Go. A five minute call to ask a question. Ten minutes to talk through an email. It takes just one minute to find out where or if we can help.
Get your business flying and your life back with your wife, husband, lover, kids, dog, cat, or rabbit.

Philip Stanley

Jul 03

What’s all this about video then?

Well that would be telling…

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May 22

Minutecoach Pay As You Go in the Small Business Resources Cafe, Chesapeake.

This month Minutecoach is featured (and recommended!) in the Small Business Resources Cafe, which is very nice. The article is about that 18-24 month period in the life of a business when start-up assistance is over and exhaustion is becoming a real possibility, struggling to cope with either a lack of business success, or paradoxically, too much.

It’s at this point that fresh perspective and insight can help, but where to get it? Read the article for a heads up.

http://small-business-resources-cafe.blogspot.com/2010/05/reinvigorate-your-small-business-with.html

Philip Stanley
Minutecoach
08450 178767
minutecoach.com

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May 10

Tools for Social Networking - where to find them

So you’ve people following you, and some you’re following, and some who are friends, it’s all getting a bit confusing, and you’re asking yourself where the value is in social networks, who counts and why. Well then, a few social networking tools might be welcome.

Have a little look at http://gist.com to assess the activity and potential of your connections across multiple outlets, and http://friendorfollow.com for Twitter, which will let you know who you are following that is not following you. Er, and vice versa.

In addition, for a list of tools for social media to speed your efforts in realising the value of those connections visit http://oneforty.com. It is a useful site, but I’d start researching at lunchtime, say around one o’clock, and plan to stop at oh, I don’t know, say one forty… or you’ll be there all day…

Philip Stanley

minutecoach.com

Pay as you go coaching, so you can go.

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Jun 30

“ Are you a startup specialist ?

— How often did you plan or think to help someone to bring up his/her own venture ? Does this idea excite you to consult new startups worldwide ? What things become critical to you when you assist startups ?

Jun 19

“ Help with pricing needed

— My husband and I are chess coaches, specializing in teaching children. We recently started a new business (Your Chess Coach) and are building a website where we plan to sell lessons designed to help parents teach a very young child.

“ When ordering your favorite cup of coffee…

— [ED: Business isn’t all grind…] what do you say? There are so many combinations around the planet as to the kind of coffee, latte, chai…whatever. What do you say when you walk into your favorite coffee place to order YOUR favorite Cup of Joe?

May 13

“ …why should(n’t) one do the right thing?

— Since, in the final analysis, little if anything matters, why should(n’t) one do the right thing?

Apr 20

“ I’m working with a small non-profit that wants to accept donations online via credit card.

— Can anyone recommend a cost-effective and easy-to-manage solution?

“ What is the best way to join/be invited to join a board of directors?

— LinkedIn: Answers: How does an individual join a board of a company? Is there some route to doing that? Is it only for Leaders of Industry?

Mar 27

“ What would be for You a reason to make spin-off?

— LinkedIn: Answers: What would be for You a reason to make spin-off? Please share your thoughts and experiences.

Mar 21

“ How to come up with a pricing model for an online service?

— LinkedIn: Answers: I need an advise on how to come up with the best pricing model for an IT service. It’s online, it doesn’t have direct competitors, so there is nothing to compare to.

Mar 14

“ How to turn a sales negotiation from cost to value?

— LinkedIn: Answers: …clients tend to dwell on cost because that is what they know to negotiate… any tips on how to swing the negotiation away from cost and over to value?

“ What is the best system available to automate the delivery of digital products after a customer has purchased them?

— LinkedIn: Answers: I’ve heard the term Electronic Software Delivery or ESD for short, but how do you do it?

Mar 06

“ Feedback from those project managers/traffic managers who have used FileMaker Pro? … creative projects in an in house communications department. We would like to… track the project, schedule task and update as completed, generate reports, etc. I would love to get any feedback from people who use FileMaker Pro or Basecamp.

— LinkedIn: Answers: FileMaker Pro or Basecamp for project management?

Feb 15

“ When a business starts moving employees…and turns them into homeworkers, should the business…pass on a proportion of the overhead cost savings?

— LinkedIn: Answers: Overhead costs for Homeworkers?