Entries Tagged 'sales & marketing' ↓

SWF 41 seeks funding

I’m currently writing a book.  Actually, I’m going to write a lot of books - it seems I have something to say.  And, like every new venture, I’m looking for ways to mitigate the risk of a new idea.  Due to what I do for a living I decided to approach this funding problem as [...]

rework - you need less than you think

As many of you know, Business Ready is all about helping small businesses get ahead.  Lately I’ve been working with a lot of companies that are starting to contract very “big company” people to provide guidance.  Now, by big company I mean individuals whose work experience reflects the ten years they just spent at that [...]

do you pecha kucha?

It sounds like a bad latin dance-floor move.  Pecha Kucha (pronounced “peh-cha koo-cha”).  But it seems to be all the rage in presentation styles these days: 20 slides, 20 seconds per slide.  Or, for those in the know: “20×20″.  Yup, 6 minutes and 40 seconds to get your point across.  It ties in nicely with [...]

2009 BR in review

Wow! Business Ready manages to make it through another year and it is all thanks to you!  It’s crazy to think that without any marketing we have:

been visited by folks in over 167 countries (top 5 being Canada, US, UK, Australia and India);
we have grown our unique visitors from approx. 3K/month to 7K/month;
we continue [...]