A super practical guide to building a successful business by spending ninety minutes a day on the stuff that really matters.Have you got a brilliant business idea, but are not sure how to find the time to start making it a reality? Or perhaps you have your dream up and running but you need help to grow?Join best-selling author and multi-award winning entrepreneur, Nigel Botterill, and his co-author Martin Gladdish, as they explore the history, wisdom and un...

Nigel Botterill had a successful corporate career. Big six figure salary, bonuses, the works. Then, one day in November 2002, a meeting didn’t quite go to plan. He found himself out of a job and, on the way home to tell his wife the news, he took the decision to never be employed ever again. "Botty Rules" is the story of what happened next. How, after several false starts, Nigel has built a multi-million pound business empire from scratch, with five separate brands. This fascinating tale i...

If you're in business and want to make it big you need to know the rules of success.Nigel Botterill had a successful corporate career for many years until one day, aged 36, he decided to step off the corporate ladder and make it on his own. Since then, Nigel has built five separate multi-million-pound businesses from scratch.Botty's Rules tells you how he did it and how you too can achieve entrepreneurial success by focusing on the right things. Interweaving his ow...

This book aims to guide you through all the elements you need to consider to make an event go well, avoiding the firefighting, crisis management and squabbling that can erupt if you fail to plan. It will take you through the whole process from setting and agreeing the intention of the event, through clarifying who can make what decisions, through all the different facets of making sure that the event actually runs smoothly on the day. Whether you are planning a wedding or a street party, a...

TAKE THE HARD WORK OUT OF MARKETING YOUR BUSINESSAchieve dramatic improvements in your business without investing a lot of time and money. These 101 practical marketing suggestions will show you how you can realise the full potential of your business. Each strategy is based on proven marketing techniques used by successful businesses around the world.GET RESULTS FASTThese innovative ideas are simple, affordable and quick - many of them take less than 30 minutes to i...

Remember when you could go into a shop and the assistant actually knew about the products they were selling? How many times have you been frustrated beyond belief because you have had to chase the sales person who is supposed to be helping you? When was the last time you were impressed with the level of service you received?Customers want and demand better service and that means better sales skills.101 Ways to Sell More of Anything to Anyone will help anyone improv...

Fed up with working for someone else? Want to start your own business but don't want to wait years to reap the rewards?Take every shortcut you can ... and get there fast.As Enterprise Editor of The Sunday Times, Rachel Bridge has met hundreds of the world's most successful entrepreneurs. Now she shares their expertise to show you the top 20 shortcuts to creating a booming business - and the energy-sapping, time-wasting traps to avoid along the way - so you too can ...

PRACTICAL TIPS FOR EXCEEDING YOUR CUSTOMERS' EXPECTATIONSModern consumers are more demanding and more informed than ever before. They are aware that they have choices and that there is considerable competition for their business. Costs can only go so low, so there is a limit to reducing prices as a competitive tool. This leaves one area for modern businesses to outshine their competitors, and that is customer service.Small businesses have the greatest potential to offer ext...

Welcome to the future of business thinking. It dares to confront everything you thought was true. It’ll challenge the so-called rules, dispute the perceived wisdom and turn that traditional, tired business advice completely on its head.Meet The Devil’s Advocate.And whether you’re new to business, an experienced senior executive or a budding entrepreneur, this fast and focused, clever little book, packed with empowering business advice and sharp insights, will help ...

With over 500 tips, tactics, techniques and thought provoking business questions, this is the authoritative guide to attracting more customers, profit, revenue and business success.Whether you are a budding entrepreneur, existing business owner, manager or director, this is the most comprehensive, pragmatic, common sense collection of business development techniques ever brought together into one book. It is structured so that you can easily find and dip into specific topics or vie...

“I wish this book had been available when I began my independent career. There’s only one word for it – PRICELESS!!!”-Shay McConnon, psychologist, trainer, coach, magician and mentor“Grounded in common-sense and humour and very clear about what can send you off track.- Norman Walker, former global head of Human Resources for Novartis, now an independent senior executive coach and consultant on leadership"AMUST read, for anyone thinking ...

In 1978 Julian Richer, then aged just nineteen, opened his first shop near London Bridge. For over twenty years this shop has been listed in the Guinness Book of Records as having the highest sales per square foot of any retail outlet in the world, and the company as a whole, with its fifty-three stores nationwide and huge online presence, has become Britain’s favourite retailer of TV and hi-fi equipment. What lies behind this extraordinary success?For Julian, the answer i...