by Michelle | Jul 2, 2013 | Building a business, Business Owners, Business Start-up, Business Success, Customer Experience, Do what you're great at, Entrepreneurs, Great Service, Outsourced Admin, Serviced Office, Small Business, Women Business Owners
In the 14 years since I started SOI, I’ve had the very great privilege of getting to know a great many business owners and watch them develop and grow their businesses a step at a time. We’ve seen so many of those businesses flourish and grow. Generally, when we’ve...
by Michelle | Jun 18, 2013 | Building a business, Business Owners, Entrepreneurs, Outsourced Admin
It’s that time of year again and people everywhere are coming down with the usual batch of the dreaded lurgies (you might want to read my previous blog on the business owners guide to staying healthy). But that got me thinking about ‘that’ old TV commercial for...
by Michelle | Jun 4, 2013 | Building a business, Business Owners, Health, Life Balance, Outsourced Admin, Small Business, Women Business Owners
With winter creeping onto our doorsteps, so too does the dreaded cold and flu season. I don’t think I’ve ever met a business owner who doesn’t feel that sense of panic when they think about getting sick and not being able to work. So I thought it was probably...
by Michelle | Apr 16, 2013 | Building a business, Freeing up time, Outsourced Admin, Small Business, Women Business Owners
Gosh the year is flying by, it’s almost the end of the first quarter and things are well and truly ramping up. Business confidence seems to be on the rise, everyone’s got their heads back in the business game and the pace everyone’s back working at is blistering. And...
by Michelle | Mar 12, 2013 | Do what you're great at, Entrepreneurs, Freeing up time, Outsourced Admin, Small Business
I saw a short, but wonderfully inspiring, video this morning that I had to share. It’s by an eight or nine year old child. Yes, you read that correctly. He’s in primary school – scripted, probably – but boy is he good. And wise, oh my goodness. Although...
by Michelle | Jan 22, 2013 | Building a business, Outsourced Admin, Outsourcing, Small Business, Virtual Office
Happy New Year! Welcome back. Hopefully, you’ve returned to the office refreshed and ready to get stuck in to building the business of your dreams. But what do you do if your body’s returned to the office and your head still feels like it’s on holidays? Here are 5...
