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Do You Love Your Business?


also posted in Jane's Blog

Hands up if you read that title and thought ‘Yuck – all wishy washy, airy fairy, stuff. How can that be anything to do with business?’ Sadly, this is a common sentiment (because the power of love and friendship in your business can be enormous – if you let it). Do the exercise below as you read on, to help you become closer to your business in a healthy and loving way.

Consider a positive, healthy friendship with someone close to you. Make sure it’s someone you’ve known, whether they are alive or not. Got someone in mind? Great – now answer the following questions about that relationship.

•What words would you use to describe the qualities of that relationship? [read more]

Three Practical Tips for Great, Heartfelt Copywriting


also posted in Jane's Blog

Wouldn’ t it be wonderful if, when people read your brochure, or your webpage, flier or article, that they felt excited, enthusiastic, and then said ‘yes’ to whatever you wanted them to do? It IS possible, and you can make it happen much easier when you know just a few of the copywriting secrets applied by all the big names. Here’s the first one:

1. Use You instead of We
On a forum the other day I was reading someone’s article – he was excited because it was his first one and he’ d just had it accepted by http://www.ezinearticles.com/. It was a great first attempt, and yet it would have been made much better if the author had only [read more]

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Is Your Business in a Burrow or Full Sunlight?


also posted in Jane's Blog, Uncategorised

According to North American folklore, if it is cloudy when a groundhog emerges from its burrow on 2nd February (today), it will leave the burrow, signifying that winter will soon end. If on the other hand, it is sunny, the groundhog will supposedly “see its shadow” and retreat back into its burrow, and winter will continue for six more weeks. How does this relate to your business?

Imagine you are a groundhog, and after a time of hibernation (often happens over Christmas and in the darkness of the winter), you are poking your nose out into the light and seeing your business with clear, fresh eyes. What would you see before you?

Tell the truth now! Is it time to [read more]

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Balance – How to Find More of It On a Daily Basis


also posted in Jane's Blog

Imagine you are baking some chocolate brownies, using an old-fashioned pair of weighing scales, the kind that are like this photo:

To measure the sugar, for instance, you place the weight on one side, and the other scale pan shoots up. To bring it into balance, you need to pour the exact amount of sugar onto the other scale pan, till the point where both pans are balanced.

You’ ll probably know that in baking, it’ s really important to get the quantities right, that is, the balance of the different ingredients in relation to each other. Just last week, someone proudly told me they had been baking chocolate brownies (my favourite) and that they had cut back on the [read more]

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How You Can Never Lose Money


also posted in Jane's Blog

When was the last time you thought you lost money? Most people have this thought at some time in their life, even if it is at the very concrete and practical level of ‘ I’ m sure I had that £20 note somewhere, now where has it gone?’ More often, though, thoughts about losing money sound like ‘ I lost money on that deal’ ; I wasted money spending it on that course – I just didn’ t get anything from it’ , or “ I lost money on that investment’ . But is it really true? When you look a bit deeper, perhaps you didn’ t in fact lose any money. How can this be?

Last year a client [read more]

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