Early on in this series we talked about not making excuses for what you don’t have and making the best of what you do. If you spend your time making excuses you will never actually start DOING anything!
But you should also be aware of your weaknesses and know when it’s time to bring in people that can do the things you are less able to do:

When Dolly Parton started to make money she knew to bring in people who were the best at what they did to help her …

Anyone who knows anything about Dolly Parton will know that as well as being a singer she has also starred in movies (some vastly better than others), had her own TV show and written a number of books. She may not have done all of them well all the time but she has never been afraid to try new media for expressing herself.

As a business person you should be prepared to use different media to communicate to your customers. Different people like to consume information in different ways. Some of …

We’re all familiar with the concept of music artists having to reinvent themselves to appeal to new audiences, but how does that apply to your business?

We have decided to remove “Light a Fire Under Your Sales: The Amazon Kindle/iPhone Explosion” on publishing to the Kindle Marketplace from sale this week for a number of reasons:

There have been so many important changes (on at least a monthly basis) in the realms of Kindle (and ebook) publishing that we could not update the ebook quickly enough to include those changes, nor is it our focus at the SWBN.
We have recently been introduced to a service that takes the all the stress and complications out of publishing to …

Today’s Bitesize in our series on “Things I Learned About Business from Dolly Parton” is actually more of a general life lesson that should also be applied to your business.

If you have ever read Dolly Parton’s autobiography hopefully you will have been struck by her love of life and the enjoyment she gets from it every day. Many people who have done, seen and achieved as much as Dolly, can become quite jaded about life and day-to-day experiences but Dolly seems to relish every moment.
She talks about how blessed she …

Today’s Bitesize in the series on “Things I Learned About Business from Dolly Parton” is really a continuation of the last one, where I talked about not making excuses for what you don’t have.

As I mentioned, Dolly Parton started out with very little in life but she didn’t let the lack of money, the best equipment and the nicest clothes stop her from going out and pursuing her ambition. She learned early on to make the best of what she did have. In her case, it was raw musical and …

One of the things I hear regularly online, especially in relation to starting a business is ” I can’t do X until I have Y”. “I can’t start a podcast until I have a better microphone.” “I can’t start my business until I’ve studied the latest IM course.” “I can’t start creating videos until I have a Flip HD Mino”!
You need to stop making excuses for what you DON’T have and take action with what you DO have.

I’m sure you have a business hero (or maybe business heroes); people you would like to emulate in business, or who have inspired you to succeed.
In this Bitesize Podcast I introduce this new series of business lessons learned from someone many of you would consider an unlikely business hero.