Comments on: A small business conundrum http://sarabrown.co.uk/2009/11/a-small-business-conundrum/ design for growth Tue, 24 May 2011 12:45:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Is planning guessing? The pros and cons of marketing plans - sarabrown.co.uksarabrown.co.uk http://sarabrown.co.uk/2009/11/a-small-business-conundrum/#comment-170 Is planning guessing? The pros and cons of marketing plans - sarabrown.co.uksarabrown.co.uk Sun, 21 Nov 2010 16:25:24 +0000 http://sarabrown.co.uk/?p=173#comment-170 [...] Many business owners (especially new ones) can hide behind perfection before they get their proposition out there. Plans can take up a lot of time and can stand in the way of you going out there and learning from experience and getting some business along the way. I wrote about this in, “A small business conundrum.” [...] [...] Many business owners (especially new ones) can hide behind perfection before they get their proposition out there. Plans can take up a lot of time and can stand in the way of you going out there and learning from experience and getting some business along the way. I wrote about this in, “A small business conundrum.” [...]

]]> By: Sara http://sarabrown.co.uk/2009/11/a-small-business-conundrum/#comment-12 Sara Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:39:32 +0000 http://sarabrown.co.uk/?p=173#comment-12 Great feedback Ann! Especially the blogging tip which I immediately understand the power of. Would agree that if you are paying someone to do work for you, then it's a different kettle of fish and you do need to make sure you get what you paid for. Great feedback Ann! Especially the blogging tip which I immediately understand the power of. Would agree that if you are paying someone to do work for you, then it’s a different kettle of fish and you do need to make sure you get what you paid for.

]]> By: Ann Hawkins http://sarabrown.co.uk/2009/11/a-small-business-conundrum/#comment-11 Ann Hawkins Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:55:15 +0000 http://sarabrown.co.uk/?p=173#comment-11 One of my favourite sayings is "You don't have to get it right, you just have to get it going." If you wait for all the lights to be green before you make a start, you'd never make a move so well done on getting your message out there. If you are paying someone else to do work for you (or if they are paying you) then you want the result to be as close to perfect as possible but the beauty of this type of blogsite is that it will always be an ongoing project.(Good for SEO!) A blogging tip: when you send a link to a post, click on the title of that post to get the permanent link: http://sarabrown.co.uk/2009/11/a-small-business-conundrum/#more-173 rather than just send people to the home page which will change as each new post is published. One of my favourite sayings is “You don’t have to get it right, you just have to get it going.” If you wait for all the lights to be green before you make a start, you’d never make a move so well done on getting your message out there.
If you are paying someone else to do work for you (or if they are paying you) then you want the result to be as close to perfect as possible but the beauty of this type of blogsite is that it will always be an ongoing project.(Good for SEO!)
A blogging tip: when you send a link to a post, click on the title of that post to get the permanent link: http://sarabrown.co.uk/2009/11/a-small-business-conundrum/#more-173 rather than just send people to the home page which will change as each new post is published.

]]> By: Sara http://sarabrown.co.uk/2009/11/a-small-business-conundrum/#comment-10 Sara Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:41:30 +0000 http://sarabrown.co.uk/?p=173#comment-10 Really pleased you got what this was all about Phil. It's so important to get out there rather than wait for perfection which is more likely to be achieved from experience and feedback! And if Bill Gates has this approach then hey, how dare anyone argue? Really pleased you got what this was all about Phil. It’s so important to get out there rather than wait for perfection which is more likely to be achieved from experience and feedback! And if Bill Gates has this approach then hey, how dare anyone argue?

]]> By: Phil Begnett http://sarabrown.co.uk/2009/11/a-small-business-conundrum/#comment-9 Phil Begnett Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:31:43 +0000 http://sarabrown.co.uk/?p=173#comment-9 This is a great blog post sara and so true! Get your product/site/idea out there and get some feedback! I just heard a podcast this week explaining that this is exactly what Bill Gates does with his windows platform. It always comes out with bugs, its never quite finished, but they get it out there, and know their users will make it better as time goes on. I've just taken the same advice and done something i was very nervous about, and that was standing in front of my video camera and talking about my work. Its what i do, i have all the tools to do it so i just right, get on with it! This is a great blog post sara and so true! Get your product/site/idea out there and get some feedback! I just heard a podcast this week explaining that this is exactly what Bill Gates does with his windows platform. It always comes out with bugs, its never quite finished, but they get it out there, and know their users will make it better as time goes on.

I’ve just taken the same advice and done something i was very nervous about, and that was standing in front of my video camera and talking about my work. Its what i do, i have all the tools to do it so i just right, get on with it!

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