How to double your sales without spending money

Article by Mike Anderson (NSBC Founder & CEO)

Building up to The Business Show :: Africa in September, let’s not forget that this presents the most powerful B2B networking opportunity. It’s no secret to say that the best networkers double and treble sales quickly without spending any money.

To be a world-class networker is quick and easy, so let’s see how and then go for it.

There is little doubt that one of the key success ingredients is to grow your business by building relationships through networking. Networking must be a key part of your marketing strategy. Business networking can provide the ultimate platform to meet like-minded individuals, build relationships and get to know other businesses.

ByMike Anderson: NSBC Founder & CEOJuly 30, 20240Comments

SME Events

Is your business ready to access funding?

Make sure you get your business ready and well-positioned to raise finance whenever you need it.

Applying for funding takes time, and time is usually the very thing you don’t have when you’re needing finance. It makes sense then that you should do everything possible to be funding ready before engaging lenders. Good preparation on the part of the finance seeker speeds up the application process. Knowing what lenders need from you is vital to knowing what you still need to do on your side to make sure you’re ready to access finance.

The funding landscape has changed forever and there are more opportunities than ever before opening-up to fund small to medium size businesses and entrepreneurs – if you know where to look.

ByMike Anderson: NSBC Founder & CEOJune 10, 20240Comments

Business Success

Managing me: Gain the competitive edge

Article by Mike Anderson (NSBC Founder & CEO)

Show me a business where everyone lives and works by self-managing, and I’ll bet it’s a business destined for greatness. Make sure that the first person you are managing every day is yourself.

In business, we all know that management is everything. If you don’t manage your resources properly your business won’t succeed. It’s as simple as that. Needless to say, we spend a tremendous amount of time and energy on learning to manage our surroundings.

Unfortunately, we live in a world that is dominated by commerce and economics; our lives are dictated by it and with time, we end up forgetting to manage the most important thing – ourselves.

Trying to manage the outside world without managing ourselves is surely a recipe for disaster, so let’s get back on track with these 24 key reminders for “Managing Me”:

ByMike Anderson: NSBC Founder & CEOMay 27, 20240Comments

Business Success Managing a business

Now is the time to adopt the principle of lean

Article by Mike Anderson (NSBC Founder & CEO)

As 2024 is closing in on us, now is the perfect time to ‘sharpen the pencil’. If your business is not doing what it should be doing and is spiralling out of control with debt, expenses, poor sales, it is now time to adopt the principle of lean and do things differently.

I like to call it “the washing machine effect” – Stick your business into the washing machine and clean it thoroughly; your strategic plan, forecasts, systems, sales, staff etc. Start a new business with the one you have, before it’s too late.

Get rid of everything you don’t need, large offices, expensive cars, poor performing or unwanted staff. Be brutal on the money. This exercise alone will bring relief and a refreshing approach.

Everything you do should be subject to scrutiny and revision, including your vision, business and marketing plans, budget, sales and expense expectations and more. It’s now all about creating a brighter, less stressful view of the road ahead.

Here are a few suggestions for giving your business a profit makeover:

ByMike Anderson: NSBC Founder & CEODecember 5, 20230Comments

Business Success Personal Success

Have the courage to follow your heart

The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found what you love to do, keep searching – deep, long, and hard. Don’t ever accept less than you deserve.

Explore your likes and dislikes. Understand the things that you are good at. Then start exploring ideas and opportunities around these factors. What would you really like to do and what you are really good at doing? This is a great way to start.

ByMike Anderson: NSBC Founder & CEOJuly 10, 20230Comments

Business Success

How to live the life you have always wished for

Without courage and self-belief, it becomes extremely difficult to succeed. You must trust yourself and have confidence in your ability to triumph. Self-belief is an act of faith. Never allow anyone or anything to dispel that belief. It is knowing beforehand that you can do what you want to do and that you will succeed. It is an internal force which turns on the engine that allows you to manifest your abilities externally.

If you want to reach the top of the game – believe in yourself! Rise to the occasion with self-assurance and take your rightful place in society. Go into everything you do with supreme confidence. Never let defeat or negative thoughts enter your mind. See yourself as successful before it happens.

ByMike Anderson: NSBC Founder & CEOJuly 3, 20230Comments

Business Success Growing a Business

Never Surrender: What does it take to achieve greatness?

Over the next few weeks, I will be publishing the key chapters from the 2023 release of ‘Never Surrender – The secret to achieving greatness’. The release of this latest publication will coincide with my opening talks on both days at The Business Show :: Africa in September this year.

I hope the messages within the publication will make a positive difference in your life, the way they have for me. There are hundreds of success factors, but I have focused on the most prominent ones that have been dominant in my own journey, as well as those of life’s most successful people who I have had the privilege of meeting over the years.

My research shows that a lack of natural talent is irrelevant to great success. The secret is painful, demanding practice and hard work.

Are you willing to go after success? Do you have a clear vision? Do you have a burning desire? Are you willing to fail? If so, you are well on your way to realising your vision.

ByMike Anderson: NSBC Founder & CEOJune 26, 20230Comments

Growing a Business Networking Sales & Marketing SME Events

How to double your sales in 48 hours

Article by Mike Anderson (NSBC Founder & CEO)

Building up to The Business Show :: Africa in September, let’s not forget that this presents the most powerful B2B networking opportunity. It’s no secret to say that the best networkers double and treble sales quickly on a shoestring budget.

To be a world-class networker is quick and easy, so let’s see how and then go for it.

ByMike Anderson: NSBC Founder & CEOJune 20, 20230Comments

SME Events

This is how to take your business to the next level!

We hope you're as excited as us for the return of The Business Show, to be hosted at Sandton Convention Centre, Jo'burg, 06 & 07 September 2023.

There is no other time like this, where you can hear from experts from some of the biggest companies in the world. This is a rare opportunity to engage with the biggest successes and get first-hand advice from the mercurial entrepreneurs who have gone from zero to hero.

ByMike Anderson: NSBC Founder & CEOJune 8, 20230Comments

Business Startup Starting a Business

How to give your startup a fighting chance

Article written by Mike Anderson NSBC Founder & CEO

Imagine putting everything you have - your hopes, dreams and finances into starting your own business, only to watch it crash and burn. The fear of failure is at the very top - above anything else.

On the upside, starting out and succeeding as an entrepreneur has to be one of the greatest rewards in life. So get to know why startups fail and what is needed to avoid failing. Then start your journey to achieve your dreams.

ByMike Anderson: NSBC Founder & CEOMay 2, 20230Comments