Latest from Debbie Mayo-Smith
Debbie Mayo-Smith: Five customer experience gems
Debbie Mayo-Smith talks about five customer service gems.
Debbie Mayo-Smith: Online newsletters - A fabulous business decision
Debbie Mayo-Smith talks ideas and strategies to make your online newsletter more valuable.
Debbie Mayo-Smith: A story of persistence
Persistence pays heaps. Most people in sales give up after the first go. Don't be in that category, writes Debbie Mayo-Smith.
One million dollars from an email
When you work with a new client, you do research on It. That's what I do too.
Debbie Mayo-Smith: Be the MasterChef of your own success
Debbie Mayo-Smith shares her recipe for working smarter and tips for automating tasks.
Debbie Mayo-Smith: Adapting to change
Debbie Mayo-Smith talks to Julie Russell, Secretary of the NZ Bookkeepers Association, who was one of the early adopters of Xero accounting software.
Debbie Mayo-Smith: Making your cash register sing
Research shows that talking only about features has absolutely no impact on making a sale. Here are tips that do make an impact.
Finding new business opportunities
Two autopilot tricks you can set up so business opportunities come to your inbox daily, writes Debbie Mayo Smith.
Debbie Mayo Smith: Your biggest excel database mistake
Your database can be used to increase sales but many businesses make a crucial mistake. Debbie Mayo Smith explains.
Three database rules for easy effective marketing
Social media is popular, but nothing beats having your own database of clients and prospects to market to.
Four FREASY strategies for doing it smarter
Debbie Mayo-Smith's free and easy tips presented to the rural contractor association but with relevance for many businesses.
$715K from a $45 investment: How to cheaply increase sales
How a hair salon used a simple database exercise to drastically increase sales, writes Debbie Mayo-Smith.
Two tips for growing sales and profit
Tuihana Cafe Foodstore owner Nathan Dunn shares his business tips after turning around a struggling cafe.
Five ideas to help get more done at work
There is a vast gulf between what business tools can do; and how people actually them, says Debbie Mayo-Smith.
Solving the dilemma of the missing email or folder
Debbie Mayo-Smith gives tips on finding a missing email or lost folder in your inbox.
Debbie Mayo-Smith: Strategy for word of mouth
Word of mouth is an inexpensive marketing strategy that supports a business activity to bring in more customers.
Is voicemail dead?
Debbie Mayo-Smith responds to claims that voicemail is dead - or should be. How many busy and overworked employees just let the phone ring?
Focus gets better results
In small businesses, managers and owners wear many hats. Make sure you have the right focus to reach your business goals.
What to do with business cards
Success comes more swiftly to those adept at marketing and promoting their businesses.
Five quick reminders to help you improve sales
Debbie Mayo-Smith reminds readers of five simple lessons to help improve sales including the power of silence.
Are you putting your business at risk?
Having all your info available through cloud software applications means your phone can replace a traditional notebook.
Five quick reminders to help you improve sales
Debbie Mayo-Smith offers five reminders that will help you to improve sales in your business.
Debbie Mayo-Smith: How you get a better outcome in negotiations
Negotiation skills are an asset to hone to help you achieve better outcomes. Here are nine tips on how to improve your negotiation success.
Top 10 communication tips
Business motivational speaker Debbie Mayo-Smith's tips to communicating effectively by making connections.
Debbie Mayo-Smith: Running a profitable business by smartphone, pen and pad
How a smart businessman stripped conventional systems from his business and wound up more profitable.
Debbie Mayo-Smith: A great idea for quiet times
Do you, or staff have a quiet period in the day, or perhaps a day of the week where you consistently have a lighter work load?