One Thing That’s Holding You Back The Most
Hey Jon here. I’ll tell you the one thing that’s holding you back the most. I’ll tell you what it is and how to stop doing it. I’m Jon and my business is Small Fish Business Coaching. I run a coaching program for tradies called ‘The Tradies Toolbox Coaching Program’ and this email is to […]
10 Reasons Why I’m running the Tools Down Workshop
I’m running it because I see people like you with frustrations like yours and I know I can help. I like helping people. That’s why I became a business coach in the first place – I get paid to do something I like doing. I like getting paid too. That’s no secret. It’s funny – […]
Builders (and Tradies) Workshop – Why come to Byron Bay for two days?
Hey there, it’s Jon here from Small Fish. It’s a good question, isn’t it? Why would you want to come to Byron? Apart from the beautiful girls, beautiful beach, the beautiful bay, the nice food, and all that. I think you’d come because you want to come to the “Tools Down” workshop. It’s amazing. Other […]
The Next Level for Trade Business? What is it and What Happens There?
Hey there, me again Jon from Small Fish Business Coaching. I want to talk about the “Next Level” for a trades business. It’s a bit like the holy grail of businesses. Remember we talked about when you’re stuck between the levels, small and big, which is a bit shit. You’re too busy, you’re working too […]
Traditional Marketing And Other Marketing Strategies You Can Do Instead
Today’s topic is: ‘Traditional Marketing and Marketing I Don’t Think You Should Be Doing Anymore.’ This came today… a phone book. I didn’t even know they still happened. My daughter just came home from school and said, “What’s That?” Well, we had a look, it was quite fun you know, we looked ourselves up, we […]
Keeping Up with Technology – Are you familiar with SIPs? And a possible business opportunity.
‘Technology changes. You need to keep up with it.’ I consider it part of my job to learn about stuff so I can pass it on to you and I consider it part of my job to go and network with people in the industry. As part of that, I bumped into a chap called […]
One Simple Thing that Will Improve Your Sales Conversions (Win More Quotes)
I’m going to talk about Presenting Proposals (and how this can improve sales conversions and win more quotes) Don’t you hate it when you spend all that time doing a quote and you email it across and then it all goes quiet? Or they say something like “We’ll think about it” and then it goes […]
Search Marketing (Generating enquiries for your trades business) Are you being found?
Hey! Jon here from Small Fish Business Coaching. I’m talking about ‘Find Me Marketing.’ I’m going to talk about why it’s important for trades business owners. And I want to tell you how to do it. If you’re not doing it properly, I think you’re missing out on generating some good enquiries for your trades […]
You Invest in Tools for your Trade – do you invest in yourself to run the business?
I do a lot of networking with builders and trades and other people who help you with your businesses. I consider it my job to learn more about the industry and what’s available to you so I can be more useful. (I know —– good little business coach, aren’t I?) I was chatting to a […]
Important Safety Update for Work Site Signage
We’ve made you a new sign for your work site – probably a very important addition to your safety signage.
Business Automation – a cheap way to make your business flow more smoothly
The world has changed. Business automation used to be something very large companies could afford and small companies couldn’t. That is no longer true. A host of changes have made them available to you (to us). The changes are: Cloud technology – you can use the new software without having to buy and maintain expensive […]
You Can’t Make them Choose You – So Don’t Put So Much Emphasis on it
It’s true – you can’t force the person (consumer, builder or business client) to choose you or your business for a project. The only person who can make that decision is them and they do it on their own in their own little head where you can’t intervene. The Internet is full of ads for […]