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Our
Services
for Your
Success
Ross Fyffe & Associates, in collaboration with a number of
accredited associates and
specialist partners, provides a range of business advisory services.
Our access to a pool of
South African as well as international business coaches and business
advisers allows us to address a variety of needs.
Why don't you put us to the test in your business? You may
find out what other business owners are now doing to beat
you at your
game.
Business
coaching
Have you ever wondered why some sport teams and some individual
sportsmen do so well while many simply fade into obscurity despite
obvious talent? Don't make the
same mistake in business ... let someone look at your business game and
show you the business equivalent of keeping your head down, swinging
through the ball, and improving other areas of your game plan....read more.
Business
strategy
The difference between many successful businesses and the rest can
often be distilled to one simple fact. A successful business
has
everybody heading in the same direction. Just this one simple
thing makes a massive difference to the energy, the motivation and the
probability of success in almost any endeavour. Most
businesses
owners that have had some exposure to a business strategy plan regard
this as either unaffordable or a load of BS. They are wrong...read more.
Business
planning
Of the various businesses I had had the privilege of working with over
the past 12 months, only one had a business plan at all. That
is
really a very small percentage. Which indicates the minimal
importance that business owners attribute to having a road map to
success - or put differently, how much more important it is to deal
with that immediate crisis with customer X and that problem with the
workshop or countless other operational issues
that inundate us on a daily basis. SIo there is little time
to
map the road ahead, and so little chance to see if we're on
track....read more.
Basic Business
Assessment
Once a year many business owners will have their
personal vital statistics (such blood pressure, cholesterol count, etc)
checked out by their GP. While they live with their bodies all day, and
know exactly how it feels, and behaves and suffers from babalaas, they
also know that they if they get some expert outside opinion, it can
save them (more so their families) a great deal of heartache in the
future.. However, little thought is actually given to
ensuring that the machine which is ultimately responsible for their
livelihoods does not have the bonnet lifted to check out its vital
statistics....read more.
Business
registrations
When a business owner wants to start a new business, it really is
incredible how many stumbling blocks have been created by the powers
that be. It's bad enough having to deal with planning the
business, financing it, employing the right staff, marketing, dealing
with competitors, and all these things that we must
do before the business starts to generate money - but we are then
lumbered with registering a company or close corporation, registering
for company tax, VAT, UIF and PAYE registration,
Workmen's compensation, setting up the company register, appointing
auditors or accounting officers and so on. So, what other,
easier
way is there ...read more.
Business
image design and image management
Okay, so now you have a new company in place - or you have been running
for some time, but you have little visibility in the market place.
You'll need some "below-the-line" advertising as well as some
strategically placed ads in the correct media which have impact. But
those ad agencies charge a fortune and you don't have
that to
spend so you consider some self designed desk top publishing, print
some brochure and business card on you ink jet printer and off you go.
Three months later, and you have concluded that advertising sucks, and
you're in much the same boat as you were. So what's wrong
.... read more.
Web site
design
and hosting
Just when you thought it was safe to go into the water, you discover
that surfing
the Internet is how your business will become known to your customers
in the future - and how your
future customers will buy your
goods and services. But are
you and your business ready to do this? There are many
offers
around for designing your web page, and
these prices are often really good. There is a problem with
this
approach however, and the chances are that whatever you have built will
cost you a heck of a lot more than you initially thought (via those
famous
hidden costs). But these problems can be avoided by following
a (nearly)
failsafe approach...read more.
Cipro
Annual Returns
According to CIPR0 (the Company and
Intellectual Property Registration Office of the DTI),
the penalty for late submission of an annual return for a Private
Company or Close Corporation is R150-00. This is no big amount, but
they go on to
say that if this is not done within
6
months of the due date, then the company will be de-registered.
No
warnings will be given. Basically it means that if you do
not
comply you will not be allowed to conduct business, BY LAW. But
where there is an administrative or red tape problem, there often also
is a ready solution....read
more.
High
tech: Choose the right technology
The technological changes that have occurred in the past decade have
revolutionized business. Just the very fact that you are reading this
page, and have a cellular phone in your pocket are things which you
would not have imagined doing just 10 to 15 years ago. So
where
to next? And how can you fully exploit the technological changes
occurring in the world around us? What can you do in your business to
profitably exploit VOIP, computers, internet and email, and other
technological innovations? A good place to start is to decide
what you want, of course....read more.
Low Tech: Make
Print work for you
Isn't it interesting how in this technological age we often focus
on technological answers when very often all we need is same plain old
brown paper wrapping, or a paper and pencil? While behind the scenes
publishing good brochures, business cards and letterheads can be really
hi-tech, neither me nor my customers need to be equipped
technologically in order to make effective use of printed material.
However, if these are not effective or detract from the image of my
business, then I should rather not have anything at all. Professional
graphic designs and well crafted wording can go a long way to
presenting your business when you
are
not there ....read more.
Keep
in touch with your customers
Consider for a moment what would be the reaction to you if your
business provided each customer with with useful, relevant, interesting
and contextually relevant information on a regular basis. Imagine this
enhanced
your brand. Now imagine that this required absolutely zero
effort
on your part. What value would you place on such an
incredible
service?.....read more.
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