tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4165044691732986823Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:10:52 +0000http://www.bullfrey.com/blog/blog.htmlRichard GrantBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4165044691732986823.post-3670331528715260543Fri, 23 Mar 2007 12:25:00 +00002007-03-23T12:55:44.552ZProductivity ToolsInformation overloadAre you stressed out? Do you have a lot of things on your mind at the moment? You might want to take just a couple of minutes to read this - it might help you out. I'm a big fan of David Allen's Getting Things Done book, and have adopted many of his techniques to increase my personal organisation, efficiency and productivity. If you're stressed out at the moment from all the 'stuff' you need http://www.bullfrey.com/blog/2007/03/getting-things-done.htmlRichard Granttag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4165044691732986823.post-6501625787649155437Fri, 16 Mar 2007 10:24:00 +00002007-03-16T10:39:37.998ZAfter a conference or seminar I often want to import the attendee list into a CRM database. If the organiser has been kind enough, this can be a straightforward exercise when provided with a tabulated format such as tables in a Word document, an Excel spreadsheet, or even HTML tables. Sometimes though you end up with a list where you can see the columns, but they are formatted with spaces http://www.bullfrey.com/blog/2007/03/top-tip-to-help-import-lists-into-your.htmlRichard Granttag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4165044691732986823.post-5394208948932054447Fri, 16 Feb 2007 11:21:00 +00002007-02-19T11:08:27.405ZVisibilityCredibilitySure, lot's of people are doing it. But why? Why would YOU want to set up a blog? As a consultant or a professional, Why would you do it? Is there really any point or is all hype? How can a blog help you with marketing or business development? Well: 1) VISIBILTY. Your business success depends on your credibility and visibility. Publishing a blog gives you the opportunity to raise your http://www.bullfrey.com/blog/2007/02/why-blog-5-reasons-why-you-should-start.htmlRichard Granttag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4165044691732986823.post-5239460981204608895Mon, 12 Feb 2007 16:53:00 +00002007-02-25T20:57:27.112ZProductivity ToolsIt's important to keep up with news about, or relevant to your clients, but who has time? Life is difficult enough without searching for this sort of thing on a regular basis. But what if you could get a newspaper that just contained news about your clients? And what if was free? Would that help you? Here's a way that you can put together your own, free, personalised 'news aggregation' http://www.bullfrey.com/blog/2007/02/keeping-up-to-date-with-clients-news.htmlRichard Granttag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4165044691732986823.post-829371881793679855Thu, 08 Feb 2007 16:32:00 +00002007-02-25T20:59:02.276ZI've just updated the 'Bullfrey Bookstore', adding some new books and some short reviews. The only books that end up in the 'Books on my bookshelf...' section are books that I've read and would have no hesitation in recommending. There's quite a few sales and marketing books out there that haven't made it into there! Click here to see the ones that have!http://www.bullfrey.com/blog/2007/02/new-sales-and-marketing-books.htmlRichard Granttag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4165044691732986823.post-7477404378240367481Thu, 08 Feb 2007 13:22:00 +00002007-02-08T17:29:11.544ZProductivity ToolsTyping while talking to someone is socially awkward - and certainly not something I would consider doing during a client meeting. It's also not the greatest way to capture a mixture of notes, diagrams, arrows joining up thoughts and so on. So what do most of us still end up doing? Use handwritten notes in a notebook. Are there any alternatives? Well there's always a tablet PC, but I don't http://www.bullfrey.com/blog/2007/02/do-you-still-use-handwritten-notes.htmlRichard Granttag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4165044691732986823.post-2724506015881791201Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:12:00 +00002007-02-08T17:34:30.138ZProductivity ToolsIf your business has less than fifty employees, or if it's just you on your own, what's the best way to manage your email? Well, I very recently reviewed all the possibilities as I was working out how to deal with the email for Bullfrey.com, and I thought you might find some of that research useful. I wanted a system that would meet the following requirements: Be available offline so that I http://www.bullfrey.com/blog/2007/02/managing-email.htmlRichard Granttag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4165044691732986823.post-3642543812209665776Tue, 06 Feb 2007 12:06:00 +00002007-02-06T12:32:49.094ZYour 10 second introduction, your 30 second personal advertisement, the elevator pitch. Everyone trying to drum business needs to be able to tell people what they do in as concise and informative a way as possible. Instead of theorising in this post, I'm just doing. So here's mine: "My name is Richard Grant, no relation to the famous one, and I help consultants and professional services firmshttp://www.bullfrey.com/blog/2007/02/introductions.htmlRichard Grant