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In our blog article last year we asked the question, ‘How’s your cyber hygiene?’. We referred to the very public ransomware attack of Garmin that crippled their business for days that cost them millions of dollars.

It depends who you ask and what lens they are looking through....

In our blog post ‘Are You Automating Your Business?’ we highlighted the increased risk of new competitors emerging from previously unlikely areas as a result of leveraging technology.

Have you heard of the On-demand Economy? Some people call it the App Economy.

Either way, you’re most likely part of it as a consumer (knowingly or otherwise) but are you thinking about your business model as this seismic shift on consumer behaviour?

Lately theres been a fair bit of stress in my life; enough to potentially drag me down and bury me underneath it.

But its not been of my doing, and this morning listening to a podcast by Barbell Shrugged (who's have thought, huh??) on diet and nutrition, I realised why Ive been able to work through it.

A major concern for nearly everyone is their privacy.  Be it our personal details on the internet, someone seeing us in the shower, or our medical records, theres certain information we want know only to the select few we choose.

How do we apply this principle in business, and making sure that as business owners were abiding by the law?  And not only the law, but ethically also?

I've seen over the years that theres no right or wrong when it comes to marketing.  What works for one type of business may not work for another.

What I've seen for sure is that rarely can you do just one thing once and expect that the buyers are going to come flooding through the doors, virtual or otherwise.  

Service is a part of every business that customers and clients seem to either rave or rant about.  Mainly when it comes to retail and food, but it certainly goes much broader than that.

How important is it?  I say much more important than you might think!

A couple of weeks ago I went to Queenstown in New Zealand for a week, mainly to celebrate my birthday somewhere different. And what a great place it is.  

Lots to do (bungy jumping was a must) and some of the most beautiful scenery.

I heard a funny story from my friend Rob Nixon.  It went like this...he took the kids to a movie.

On the way out 2 of the 3 kids were mucking around in this tiny school bus.