Daphne’s blog

I see you … The new year’s begun and you’re racing round so busy. Already! Busily getting everything up and running and ready to get back into business. Maybe your doors are already open and clients are streaming through. Maybe you’re run off your feet serving and...

Maybe you’ve heard that before. The concept gets talked about a lot. I’ve heard it suggested more than once that we make our mess our message. Truth is, even though I’ve heard it many times already, I feel like it’s only just starting to become a reality for me. To...

Yes, you really do get to choose who you will be every moment. You’ve probably heard or read or maybe you just know, have always known that you get to choose your life. That said, it’s not just a case of wandering through the supermarket of life and picking from the...

What if it’s possible to be everything you ever dreamed of being? What if it’s possible to do everything you ever wanted to do? In your life? In your business? What if it’s also possible to have everything you ever imagined? What if? One important factor here is...

You can’t do it all alone! You just can’t. Period. I know you’ve probably tried for a long time to do it all alone. Maybe you thought you had to. Maybe you didn’t know anyone who understood you or your situation. Or who was able to or wanted to help and support you....

When your marketing and advertising is all about ‘getting your name out there and hoping they’ll call you when they want what you sell’, all you’re doing is setting yourself up to compete on price. What that looks like in your business, is that you cut your prices to...

Pick me! Pick me, pick me, pick me. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It’s a ditty that we hear every day. Where? In advertising and marketing. What? Most business' marketing and advertising is merely them asking, imploring, almost begging you to PICK THEM. Yep, that’s the truth of...

“Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night.” Says William Blake. Now, you may agree with him. Or you may not. You get to choose. You may agree with part of what he says and not the rest. You may agree with all of it. Or you may...

What I know is that most people fit one category or the other. They either love mornings or they don’t. Me, I’m a morning person through and through. I remember as a child being sent back to bed regularly and told I wasn’t allowed to get up till mum was up. I have...

If you’re like most business owners I speak with every day, you’re constantly spending money on advertising, right? And you’re constantly spending money on marketing, true? Advertising reps walk through your door or call you regularly letting you know of the latest...

I saw your ad … BUT, THERE’S A MISTAKE IN IT! I can’t not tell you, cos it’s cost you money. And if I don’t tell you it’s gonna keep costing you even more money. You’ve just got to fix it! Seriously, when I read the newspaper each day. When I look at bill boards as I...

TWO MONTHS LEFT!!!! Yep, there’s only two months of this year left. I know. How did it flash past so swiftly? However, the fact is that tomorrow is November. Each year seems to blast by even more quickly than the previous one. Apparently it’s a natural part of us...