images/bannerimages/Blog-Banner.jpg 
Marketing Eye Blog Articles
10 Ways To Improve Your Patient Experience – For Medical Centres
Nov 06, 2010 Written by Mellissah Smith
I would like to thank the wonderful team at Giorgio Armani for kindly inviting me to the STC Foundation Dinner 2010 at the Sydney Theatre Company on Friday night. Mary and her team at Armani are simply amazing. They have so much style and professionalism, that just by entering their store, you could learn a thing or two about how to ensure your brand is consistent across every touch point.
Thinking of going on holidays, but don’t know what to do with the family pet?Koonyum Range Retreat in Byron Bay is one of Australia’s most exclusive and private retreats that not only offers you the chance to stay in one of only 2 chalets or the main residence (if you prefer), but they also encourage you to bring along your family dog.
Managing expectations is a grey area because sometimes, some people expect too much.
This morning, after forgoing breakfast at a cafe in Townsville where you had to serve your own coffee and toast, I walked across the road to another cafe that came highly recommended.
It pains me to remember when the business was just me. Even though I have always had staff, I remember when they couldn’t make decisions without me and I worked 16 hours a day just to ensure that everything was 100% perfect.
How many of you receive telemarketing calls on your mobile and feel like someone’ s intruded on your personal space?
What about when a machine from Vodafone rings you up and starts giving you a recorded message about the fact you should move from your current service provider to them?
The year end is near and I personally can’t wait. It has been one of the most exciting and exhilarating years ever from a business perspective and from a personal front, one of the most challenging.
In the business I have learnt a lot, launched new products, entered new markets and been inspired continually by the people I work with – in particular, the small businesses that I call ‘friends’ but may also be called clients to the outside world.
Small businesses around the world suffer from many different things, but one of the worst would have to be getting stuck in a rut of ‘just getting by’ or being ‘stagnant’.Working ‘in’ the business and not ‘on’ the business is a very normal trap that many small business owners fall into and then after years of working long hours they wonder why the business isn’t in the position that they thought it would be.When you are an entrepreneur, you tend to have ideas. In fact, it is what you lay awake at night thinking about and wonder why the next day you feel a little worse for wear.
Do you ever want to run out into nature and scream from the top of your lungs ‘YES’?
Feeling empowered to be the person you always dreamed you would be is something that every person should take very seriously.
Eat, Pray, Love… the New York Times Bestseller authored by Elizabeth Gilbert has just hit the screens in Australia – and it couldn’t have come soon enough. 