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Craig has over ten years experience in senior management, mostly in business development and change management environments, in addition to ten years in sales and sales management.

He has achieved enviable results in sales, gross profit and business development.

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Creative Writing > Humor Humor: Advantages of a recession: 32 of 103

Recession getting you down? Not me! What a great time to live in! I now have an excuse for absolutely everything I do not want to do. For example, I can never find the right present for my mother for her birthday. Now, I do not even bother to look. "Sorry Mum, the GFC (Global Financial Crisis) you know." Invited to a functio...
Business > Marketing Mortgage brokers: Marketing on a tight budget: 1 of 1

As we find ourselves in the most difficult market conditions our industry has ever faced, it is now more important than ever to market yourself effectively. Business is increasingly difficult to find, and you can no longer rely on people finding you. The competition in the industry has nearly evaporated, the big four banks a...
Business > Entrepreneurship A guide to becoming a consultant: 7 of 10

To succeed as a consultant you need to first look at your own business. Being self-employed your survival lies in your ability to find work, which involves promoting your skills amongst your peers and your network. Centres of influence are also essential to your business. A centre of influence is someone in authority or who ...
Personal Finance > Stock Market Lessons to be learned from the stock market crash: 2 of 2

With the major banks improving their market share way beyond their own expectations, and this being achieved on the back of reducing broker commissions and not passing on the full Reserve Bank rate decreases, they can be forgiven for thinking that Christmas definitely came early this year. In fact they have re-written all ex...