opportunities – Alastair Banks

Luck or Hard Work?

By Alastair Banks | 15th June 2012 |

A few days ago I was talking to a potential supplier for my wedding next year. Somehow conversation turned to their website and we got chatting about their overall, online presence. Conversation then turned to the challenges they have (needing more traffic, spending too much on adwords, no way of emailing their database easily) I…

Do you look for Opportunities or Obstacles?

By Alastair Banks | 9th December 2011 |

I’ve been thinking about this a lot recently. I took the www.Kolbe.com personality test a few weeks ago and it showed that I have an extremely high level of what’s called ‘quick start‘ in their system. I love new ideas, vision, creation of new concepts, problem solving and thinking outside the box. On the flip…

Recession – Cost Cutting Exercise or Opportunity to Make Your Mark?

By Alastair Banks | 27th September 2009 |

Not a long post today but it’s about a topic that I’ve discussed a lot of over the past six months so I decided today to put pen to paper on it just in case it can help any small to medium sized business owners out there. Recession or any kind of slack economy is,…

Interview with Banksy and James

By Alastair Banks | 15th July 2009 |

This post was done last year for our ninth birthday at Optix. As we turn ten next Monday I thought I’d revisit the interview for those that missed it. Interview with James Dawkins and Alastair Banks of Optix Solutions: It’s hard to believe that Alastair and James were merely 20 years old when they joined…

Its Networking, not Netsitting or Neteating….

By Alastair Banks | 24th April 2009 |

So this is the first ‘REAL’ post then and hopefully the clue is the title…. I wanted to cover the one area of business I consider the lifeblood of any small company trying to build their business – Networking. Networking is the process of getting out and meeting other business people at breakfasts, lunches dinners…