About Chris Hanlon

Chris has worked in or owned small businesses most of his life, before lured into the corporate world where he spent over a decade. However his passion for small business has remained, and taken life in The Profit Wizard blog, his published book, and some coaching he does for a variety of businesses. You can follow Chris on Twitter @TheProfitWizard
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Relay for Life – The Cancer Society

For the fourth consecutive year I am involved in the Relay for Life. This will be a very poignant year for my team. James Batty who was a team member (and a good friend) for the past 3 years, and was (ironically) diagnosed with Cancer just weeks after the last Relay for Life event. Tragically, […]

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Lessons from: Man with the Golden Voice

In this short episode of The Profit Wizard Show we look at the viral internet phenomenon that was The Man with the Golden Voice which took the internet by storm earlier this week. Chris breaks down what made this happen and challenges you to think of how you can apply these insights to marketing your […]

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Tweet This Book!

I have just been reading the free pdf ebook: Tweet this Book by Vaughn Davis. I haven’t even finished it, but thought I should pop on here and make mention of it,  so that you can grab a free copy too… Not only is it a funny read, (New Zealand humour might not be for […]

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Dangers of Web Designers for your small business

I did this really quickly intending to put it only on The Profit Wizard Facebook page… But I thought I would put it in here too. Why am I so passionate about this? Well my mother began a start up about a year ago. I was very supportive of the effort, she needs an income […]

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Free -Local Internet Marketing Webinar

In this brief show Chris explains the benefits of Local Internet Marketing to small local businesses, and extends an offer to attend a FREE webinar on the subject to explain what you need ot do to take advantage of this yourself. Register at: http://theprofitwizard.com/LIMWebinar/

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TEDx Auckland 2010

Just adding this video summary to this post for your viewing pleasure: I am writing this now with heavy eyes and suppressed yawns after a long, but extremely satisfying day. This morning I was picked up at 0730 for the drive up to Auckland for the long anticipated TEDx Auckland 2010. I went with Adam, […]

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Corporate Anthropology- Michael Henderson

Okay,  I had to share this one. When I went to TEDx Auckland last year I was particularly enthralled by this talk. I tried to tell everyone I work with about it (I had taken lots of notes), and of course I talk about it in my blog post from last year. Well today I […]

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The Power of the First Follower

The video below was shown at a recent TED conference in the US and apparently got a standing ovation. The video is not particularly good, which isn’t the point. The insight regarding the video is exceptional. It redifined what leadership meant to me within 3 minutes… See if it will do the same for you? […]

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What use is a Facebook plug-in to your business?

I had a few questions from people I know about the facebook plugins that I have on this blog site. First watch this video from Facebook itself so we are all on the same page, then we will look at the relevance to your business after the video. Using this for your business Now key […]

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Social Media Marketing Tip from GKIC

I have been a member of GKIC (Glazer Kennedy Inner Circle) for several years, and have been over and met both Bill Glazer & Dan Kennedy a couple of times. Well I wanted to share this video from GKIC, (hosted by Bill’s daughter Mara), because it is a very straight-forward, actionable tip that virtually any […]

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