Independent SME consulting in financial strategy, digital marketing, and business planning.
Independent SME Consulting
I bring the client relationships that get me in the room, backed by the financial discipline that gets results measured, funded, and defended. Across 37 years in tax compliance, financial management, CRM, product management, and independent business consulting, that combination has stayed constant. I have no patience for strategy that can't survive contact with a budget, a margin, or a customer complaint.
Margin analysis, management reporting, budgeting and forecasting, and the financial systems work (Sage, Pastel, payroll-GL integration, VAT/PAYE/Income Tax compliance) that lets you actually see where the business stands.
Technical SEO, Google Business and social profile consistency, content strategy. Real, repeatable results across two independent clients, two documented turnarounds, zero ad spend.
Financial analysis, business planning, and hands-on mentoring, built on five years guiding SME owners through Stellenbosch Business School's Small Business Academy and GIBS.
Website traffic growth, organic, zero ad spend
In contracts secured for one client through digital presence work
Payroll accuracy improvement after a systems overhaul
Financial, marketing, and client relationship experience
Fit
Business owners who already treat their business as a craft worth doing properly, not a box to tick. If you're vague about your margins, your customer segments, or what actually drives your numbers, I'm probably not the right fit. If you already have skin in the game and want a second, rigorous set of eyes, let's talk.
Which three products or services actually make you money, by margin, not by volume? When did you last check performance against a budget, instead of against last year?
Could a stranger explain your USP back to you in one sentence? Is your marketing written for someone who already knows they need you, or someone who hasn't noticed the problem yet? Who is that audience, specifically, not generally?
How much of this year's revenue came from someone who already trusted you? When did you last ask a happy client for a review?
How often do you test and validate a new idea, process, or system before running with it?
Most owners know their business. Few see it clearly from the inside. That's the gap a 45-minute diagnostic closes.
A focused look at one specific area of your business, with a plain, rigorous answer at the end of it.
A-do-something- low-commitment-call. A specific question or a quick second opinion.
WhatsApp +27 73 669 0617 or email info@invigoratedthinking.com to book a time.