Can You Fool Around with Your Marketing?
Continuing the seasonal theme with Scribbles my email newsletter, this month, when you might have succumbed to an April Fools’ joke on the first of the month, I took a look at how to put some...
“How Do I Keep My Clients?”
In last week’s blog we looked at the problem that many services businesses struggle with – the problem of losing clients. Read that post again if this is something your business struggles with. So how do...
How Can You Use Twitter to Grow Your Business?
This month in my blog we’ve been looking at the issue of how to grow your coaching, consulting or training business. At the start of the month we discussed some of the issues that could be...
How Do You Show Your Clients How Much You Love Them?
Many people think that the way to grow a successful business is by winning plenty of new clients. They do lots of marketing and focus on winning sales. They spend all their time looking for ways...
Why Charity Work is Good for Your Business
Earlier this year I decided that I wanted to run the Oxford Half Marathon on 11 October. I contacted some of the charities that had places and asked if I could run for them. The Oxfordshire...
How Do You Do Seven Star Customer Service?
I read somewhere that the Burj Al Arab in Dubai is the only seven star hotel in the world. I also read that the Customer Service Manager had three simple standards for great customer service. They...
What Are The Three Key Elements to Marketing?
No matter what sort of marketing you do for your business – whether it’s networking, social media, attending exhibitions or something else – there are three key elements to marketing that you must consider first....
The Real Social Networking
There has been a great deal of talk in the last few years about ‘social networking’ and how useful it is to promote and grow a business. According to Wikipedia, a social network is: “A social...
How Can You Encourage More Referrals?
Do you actively encourage people to refer your business to others, or do you just wait for a nice referral to come along? Are you doing anything to encourage more people to recommend you, or are...
How Do You Use Networking to Promote Your Business?
When you provide a service – such as coaching, consultancy or training – you’re actually selling your own time, expertise and experience. This means that potential clients need to trust you, before they will buy from...
