Don't Waste Money on Marketing: Develop a Secret Salesforce Instead On 1 May I wrote a blog about the core values we have at Appletree. (Click here if you missed it.) Core values are an essential...
I believe that the secret of long term business success lies in the building of the right type of relationships with your clients. Get the relationship right and your clients will stay with you for life,...
[caption id="attachment_361" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Alice"][/caption] In marketing terms, people view using Twitter in different ways. Some see it as a somewhere to make friends and listen to lots of gossip. Others use it for fact finding...
[caption id="attachment_361" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Alice"][/caption] The fourth assignment for my CIM Professional Certificate in Marketing involves creating a communications audit on the organisation I have based my assignment upon. After I had fathomed exactly what was...
[caption id="attachment_361" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Alice"][/caption] Foursquare is basically a local service-based social network-come-game which you can play online and, more appropriately, via your smart phone. Its main purpose is to tell you where your friends are...
[caption id="attachment_350" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Chantal"][/caption] I?m making good progress with my book, with the working title One in Ten ? How to Survive Ten Years in Business. Click here to read part one of this chapter...
[caption id="attachment_361" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Alice"][/caption] In my past post about customer loyalty, I mentioned that "Loyalty requires working on these satisfied customers, giving them excellent, high quality service, forming a relationship with them to find out...
[caption id="attachment_361" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Alice"][/caption] A brand is perceived in many ways by the customer, and by the company. There are many misconceptions like a brand is the logo: a name, symbol, colour, font, slogan or...
Many people I speak to – especially the owners of small service businesses – tell...
If I had a pound for every time I’ve heard someone say “I don’t do...
Recently I ran a workshop about the StandOut Strategies for a group of business owners....
