Massive Marketing Mistakes – Number Four: Trying to Work with Everyone “Who are your clients?” I ask. “We can work with absolutely anyone,” they reply. This is Massive Marketing Mistake Number Four – thinking that...
Massive Marketing Mistakes – Number Three: Chasing New Clients What’s the third Massive Marketing Mistake that businesses make, which leaves them struggling to build the business they want? The first is not knowing where you are;...
Massive Marketing Mistakes – Number Two: No Business Goals This is the second blog in a series looking at the biggest marketing mistakes people make when trying to run their own business. The first mistake...
Massive Marketing Mistakes – Number One: Being the Same as Everyone Else Over the years I’ve met many people who are new in business and are struggling to get going. They are finding the first few...
How To Get Recommendations – Find Out What Your Clients Don’t Like About Your Service! The Appletree Client Survey – Part Two In December I wrote about how we commissioned a client survey, to...
Why Do We Use Social Media? In January I joined one of my clients at their quarterly Staff Meeting. Usually this is when they all get together to share the successes of the recent quarter, award...
How Do You Encourage Other People to Say Yes to Your Sales Proposal? Last year one of my clients asked me to write a newsletter for him, about how to influence people and, in particular,...
How to Use a Soft Start for Your Presentations Many years ago, I learnt a very clever way of starting talks and presentations that I’ve been sharing ever since. It’s called the ABCD of Introductions and...
Where is Your Business Going in 2015? I know you'll already have read a lot by now about setting goals for 2015, about New Year's resolutions and about plans ... and that's because this is still...
What Do Your Clients Really Think of You? The Appletree Client Survey – Part One When did you last ask your clients what they really think of you? Do you know why they use your services...
USPs (Unique Selling Propositions) don’t work anymore. Why not? Because they’re about selling. They’re not...
The first StandOut Strategy, Certainty, is about being a safe pair of hands for your...
There’s a buying process that everyone goes through when they’re looking to invest in a...
