Long Term Marketing
I recently had a very interesting meeting with a website designer, who is looking for help with creating social media content for his clients. When I got thinking about how we came to be having this...
Why Good Customer Service is a Great Marketing Tool
I recently read some great tips from a customer service expert for calming people down if they are making a complaint. Hold your customers in high regard. They may not always be right, but they have...
Networking is not about finding new clients
Apparently this week is National Networking week. So I thought I would share some thoughts about networking. I?ve been doing it for many years and I?ve used it to great effect to grow my business. I?ve...
Happy Mondays (no, not the band, although I do hear that they are reforming for a tour one month this year).
As I got in the car to drive to work on Monday, it was with a sense of relief after surviving the usual chaos of getting everyone out of the house on time and in the...
Passive marketing ? or how to get clients knocking at your door
During the first week of January this year, we took on two new clients and had two existing clients ask us to do more work for them. I wasn?t at work during the first week of...
Using the Law of Attraction to grow your business
I?ve been reading The Law of Attraction by Michael Losier. I attracted it to me ? by putting it on my Christmas list! I?ve been a fan of the law of attraction for many years, since...
When a workshop is more than just a workshop
If you offer any kind of service to customers, running workshops are a great way of marketing yourself and your business. They inform and advise and can act as a great way of speaking directly to...
Can You Remember What You’re Going to Say?
How do you remember what you're going to say? If you're giving a talk or a presentation, how do you remember what to say? Can you memorise a couple of hours worth of material, or do...
A different way to use PowerPoint
Used properly, PowerPoint can be a really effective way of enhancing presentations. Used badly, it can do harm to your reputation. I?d like to share some tips I received on a birthday card, for an alternative...
The case in the defence of Twitter
A client recently remarked ?let me know when you get a sale from Twitter?. In other words, ?I bet I?ll never see the day we get a sale as a result of Twitter!? A statement said...
