[caption id="attachment_361" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Alice"][/caption] None of us like receiving spam. So considering we all hate spam so much, why do businesses still pursue buying lists of contacts to sell their wares? Why is it that...
[caption id="attachment_361" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Alice"][/caption] When you're dealing with social media, one of the most important things to consider is interaction. Interaction is when your readers, audience, fans, friends or whatever are compelled to respond to...
[caption id="attachment_1403" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Chantal"][/caption] If you plan what you want your website visitors to do and think about how they will react to pages on your site, you can encourage them to do what you...
[caption id="attachment_1403" align="alignleft" width="85"] Chantal[/caption] On 1 May 2011 I ran a half marathon. I'd never run seriously before I started training last September, yet I finished the run without walking a single step and without...
[caption id="attachment_361" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Alice"][/caption] The Royal Wedding has been a really 'big' thing during the past month, not just here in jolly old Blighty, but absolutely massive in the States. They haven't got a Royal...
[caption id="attachment_1403" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Chantal"][/caption] About 18 months ago, we got in touch with a company that sells mailing lists, to see if they could provide us with useful contacts for one of our clients. At...
[caption id="attachment_1403" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Chantal"][/caption] What do insurance companies, garden supplies, office stationery, solar panels and window blinds have in common? Leaflets advertising them were all delivered to my home recently, on the same day, by...
[caption id="attachment_361" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Alice"][/caption] First, let's get outside the concept that a brand is your logo, and establish that it's also your customer service and your attitude to those who buy or do business with...
[caption id="attachment_361" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Alice"][/caption] I have a good friend whose new business is doing particularly well. She opened her new shop nearly two years ago, and already she is overwhelmed and thinking of expansion! I...
[caption id="attachment_350" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Chantal"][/caption] ?Dear Sir or Madam? - if you really want to get my attention, make a phone call first to find out my name, instead of addressing me that way. ?We currently have...
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...
