How Do You Survive in Business?
How Do You Survive in Business? Far too many new businesses fail to make it beyond their first few years. A mere 4% of those that start up actually make it to 10 years. Why is...
Shut Up or Speak Up!
Shut Up or Speak Up! Ever been in a room full of strangers? All eyes watching you listening to every word, waiting for you to mess up and fumble the words like a nervous schoolboy....
Facebook: The Biggest Waste of a Marketers Time
Facebook: The Biggest Waste of a Marketers Time In my experience whenever the topic of social media is brought to the table, Facebook is usually the first platform mentioned. Either Facebook is one of the most...
Only 42 Shopping Days until Christmas!
Only 42 Shopping Days until Christmas! In August we ordered our Christmas cards. We didn't do it because I'm a huge fan of Christmas and because we can't wait to put up the decorations (I'm not...
Facebook For Business – Does It Really Work?
In the last blog, I discussed Twitter for Beginners as a part of the Social or Not Too Social Series. This week let's explore Facebook and see how you can use it for growing your business....
Blogging Brings Business
On Monday Dale gave us some expert reasons on why you should start a business blog. You now have all the positive reasons why you should start a blog. So...have you started one? If you're still...
Publicly Speaking – Using Talks to Promote Your Business
Publicly Speaking - Using Talks to Promote Your Business Last week I went to the 10th anniversary dinner of the Toastmasters club that I joined about eight years ago. I first went along to the group...
To Blog or Not To Blog?
To Blog or Not To Blog? Over the past four months I have been writing a bi-weekly blog for Appletree. When I started to write I was struggling to see the benefits of writing, apart from...
Twitter, The Platform For Updating The World That You Had A Cup of Tea
Twitter, The Platform For Updating The World That You Had A Cup of Tea On Monday Nidhi gave us the beginners guide to Twitter. Included in this blog, Nidhi supplied us with some fantastic tips on...
What Do You Need to Sell to Reach Your Goals?
Last week I had a Review Meeting with one of our clients. We created a website for him about six months ago, to help him be found by potential clients and have been working on improving it...
