[caption id="attachment_350" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Chantal"][/caption] On 1 September 2010 we took over running Ladies That Lunch ? And Men Too. This networking group has been running for about 7 years and I was a member when...
[caption id="attachment_361" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Alice"][/caption] In one of the questions I answered in LinkedIn, one responder asked me what I meant by added value. He thought it referred to the difference between the cost price and...
[caption id="attachment_361" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Alice"][/caption] There are many pros and cons to having a blog. Unfortunately, if you mention blogging to the uninitiated, they immediately think of the cons, partly because they don't know the pros....
[caption id="attachment_361" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Alice"][/caption] I've gone back to school again. Getting a qualification in the subject I work in seemed imperative if I am to do justice to Chantal's clients, so I've signed up to...
[caption id="attachment_361" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Alice"][/caption] I read a lot of blogs, and this means I get to see a lot of blog designs. Usually I'm tempted to go to these blogs because the headline or permalink,...
[caption id="attachment_361" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Alice"][/caption] Blogging is definitely a 21st century phenomenon. So why am I thinking of it in Victorian terms? Quite some time ago I posted a question on LinkedIn asking how would a...
[caption id="attachment_361" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Alice"][/caption] If you make your customers happy, then they are satisfied; but that is not the same as loyalty. Loyalty requires working on these satisfied customers, giving them excellent, high quality service,...
[caption id="attachment_361" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Alice"][/caption] A blog carnival is a great way of getting more traffic to your blog. It is referred to as a blogging event or community, or even a magazine. All these terms...
[caption id="attachment_361" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Alice"][/caption] Blogs are hard work. They require consistent updating to make them successful, and unless you love or excel in writing skills, the effort required can be daunting. Perhaps you feel you...
[caption id="attachment_361" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Alice"][/caption] Someone on LinkedIn asked a question if blogs are businesses. Many of the answers wittered on about affiliate and sponsored advertising, as if making money made your blog a business. I...
If you’ve heard me speak about the StandOut Strategies, or you’ve read about them in...
Human relationships, based on emotions, are the key to the conversations you have with potential...
How often have you found yourself working with a client who isn’t totally perfect for...
