[caption id="attachment_350" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Chantal"][/caption] This was the subject of the presentation I gave at a breakfast networking meeting on 16 June. If you missed it, or if you were there and you'd like a reminder,...
[caption id="attachment_350" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Chantal"][/caption] 1. No, you don't need to blow your own trumpet As a Marketing Consultant, I earn a living from telling people about how great my clients are. They pay me to...
[caption id="attachment_337" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Dianne"][/caption] The following week, I was back pounding the streets of Newbury town centre again. My task was to recruit local shops and banking halls to host a local charity event for...
[caption id="attachment_361" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Alice"][/caption] I just have to share this with you: http://designedbygoodpeople.wordpress.com/2010/05/25/wise-words-from-picasso/ This post was so apt when I read it, it rang all my bells! I expect there have been plenty of times...
[caption id="attachment_361" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Alice"][/caption] This concept arose from a question I saw in a LinkedIn Group about small businesses wearing too many hats. It also may have been sparked off by Chantal's last post...
[caption id="attachment_350" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Chantal"][/caption] When we sent out a press release to local journalists, telling them that I'm writing a book about how to survive ten years in business, one of them asked me to...
[caption id="attachment_350" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Chantal"][/caption] Having just sent out a press release about the fact that I?m writing a book, to celebrate ten successful years in business, we had a request from a local journalist for...
Alice has just got back from giving a talk about social networking to a group of home businesses. She concentrated on the main four: Blogging, LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook and here's a summary of what she talked...
[caption id="attachment_350" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Chantal"][/caption] Every month the team at Appletree gets together to talk about how we?re doing and where we?re going. It?s a great opportunity to share ideas and discuss any issues that have...
[caption id="attachment_361" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Alice"][/caption] During a recession one of the main marketing activities to suffer is advertising. This is not surprising, as most adverts fail because the people that write and/or design them don't understand...
Many people I speak to – especially the owners of small service businesses – tell...
If I had a pound for every time I’ve heard someone say “I don’t do...
Recently I ran a workshop about the StandOut Strategies for a group of business owners....
