[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...
[caption id="attachment_350" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Chantal"][/caption] Every two years, we take the plunge and ask our clients what they think of us and the service they receive from us. We ask questions like ?What value did you...
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....
If you’ve heard me speak about the StandOut Strategies, or you’ve read about them in...
