[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_350" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Chantal"][/caption] We?re building a brand new website for Appletree, so I thought I?d let you know how we?re doing it and how we do it for clients. The first thing we did...
[caption id="attachment_350" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Chantal"][/caption] Quite a few years ago, when people discovered PowerPoint and how useful it was for creating presentations, there was a trend for throwing as much into a presentation as possible. In...
[caption id="attachment_350" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Chantal"][/caption] Listening is a skill that you need to master as part of your marketing. Why? Because you need to listen to what your clients want from you; and because you need...
[caption id="attachment_1319" align="alignleft" width="90" caption="Alice"][/caption] Here at Appletree we don't always work with our noses to the grindstone, sometimes we stick red plastic round things on them and start being silly! It's important to get light relief into...
[caption id="attachment_350" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Chantal"][/caption] The number of ways that you can promote your business through online marketing is constantly growing. It is now accepted that you need an online presence in order to market your...
[caption id="attachment_348" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Alice"][/caption] One thing that strikes me about the Day Care Centre in Compton is how caring everybody is towards each other. This isn?t just the helpers to the service users, it?s the...
[caption id="attachment_350" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Chantal"][/caption] There are three secrets to publishing a great newsletter, that gets read and that will bring you business. 1. Planning ? don?t do any. Just make it up as you go...
[caption id="attachment_350" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Chantal"][/caption] Running a business takes up a lot of time and energy. There?s a lot to do and a lot to think about. Sometimes you might find that you start to lose...
[caption id="attachment_350" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Chantal"][/caption] Have you seen Mary Portas on the TV, in her Secret Shopper programme? Recently she spent some time with a sofa shop, working with salesmen who claimed to put their customers...
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....
