[caption id="attachment_361" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Alice"][/caption] Here are some tips on various selling techniques. Controversially I'm treating them like my marketing methods: building relationships, spreading expertise and gaining credibility, as these attributes can all be used in...
[caption id="attachment_361" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Alice"][/caption] This scenario arose from one of our new clients, which I would like to share with you. They migrated from their previous newsletter system to JAC, Appletree's version, and consequently were issued...
[caption id="attachment_361" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Alice"][/caption] I've been tweeting about the difference between marketing and sales, and that they're not the same: the former is about gaining relationships, spreading expertise and maintaining credibility; the latter is about...
[caption id="attachment_350" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Chantal"][/caption] Recently I was out with my husband and his parents, looking for somewhere to get some lunch, on a Sunday, in a town we were passing through . We found pub...
[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...
[caption id="attachment_350" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Chantal"][/caption] My client Sarah designs and makes the most gorgeous curtains. (Click the link to see examples on her website!) Last week we spent half a day together, working on her Marketing Plan, so...
[caption id="attachment_153" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Chantal"][/caption] At a recent workshop I ran on how to get more from your networking, we talked about having an objective for each meeting you go to. This objective could be to...
[caption id="attachment_153" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Chantal"][/caption] Referrals can come in all shapes and sizes and from all directions. They don't just come from your clients - have you thought about where else they can come from? Here are some...
[caption id="attachment_165" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Alice"][/caption] Now you have got your list (read how in my previous post), it?s time to use it to educate, entertain and stimulate your readership to use your business. Even if you...
[caption id="attachment_153" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Chantal"][/caption] We?ve been working with a CSR consultant, Jo Sandford from Creating Synergy, to look at what CSR we?ve been doing in our business and what else we can do. Jo knew...
As the UK was about to head into another Covid lockdown towards the end of...
10 years ago, I went skiing with a group of other business owners. The group...
I don’t often go to supermarkets. I’m not keen on the experience and would rather...
