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Do you really fit the best with Everest?

[caption id="attachment_1403" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Chantal"][/caption] At the weekend we ordered some double glazing for our house, to replace the drafty windows that let the heat out in the winter. We called Everest on the Friday and...

Can you sell from the stage?

[caption id="attachment_1403" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Chantal"][/caption] Can you sell your products and services from the stage? I?m not talking about the theatrical stage or suggesting that you become an actor. This is about selling what you do...

The importance of long-term marketing

[caption id="attachment_361" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Alice"][/caption] Businesses have a varied view of what marketing is for, and how it can be used, and it invariably depends on their financial position, the product or service they are promoting,...

Feast versus famine ? which do you prefer?

[caption id="attachment_1403" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Chantal"][/caption] Do you recognise this scenario? You start your business and you?re not very busy, so you do lots of marketing ? going networking, sending newsletters and mail shots and all the...

Why is Marketing Like Running a Half Marathon?

[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...

Does a brand need a logo?

[caption id="attachment_361" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Alice"][/caption] The instantaneous reaction to the word 'brand' cultures up a logo, a symbol which is recognisable for that company. It is an image or shape that becomes memorable (as long as...

What?s the best way to encourage more referrals?

[caption id="attachment_350" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Chantal"][/caption] One of my clients told me that she?d given some vouchers to someone to say thank you for a referral she?d given her. Nothing new in that, I know. I do...

Not another email newsletter!

[caption id="attachment_350" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Chantal"][/caption] Is that what you think when yet another email newsletter drops into your inbox? There are far too many bad email newsletters out there - ones that you haven't asked to...

Planning for Success

Ad hoc marketing doesn?t work. You can?t send one email newsletter and sit back and expect the phone to ring. You can?t go to one networking meeting and expect everyone there to give you business. Good...

Will Facebook take over from websites?

[caption id="attachment_361" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Alice"][/caption] The short answer is No. This question is asked because, with some businesses, it appears that their Facebook page is getting more hits than their website, but let me assure you...