A five step plan for social media
My thanks go to Graham Jones, Internet Psychologist, for the inspiration for this blog. I heard Graham speak at a Ladies and Gentlemen That Lunch networking meeting earlier this year, when he shared with us his...
What do you do? And how do you tell people?
When you go to networking meetings and someone asks ?What do you do?? can you answer succinctly, in a way that leaves people wanting to know more? Can you get your message across in one minute...
FastTracking: Smart moves for smart businesses
One thing I see quite regularly in business is the need for new blood. Many small businesses find themselves in a cycle ? the ?feast and famine? rollercoaster. They spend lots of time doing marketing, generating...
Networking – Do we still need face-to-face?
Nowadays, we have many different ways of getting in touch with each other and meeting new people. The social media takeover means we can keep up with what our peers are doing at the touch of...
How do you beat the feast and famine of business?
[caption id="attachment_1403" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Chantal"][/caption] Do you recognise this scenario? You start your business with not much business, so you do lots of marketing with all the time you?ve got on your hands. As a result,...
How many marketing activities do you need?
[caption id="attachment_1403" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Chantal"][/caption] In the last couple of weeks I?ve heard two different marketing presentations that give very different advice and I wanted to share them with you and let you decide which is...
What gaps are in your communication strategy?
[caption id="attachment_361" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Alice"][/caption] The fourth assignment for my CIM Professional Certificate in Marketing involves creating a communications audit on the organisation I have based my assignment upon. After I had fathomed exactly what was...
More marketing methods for Twitter
[caption id="attachment_361" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Alice"][/caption] Twitter is designed for communication and interaction. It isn't somewhere just to tweet about what you're doing or to thrust your latest blog post into the limelight. This is as bad as putting up...
How should you use #ff effectively in Twitter?
[caption id="attachment_361" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Alice"][/caption] For those who don't already know, #ff is a hashtag that stands for 'follow friday'. It is a fun gimmick that adds to the sociability element of Twitter, typically used on...
The importance of good design
[caption id="attachment_361" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Alice"][/caption] There is nothing more off-putting than going to a networking group, finding an interesting prospect, asking for their card and receiving something that is obviously from Alta Vista, when your initial...
