Who does your networking for you?
When you go to a networking meeting, are you looking to meet clients? Will there be people in the room to whom you can sell your products and services? Will you meet someone for the first...
Can you do your own marketing?
When I started planning my new business, back in 2000, I sought as much advice as I could, on how to set up and run a business. One of the best pieces of advice I received...
Why now is a great time to do marketing planning
Planning, that old exercise of writing a list of things you are going to do, only never to look at the list again! Sound familiar? The start of a new year is generally filled with repeated...
Building a bridge to your goals
Rachel is a very brave, inspirational lady. A few years ago she made some major changes to her life and now she does exactly what she wants. Her life is full of adventure and she takes...
Why Can?t Salesmen Do Marketing?
At a recent networking meeting I spoke to a salesman from a printing company, about how he was looking for someone to do marketing for his company, to support their sales team. With too much work to...
Networking is not about finding new clients
Apparently this week is National Networking week. So I thought I would share some thoughts about networking. I?ve been doing it for many years and I?ve used it to great effect to grow my business. I?ve...
Happy Mondays (no, not the band, although I do hear that they are reforming for a tour one month this year).
As I got in the car to drive to work on Monday, it was with a sense of relief after surviving the usual chaos of getting everyone out of the house on time and in the...
Using the Law of Attraction to grow your business
I?ve been reading The Law of Attraction by Michael Losier. I attracted it to me ? by putting it on my Christmas list! I?ve been a fan of the law of attraction for many years, since...
Can Your Business Afford to Stand Still This Year?
If your business is standing still ? always doing the same things, the same ways, for the same people ? then you could be missing out on new opportunities and new business. Your competitors will be...
Making a case for case studies
A great way of promoting what you do is by writing case studies about your clients. They are also a great way to get feedback from your clients and to build up stronger relationships with your...
