Where is Your Business Going in 2015?
Where is Your Business Going in 2015? I know you'll already have read a lot by now about setting goals for 2015, about New Year's resolutions and about plans ... and that's because this is still...
What Do Your Clients Really Think of You?
What Do Your Clients Really Think of You? The Appletree Client Survey – Part One When did you last ask your clients what they really think of you? Do you know why they use your services...
The Alternative 12 Days of Christmas – or 12 different ways to promote your business next year!
The Alternative 12 Days of Christmas – or 12 different ways to promote your business next year! On the first day of Christmas my true love … – so you think you know the rest? Here...
The A – Z of Marketing: The Full List
The A – Z of Marketing: The Full List At the start of 2014 we started writing the A – Z of Marketing – a series of 26 blogs looking at 26 different marketing topics. Of...
Get Your Marketing Right and You Don’t Need to Know How to Sell
Get Your Marketing Right and You Don't Need to Know How to Sell Ask any Marketing Consultant whether they think marketing is more important than sales and of course they will tell you that it is....
How Can You Use Authentic Marketing To Grow Your Business?
How Can You Use Authentic Marketing To Grow Your Business? So far, 2014 has been a really good year for Appletree. In fact, in terms of profitability, it has been the best year in all the...
How Well Do You Know Your Clients? And How Important is it That You Do?
How Well Do You Know Your Clients? And How Important is it That You Do? The last time I went to the hairdresser, I sat down and complained "My hair just isn’t working! It's only...
What’s the Best Way to Get Referrals? By Saying Thank You!
What's the Best Way to Get Referrals? By Saying Thank You! I keep hearing people talk about 'referral strategies' and a number of my clients have asked me recently about whether or not they should set...
How Do You Write a Book to Market Your Small Business?
How Do You Write a Book to Market Your Small Business? Recently I was introduced to a lovely lady called Kate, who is a coach and a trainer. She was interested in writing a book in...
Why Can’t Most Small Businesses do Sales?
Why Can't Most Small Businesses do Sales? If you put a group of small business owners into a room together and ask how many of them are sales people, what answer will you get? Most people...
