This might sound like a strange question, but it is a question that everyone who is thinking about going networking should answer. Networking is a really powerful marketing tool for many people and many businesses, but...
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...
I recently returned from an amazing sponsored horse ride in India, where one of my fellow riders taught me an important lesson about marketing. On the very first day of the ride, the first time we...
When the exhaust fell off my car last month, I phoned a local tyre and exhaust specialist. They gave me a good price so I got the car there, they fixed it and it was ready...
At the end of January I went to The Late Breakfast networking meeting, to listen to the wonderful Elizabeth Kuhnke from Kuhnke Communication. She?s an expert in body language and gave a wonderful and very funny...
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...
During the first week of January this year, we took on two new clients and had two existing clients ask us to do more work for them. I wasn?t at work during the first week of...
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...
This is the final blog of a 3 part series that I've been writing, about how to close a sale. Great marketing won't get you anywhere if you can't close a sale, so here is the...
A little while ago I wrote on this blog how impressed I was with the customer service we received last autumn when we bought new windows from Everest. The company has gone to great lengths to...
You’ve been working hard on your marketing. You’re speaking the right language and the enquiries...
Business is built on trust. Your prospective clients need to trust you before they’ll buy...
