May 2011

Forget Social Media – let’s start off with the Social!

May 27, 2011



Tweet Everyone loves positive feedback. What happens though when the negative creeps in?  How companies deal with it in a time when a complaint can whizz around the world (The Look At It, Richard In-Flight Meal Letter or United Breaks Guitars YouTube video are two high profile examples) can be the making of their Social [...]

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Organic SEO with social media & business blogs : Rats optional!

May 25, 2011



Tweet I love a good story, me, and I came across an excellent one recently whilst putting together some case studies on the benefit of social media in terms of website SEO. Morgan PR‘s site holds a wealth of useful stuff – social media marketing, public relations and web marketing to name but a few [...]

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Why your business should have a blog

May 23, 2011



Tweet Do you want to gain visibility for your business? Do you want to be found on the internet when people search for the product or service you offer? If the answer is no – then I realise you are shutting up shop and going off to sail round the world… If the answer is [...]

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Business needs People & Appointments – Entrepreneur Brad Burton talks business blind dates

May 19, 2011



Tweet Brad Burton, the entrepreneur behind 4Networking, talks about his business on BBC2′s Working Lunch. What networking groups do you belong to and what groups do you recommend? Where do you get most success – what do you actually define as networking success? Tweet

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Don’t be a Powerpoint Time Vampire – make your presentations Video snappy!

May 18, 2011



Tweet “I hate being presented to. Long, windy overhead presentations bore me to tears and I switch off when they’re on. I don’t need to hear all the underlying research that lead to the conclusion presented on the final slide. What I need to hear is your recommendation and why you think it is the [...]

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Ways to avoid cold calling and STILL grow your business. Number 3 & 4:

May 13, 2011



Tweet To quote Smart Marketing Blog – “Cold-calling makes you a commodity” . So here, in part 3 of my blog series on avoiding cold-calling, are their number 3 & 4 tips: 3. Strategic partnerships “This is one way you can maintain contact with your clients, even when they aren’t ready to buy. By establishing a network [...]

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Ways to avoid call calling and STILL grow your business. Number 2:

May 12, 2011



Tweet I started a short series of blogs recently on how to avoid cold calling if, like me, you’re not convinced it’s as effective as many other methods of getting new business – they are based on an article on Smart Marketing Blog which states- “Cold-calling makes you a commodity” Here’s their second tip on better [...]

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Ways to avoid cold calling and STILL grow your business – Number 1:

May 9, 2011



Tweet To quote Smart Marketing Blog – “Cold-calling makes you a commodity” Ryan Barton – author of said blog – has 5 tips for us to grow our businesses ethically and with longevity in mind… Here’s number 1: How to build business – tip number 1 “I’ve told you what I think about cold-calling, and [...]

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Things you CAN do to grow your business – that don’t involve cold calling! And Social Media is one of them…

May 3, 2011



Tweet To quote Smart Marketing Blog – “Cold-calling makes you a commodity” Ryan tells his story about the trials and tribulations of selling photocopiers. In a very similar vein, my first true sales job was working for an office stationers & furniture company. Integral to that role was “cold calling” the businesses on my patch [...]

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