How good is your business focus?

How good is your business focus?

If you’re about to set up in business it’s a scary step to take.  When you’re going from a reliable income as an employee to the captain of your own ship exploring relatively unknown waters with rewards that are, at best, projections, with no guarantees, it can be...
Email marketing or SPAM?

Email marketing or SPAM?

People are often worried about running email marketing campaigns – “I don’t want to spam the people on my list” they say.  And they’re right – we’ve all been on the receiving end of spam sales pitches from people who we don’t know or may have given us a business card...
Email marketing or SPAM?

What a show-off!

If you follow what I write about you’ll know that I talk about the RAVE acronym – Reputation, Authority, Visibility, Expertise – and today I’m focused on Expertise. Unless someone has actually paid for your services, how do they know how good you are?  They have to...
Is collaboration part of your business strategy?

Is collaboration part of your business strategy?

If you work in a large organisation collaboration is part of the working environment; whether it’s working with colleagues in your department or as part of a multi-functional team. When you’re in a smaller company it’s less in evidence – if there are fewer than 20...
Email marketing or SPAM?

How do you get networking leads?

In 2016 the most effective way to get business is by referral. People who rate you refer others to you so what do you do to make that referral process easy? Most business owners network – online and offline. They’re on LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube and/or have a page on...