by lesley | Jan 3, 2022 | Marketing
Here we are in a fresh new year, full of potential. If you’ve been using the quiet time between the Festive Frenzy and the New Year celebrations to do a bit of thinking about where you want to take your business in 2022 – you’ll need some strategies to support...
by lesley | Dec 27, 2021 | YouTube
There’s no denying that video gets more attention. Plus when you post videos onto your YouTube channel, you’re putting them directly onto the second biggest search engine worldwide. But videos are expensive to produce – aren’t they? They can be – but they...
by lesley | Dec 20, 2021 | Email marketing
Email marketing is a very effective marketing tool – but only if you know how to use it effectively. You may have seen some really bad examples of email marketing, where you’re bombarded with emails daily demanding that you ‘buy this’ or ‘subscribe’ to a...
by lesley | Dec 13, 2021 | Lead Generation, Marketing
If you aren’t a natural sales person, how do you find new customers? There are plenty of ways to connect to your target audience: Cold calls Networking Advertising Social media Referrers/advocates The right strategies all work – but my favourite of all is the...
by lesley | Dec 6, 2021 | Press & Media
When you think of PR – are you thinking ‘press releases’? There are far more opportunities that are more effective than simply issuing press releases. Press releases are hard to get published and you’ll need a really good story, not just a business announcement...
by lesley | Nov 29, 2021 | Newsletters
If you send out a regular newsletter you want to know people are reading it. Most of the email marketing platforms (e.g. MailChimp, AWeber, GetResponse, etc) send out stats showing how many opens and links clicked your message gets. This should give you an idea...
by lesley | Nov 22, 2021 | Social media
If you’ve dabbled in social media, know that it’s important, but have no idea how to make it work on a business level – or make it worth the effort you have to put in keep reading. If you: Put in lots of effort with little result Spend hours trying to keep up...
by lesley | Nov 15, 2021 | Reputation
Every time you attend a networking meeting, visit a client, show up on a Zoom meeting, post on social media – or even chat with a friend – somebody is watching. And every move you make is measured against your reputation. A few years back I was lecturing...
by lesley | Nov 8, 2021 | Blogging
‘Blog’ is a shortened form of ‘Web log’, and a log is a record of something. Remember how episodes of Start Trek started with Captain’s log Stardate …? That was a sort of diary of events – and that’s how blogs started as people’s online diary. Of course, these...
by lesley | Nov 1, 2021 | Business
One of my mentors used to say to me “If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will get you there.” He was talking about the importance of having a goal, before you start doing things. Everything you do should be taking you a step towards your goals. Every...
