by lesley | Mar 29, 2021 | Reputation
Your reputation is something that doesn’t happen by accident, it is carefully built. Getting people to know, like and trust you – and rate your expertise as worth having takes time and effort. Of course, a reputation should be authentic – especially a...
by lesley | Mar 22, 2021 | Blogging
The most frequent reason people tell me they don’t write blogs is because they don’t know what to write about – so here are a few ideas to get your creative juices flowing. 1: Answer a question When I’m networking people often ask me questions around my area of...
by lesley | Mar 15, 2021 | Business
One of the things I’ve noticed as we’ve all had to change the way we work is that people are paying more attention to planning. Maybe it’s because they are having to do more with less budget; maybe it’s because they are having to work differently and need a different...
by lesley | Mar 8, 2021 | Writing a book
There is a saying that everyone has at least one book in them. However, most people never make the effort to get that book out. What about you? Have you ever considered writing a book? You may have met other business people who proudly announce that their book is...
by lesley | Mar 1, 2021 | Websites
This is not some deep and thoughtful question about the meaning of life – it’s the question you should be asking every visitor to your website. Of course, that’s not possible, but when you’re revamping your website your web designer should be asking you what...
by lesley | Feb 22, 2021 | Social media, YouTube
If you want to really leverage the power of YouTube you need to get your videos to reach as many people as possible. Assuming your videos are full of great and engaging content, let’s look at the other things you can do to get your videos to rank on the first page of...
by lesley | Feb 15, 2021 | Email marketing
If you’ve ever signed up to one of those American internet marketers’ lists, you’ve probably been alarmed by the at least daily emails you’ve received. You definitely don’t want to do that to your list – do you? The answer is – that depends on the content...
by lesley | Feb 8, 2021 | Business, Lead Generation, Marketing
People talk about sales funnels – and how they will effortlessly fill up to generate leads. But it’s never as simple as it looks! A good sales funnel needs planning. You need to consider every step with a goal for each step – and then build a robust...
by lesley | Feb 1, 2021 | Press & Media
Press releases are hard work! Small businesses can rarely find issues that are actually newsworthy every month, let alone every week. If your business is in an area that features in the news regularly then that might help, but a good press release has to tick at...
by lesley | Jan 25, 2021 | Newsletters
If your inbox is anything like mine, you really don’t need another newsletter. If you are asked to sign up for a newsletter list, you probably won’t. Yet people are really successful in growing massive email lists – so what’s their secret? The answer is VALUE!...
