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by lesley | Jun 26, 2017 | Social media
If you’re running a business it’s sometimes hard to decide whether your social media should be you or your business. There are no hard and fast rules, but these are my observations. Generally: Never post anything negative about anyone else, it’s the fastest way to...
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by lesley | Jun 19, 2017 | Blogging
Some of my clients ‘get’ blogging; others can’t see the point. The doubters don’t understand why they should invest in writing content for their blog. Who sees it? What will it do for your profit line? How do I know if it’s making a difference? If you are just...
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by lesley | Jun 12, 2017 | Marketing
I was having a conversation with a group of business people recently and the subject came up about people who ‘pick your brains’ and, effectively get free advice. Some of these people don’t realise that they’re getting free consultancy – but some do and think the ‘can...
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by lesley | Jun 5, 2017 | Writing a book
If you’re a speaker, business trainer, consultant or any other kind of expert you’ll almost certainly have considered writing a book at some point. So what’s stopped you so far? I blew a few excuses out of the water in the last blog I wrote about writing books, but I...
by lesley | May 29, 2017 | Marketing
You’ve almost certainly landed on a squeeze page at some point if you use your computer or mobile device to research information or learn. What’s a squeeze page? One of those web pages that offers you a free download – or sometimes a video – in return for your name...
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by lesley | May 22, 2017 | Awards
You don’t have to be famous to be up for an award – your business may not qualify for the Oscars, but there are almost certainly awards that you can enter. Why bother? It adds credibility to your business if either the organisation or its leader has won a business,...
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by lesley | May 15, 2017 | Marketing
The simple answer is ‘build relationships’, but as with all simple answers, there’s a lot more to it than that. Here are some of the uses that autoresponders work for: Building your reputation: When someone joins your list they are likely to forget you quite quickly,...
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by lesley | May 8, 2017 | Marketing
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...
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by lesley | May 1, 2017 | Social media
You’ve probably come across Facebook pages with thousands of likes and an active community and wondered why yours only gets a couple of likes a week and hardly any engagement. It’s all to do with the amount of time, money and effort you’re prepared to invest. Facebook...
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by lesley | Apr 24, 2017 | Crowd funding
Crowd-funding is on trend – everyone is using it from start-ups to Olympic sports teams. Is it something you could use to help your business move to the next level? Anyone can launch a crowd-funding campaign – and there’s a blog here about creating a good pitch – but...
