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by lesley | Dec 5, 2016 | Blogging, Marketing, Newsletters
How many websites do you visit and they ask you to ‘sign up’ for their newsletter? There’s no indication of what the newsletter will deliver and these days most of us are smart enough to recognise it as a means of getting our email address to market to us. There’s...
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by lesley | Nov 28, 2016 | Blogging, Marketing, Social media
Auberon Waugh invented this phrase to describe the middle classes who were well-educated, had strong political views and were social concerned. It wasn’t a compliment! Today it might be used in a completely different way – to describe people who spend all their time...
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by lesley | Nov 21, 2016 | Blogging, Marketing
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...
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by lesley | Jul 20, 2016 | Marketing
If you own a business you know that marketing is one of those things that everyone tells you are essential. Most people understand the sales process, but marketing is often seen as a bit ‘woolly’! I used to work for a big organisation and their marketing...
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by lesley | May 23, 2016 | Marketing, Reputation
Promising you a ‘magic bullet’ to solve all your business challenges isn’t very realistic – BUT these five things will make a significant difference. ONE – Make your mind up! If I had £1 for every time someone at a networking meeting described their ideal contact as...
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by lesley | Apr 18, 2016 | Marketing, Reputation
Children don’t respond well to being ignored. Most children want some kind of interaction as reassurance that they are part of a group. They need telling they’re being good; that people are happy to have them around. In fact, if they aren’t getting any feedback...
