5 steps to business success

5 steps to business success

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...
5 steps to business success

How am I doing?

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...
5 steps to business success

Building your online reputation

Marketing is a vast subject – and impacts on every area in your organisation no matter how big or small.  Reputation marketing is a small part of it. So what is reputation marketing exactly? It’s taking control of your online profile (and equally your offline profile,...
5 steps to business success

Do you get recommended?

Recommendations from other people are the lifeblood of most businesses.  It’s what is known as ‘third party validation’ and the reason most business owners actively seek testimonials and feature a testimonial page on their website.  It’s saying...
5 steps to business success

Stand out from the crowd

In business everyone has competition, so to get ahead of the pack you really have to stand out – and that can be difficult.  There are lots of ways you can stand out: Dye your hair green Drive around in really noticeable car Always wear the same colour –...
5 steps to business success

Talk to your customers

Of course we all talk to our customers, to establish what they want, to check details, to keep them up to date with order progress – but how often do we REALLY talk to them? How many service providers have an in depth knowledge of their customers?  The sort of...