by lesley | Feb 12, 2015 | Marketing, Reputation
I was reading something the other day that featured a quote: It’s not what you say about your business that matters; it’s what other people say. Whilst what other people say is really important, really smart business owners invest time and effort in...
by lesley | Jan 26, 2015 | Marketing, Reputation
On a theoretical level we all know that reputation is important and that, without a relationship, business does not get done – so you need both to generate revenue reliably. If you are proactive in building strong relationships you’ll enhance your...
by lesley | Oct 20, 2014 | Marketing, Newsletters, Social media
In an ideal world business owners would have an effective lead-generator that delivered hot prospects daily. Unfortunately, it isn’t as easy as it sounds and it takes serious effort to get the attention of prospective customers and then convert them to sales....
by lesley | Apr 28, 2014 | Marketing
When I was working on our book, The Reputation Game, with my co-author, Peter Roper, we came to a conclusion – reputation is based on gossip! If nobody is talking about you, you don’t have a reputation. Of course, it is important that the gossip is...
by lesley | Apr 22, 2014 | Marketing
I have banged on incessantly about the importance of knowing who your ideal client is; what industry they come from, what size of company they run (by turnover, number of staff or sites) and so on now we’re on to the next step; what are their problems? If you...
