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...
by lesley | Mar 10, 2014 | Marketing
Marketing spans many activities from audience research, product or service development right through to sales. However, when most people talk about ‘marketing’ they’re talking about the promotional part of the process. This is the bit where you are...
