I thoroughly enjoyed talking about sales success at the Towcester Business Club Christmas dinner. Any opportunity to enthuse to a captive audience about my passion, Sales. Annie asked me to talk about Sales Success and drawing on my own experiences … Continue reading
Online Presence We all know appearances and first impressions are important. It is no different with your online presence. In the last few years many companies have realised that their target market are easily accessible through social media, websites such … Continue reading
Occasionally we post guest articles from people we work closely with, this month’s guest blogger is Ann Brebner, director of Workplace Cleaning Solutions Ltd. Based in Northampton, WCS provide professional commercial cleaning solutions and as we can attest to their … Continue reading
Marketing on a Budget We all know that we need to market our businesses, but many marketing activites can be expensive and when you are unsure what will work and what won’t, it can be easier to do nothing. At … Continue reading
When developing, promoting or selling your business you have to have the confidence in your product or service. If you don’t have that confidence that will come across and if you don’t believe in yourself, why should anyone else? Confidence … Continue reading
Workshop: Thursday 23rd February 2012 Building a Successful Referral Network Do you spend a lot of time networking and not yet the results you expect? Are you unsure of who you should be building relationships with and how to best … Continue reading
Here at The Last Hurdle we are very pleased to introduce our first guest blog, some one we met through Networking so this blog is very apt, cast your eyes over the amusing and frank Networking Jungle blog from Sheila … Continue reading
I want to share some knowledge that I gleaned from a journalist speaker I saw quite a few months ago and whilst quite simple it has a profound effect when you apply it to important negotiations. It’s about positive language, … Continue reading
Social media marketing top tips by Jules Thomas 1. I am a firm believer of this adage for every life situation especially the business world. Be yourself, you can’t be anyone else, and As Rob Brown says; ‘Everyone else has … Continue reading
Gemini Supplies and Knights & Hyde Case Study – Meeting #2 Linkedin Following on from our first meeting, this time we will be concentrating on Sheila’s Linkedin profile and her professional presence on there. For me Linkedin is still all … Continue reading
Promote yourself Blow your own horn! After all no one will trumpet for you. As a small business owner you are the one that is the most passionate about your product or service, right?!? Then shout about it! I see … Continue reading
… why should anyone else? I heard this phrase an awful lot of times before I realised how true this can be. Are you putting obstacles in your own path? I love the following phrase: ‘If you think you can, … Continue reading
Social Media Advice Linked in hint: Are you being distracted with notifications from your social media? I did too, until I changed the email address associated with them to a ‘free to use’ email. I chose live.co.uk It doesn’t matter … Continue reading