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Tag Archives: Start-up
Booing from the sidelines
However, success in business is about belief. It is about market sentiment. The more positive people feel about the business environment and the economy in general, the better it actually is. Continue reading
Posted in Business planning, Sales, Social, Start-up
Tagged Business and Economy, sentiment, Start-up, support
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How much is a consultant worth?
Consultants and indeed anyone offering a service should think in terms of what value they can deliver to the client when making a proposal. How much better off will the client be at the end of the assignment or how much value going forward will the client benefit from? Continue reading
Posted in Business planning, Customer relations, marketing, Sales
Tagged consultant, day rate, marketing, Start-up, value billing
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I’m gonna sit right down and write myself a letter
I’m gonna sit right down and write myself a letter And make believe it came from you Once upon a time Going through some old papers the other day I found a note I wrote myself a long time ago. … Continue reading
Never mind the quality?
Image via Wikipedia I love being in business, and not being an employee and part of someone else’s business. Many of you have heard that from me before. Just the same it is not all plain sailing and that is … Continue reading
Posted in Business planning, Customer relations, Sales, Start-up, Uncategorized
Tagged business, client, Happiness, quality, Samuel Johnson, service, Start-up, value
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Choices
Our first businesses are generally based on our familiar environments. We tend to work in familiar areas. That is understandable, but we can corral ourselves into a particular mindset in which we can believe that we are only good at … Continue reading
Posted in Business planning, marketing, Sales
Tagged ambition, enterprise, fun, marketing, new business, Start-up
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Shopping habits and the High Street
Instant gratification is the name of the game, and no, I am not talking about anything sleazy. Just as I was saying recently that the advertising tradition of two hundred years is outdated, so is the traditional High Street specialist … Continue reading
Posted in Business planning, marketing, Sales
Tagged High Street, mail order, niche, Online shopping, Retailing, Start-up
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Don’t repeat costly business mistakes
Mistakes. We all make them. In the early years of a business, inexperience may lead us to make quite a few. Don’t worry about that. It is important to learn from mistakes and move on. Continue reading
Posted in Business planning, marketing, Sales
Tagged advertising, customer, learn, marketing, mistake, planning, sales, small business, Start-up, Yellow Pages
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Unemployment, qualifications and aptitude
On the local news on TV there was a feature from a seaside town about the high level of unemployment. One guy interviewed complained he couldn’t get a job despite being a qualified bricklayer, gym instructor and IT technician. Now … Continue reading
Posted in marketing, productivity, Start-up
Tagged benefit, business, Business and Economy, Employment, Job Search, jobseeker, responsibility, small business, Start-up
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The right market for a business start-up
Image by Getty Images via @daylife When we are starting a business it is easy to take on every prospect who comes to our door and every project we may be asked to do. It is easy for me to … Continue reading
Posted in marketing, Sales, Start-up
Tagged customer, marketing, sales, small business, Start-up
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The right business to start up?
People start businesses for different reasons. It might be to fulfill a dream such as running an art shop or an old-fashioned confectioners, or because they have been made redundant and think they are good enough at what they do … Continue reading
Posted in Business planning, management, Start-up
Tagged demand, hobby, redundant, skill, small business, Start-up
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