Tag Archives: networking

Is your organisation anonymous?

Posted on September 4, 2024 by Jon Stow

If anyone wants to stay in business and be successful, they must get out there, have a decent website, and learn to use social media so that.customers can find them. Continue reading →

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Asking for help

Posted on May 31, 2016 by Jon Stow

I was having a chat the other day with the chairman of our local Chamber of Trade. He said that many businesses are struggling around our way. I guess he would be in a good position to know, albeit his … Continue reading →

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If you can’t say something nice…

Posted on December 21, 2015 by Jon Stow

There are a few people you come across in the flesh or in social media are like Marmite. You either love them or you can’t stand them. There is really nothing in between. Yet if you really don’t like someone, … Continue reading →

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Marketing, networking and evolution

Posted on July 30, 2015 by Jon Stow

A dozen or so years ago when I set up my own businesses, they were local. I joined various networking groups and met a lot of people. I belonged to on-line business networking sites and went to off-line meetings facilitated … Continue reading →

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What works for us

Posted on May 21, 2015 by Jon Stow

  When I started my businesses I took an ad in local monthly pamphlets which go out to probably about 20,000 homes. It worked quite well, but although I was at one time advertising in four of these booklets going … Continue reading →

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Networking with old friends

Posted on November 6, 2014 by Jon Stow

I have been in business on my own account for a dozen years, now. In that time, I have met many people, both in formal organised networking and just in bumping into people in the course of business. I enjoy … Continue reading →

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Can you network when you are shy?

Posted on November 3, 2014 by Jon Stow

I am a shy guy. It is just how I am. In those psychological tests they had in the Eighties and Nineties, and even into the Noughties, I ended up on the quiet introvert spectrum. I would have been too … Continue reading →

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The End of Business Cards?

Posted on May 27, 2014 by Jon Stow

I checked my drawer the other day to see how many business cards I had left from the last print. To my surprise it was a lot more than I had thought. This leaves me with a dilemma. In one … Continue reading →

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Avoiding taking the rough with the smooth in your business

Posted on May 9, 2014 by Jon Stow

I started writing On Our Bikes to help others who, like me, found themselves with no work and had to go out and find it as an independent business person. I had no experience of running my own business and … Continue reading →

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Promoting your start-up business – Part 6 – Making business friends

Posted on September 2, 2013 by Jon Stow

  Most start-up businesses start with one person – you. You might have one or two part-time staff or subcontractors. However there is a danger of feeling rather lonely. After all, you have to make all the decisions, and while … Continue reading →

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