Marketing and sales advice for UK small businesses: digital marketing, SEO, social media, branding and tactics that win more customers.
Businesses could be wasting thousands on unecessary social media training which teaches many employees what they already know and could simply work to fuel the fear…
Who's worthy of going into your CRM system, Outlook, your mobile or your social network, etc.? What should be the criteria so you don't end up…
UK’s most common high street names revealed as business directory launches hunt for UK’s ‘punniest’ business
Wading into the fast-moving flow of social media can be daunting to a small business owner with very little time on his hands. Here's Business Matters…
The elevator pitch describes your company concisely and in a compelling way. The elevator pitch is the answer you give when you coincidentally meet someone in…
The UK’s most competitive search for exciting new businesses has returned and this year, your small business could be crowned Britain's best!
In the age old tradition of marriage, there stands an even older tradition: the prank pulled off by the best man on the bride and groom.…
We recently spoke to Mark Artus, CEO of 1HQ, one of Europe’s largest branding companies to get his top 10 branding tips. Mark has been the…
Anyone with a good idea and adequate common sense can start a business, but establishing and growing it is another matter. In the current climate, where…
This winter there has been a lot of talk about ‘visibility’. For the purposes of this blog post, though, I’m not talking about whether you can…
Mike Southon, co-author of best-selling book The Beermat Entrepreneur, invites you to a sales training event! Based on the best-selling book "Sales on a Beermat", this…
In my last article we explored the ways in which possible sales are being lost due to salespeople accepting the usual call me back after Christmas…
Smarta.com, a free online business resource for small business owners, has joined forces with TV Dragon Deborah Meaden and Bebo Founder Michael Birch in a nationwide…
Why do so many people struggle to attain a real return from all of their networking activities? There are a host of possible reasons but I…
Business networking specialist Andy Lopata takes time to shatter a few illusions, as networking groups do not produce referrals. That may disappoint a few people who…