Dealing with micro enterprises, mostly with 5 employees or fewer, I hear every week how difficult it can be to make time for marketing. And yet, you must. As another year passes, I invite you to reflect on how much time you spent these past 12 months on actually pro-actively marketing your business, its products […]
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In Marketing, It’s Often the Simple Things …
Trust me : In marketing, it’s often the simple things that work best. I remember reading somewhere that marketing is 90% sweat and 10% inspiration. Most “marketing gurus” wouldn’t like to admit that, of course, often preferring to accentuate the inspirational side of things. And don’t get me wrong, there’s most definitely a need for […]
SMART Goals are the only Way to Go
Now, we’re talking uniquely about business here, ok? While SMART Goals are the only way to go for your business, they don’t always apply to life in general. They’re a bit rigid for that. But when it comes to business, they surely are, well … smarter. When discussing our business and where we want to […]
Why Should Anybody Buy From You?
In today’s world of hyper competition and online v offline purchasing options, why should anybody buy from you? We’re all in business of one form or another, of one size or another. But whatever type of business you run, one question should keep popping up in your brain. “Why should anybody buy from me?” Now, […]
How Long Should Marketing Videos Be?
We’re all gone very visual now. And demanding. Your target market is looking for visual content. They react best to visual. And their preferred format is video. Earlier this year, the top social media marketing gurus were predicting that Facebook, for example, may well be video posts only by 2020 – and that’s just around […]
9 Things to Consider When Starting your own Business
Beginning your journey with your own new business can be a wonderful experience, but also a daunting one. While working for yourself can certainly be a hugely rewarding path to take, it comes fraught with dangers – not least of which is the disappearance of your weekly pay cheque. Are you ready to take the […]
Service Gaps Model for Exceptional Customer Service
I’m not a big fan of marketing and business development ‘models’ in general, but I do like the Service Gaps Model. It’s old-fashioned, perhaps, but still works for me and the many service businesses I deliver mentoring to. Essentially, the Service Gaps Model is a way of reviewing the performance of a business, as measured […]
Remarketing Tools from Facebook and Mailchimp
As a small business owner, you’re probably using Facebook Pages and some email marketing system or other. Mine’s a Mailchimp, thank you for asking. But are you using the powerful remarketing tools these platforms offer? Placing the Facebook pixel tracking code on your website allows you to build audiences on Facebook of website visitors who […]
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Customer Care at the Cleaning Company
It’s a few years since I met these people, but the client’s name recently popped up in a conversation. This cleaning company has been very successful over the years and I remember them as one of the most impressive small businesses I’ve come across. First, their business is spread quite widely across the country. Despite […]