A small business needs marketing spark. The cost-effective way to breathe in new ideas and get inspiration is by getting away from the computer and out there meeting people. The best way of doing this is by doing face to face networking rather than closing sales deals. What’s so good about networking for a small [...]
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Face to face networking – small business marketing spark
May 7th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Face to Face Networking, Inspiration, Internet Marketing
Tags:networking groups·spark
Small business marketing for the biggest competitor
April 30th, 2009 · No Comments · Internet Marketing, Marketing
Small businesses face a lot of competition. Who or what is the biggest competitor? Is the the same-size company offering a broadly similar service? Is it the bigger competitor with a well established brand name and deeper pockets who can afford to pay more to get a client? Is it the hundred other ways that [...]
The Apprentice – thought or action
April 29th, 2009 · No Comments · Internet Marketing
The interest in this week’s Apprentice was the conflict between strategy and implementation. The point of the task was to sell the products at the right price. With hindsight the best approach would have been to get the items valued and prioritise the sales activity in order of value. The winning team showed this dilemma [...]
Tags:small business
Small business marketing to beat the bigger competitor
April 27th, 2009 · No Comments · Internet Marketing
Small business marketing can be more powerfully authentic than marketing from a multinational giant. Small business owners usually care about starting or developing their business. They care about the quality of service and products, they care about the customer and they care about their reputation. Employees for large companies also care, but everybody knows that [...]
Tags:competitor
Social media marketing plan – path made by robots!
April 17th, 2009 · No Comments · Bit of a Rant, Inspiration, Internet Marketing, Marketing, Social media
Great day yesterday! I am starting to link my sites so that there are paths from one to another and getting a bit of robot power to make the way easier. This blog is now my twitter website link, and I have put a link back from my site Creative Spark Communications to this blog. [...]
Away for the weekend -blog visitors improve!
April 13th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Inspiration, Internet Marketing, Social media, Technology
I went away for the weekend to a family reunion which was wonderful and forgot about work. Beautiful countryside, good food, good conversations, visiting places I knew as a child, connecting with where I have come from. Great memory: sitting in the sunshine on the day before Easter in the company of about 25 relatives [...]