Sales and marketing skills training: Win and grow more profitable business
With so many business networks to choose form – and each set up as a business to make money for its founder – it’s not always easy for a newbie networker to know where to start. And here’s a heretical thought: Maybe you don’t need to invest in becoming a member of any of them until … [Read more...]
What skills do you feel you need most right now? Do you need to learn them or could you buy or barter with someone else? What skills could you offer? I'm a firm believer that there is a wealth of talent amongst you, our regular visitors and followers and your networks. Some of which we've … [Read more...]
For richer, for poorer The idea of a franchise, to my mind, is to 'plug the gaps' for those who have maybe been employees and want or need or have no choice but to get out of employment by one person or company but don't have rounded enough business skills to make a go of it on their own. Okay, … [Read more...]
The subject of cold calling raised its head again recently. This time it was over at Birds on the Blog where regular visitors here will know I'm a contributing author. The whole post made almost my blood boil, yet again. Not because of the stance Tessa (the post's author) took or the content of … [Read more...]
Is it living a good life? Is part of it income? Is part of it financial independence? Is part of it objectives that you achieve, dreams coming true, family, children, grandchildren, good friends, productivity? In the words of Jim Rohn: "It’s a wide range. It’s all encompassing, the word … [Read more...]
That's a bit of a ripe statement coming from a Trainer, isn't it? Or is it? If your business back is already up against the wall, to be honest you've left it too late to expect any kind of training to get you through an existing crisis. Know how on Brand, Business, Finance, PR, Promotion, … [Read more...]
I did some online research over the past couple of hours on the Top 10 Reasons Small Businesses Fail. The first I came up with was information from the Small Business Administration, an American federal government agency with some 2,000 permanent full time staff and a head honcho (called an … [Read more...]
T:+ 44 (0) 20 7209 1284 or M:+ 44 (0) 7879 628 367 The name of this site - Small Business Training And the tag line underneath it - Sales and marketing skills training: Win and grow more profitable business ...pretty well explain the aims of this site since 2006: Good sales and marketing … [Read More...]
We’re delighted to have Ben Kench as our Guest Blogger and you’ll see you’re actually getting 3-for-1 blogs here! Ok…Selling With Social Media…we’ve covered a couple for very important points thus far. Tip one – new thinking, a new sales strategy Tip two – Be social, it’s called social media after all I hope you’ve [...]
Precised extracts from my email inbox this morning: “…the Publisher of the Orange County Register in the USA (a newspaper that is the third largest in California) says: “The Register has to become a 21st century business… We can’t have the same model that worked 10 years ago.” His approach has been to offer premium [...]