But only if you know how: the value of industry experience As much as it pains me to say it I can’t pull any of the Apprentices apart today for their lack of business acumen and generally being morons (as … Continued
More Small Business Lessons from The Apprentice. This week: Research The advertising/marketing task is always a favourite of mine for obvious reasons and while this year didn’t deliver a ‘pants man’ level campaign to ridicule, it has to be said … Continued
More Apprentice Inspired Tips for Small Businesses Week 3 in the Apprentice saw the now familiar buying task. Their job was to buy a specific list of items, negotiating the best price possible. As the tasks have all been designed … Continued
Lessons Small Businesses Can Learn from Lord Sugar’s Apprentices So, The Apprentice has started again. I do love the programme but it never fails to amaze me that these people were selected from thousands to represent the best business talent … Continued
I am four-tunate enough on the 4th of the 4th to be celebrating my 4th anniversary in business (OK, technically it was the 1st April but that doesn’t work as well creatively!). My services have developed and changed over that … Continued
Become the Pied Piper of Your Industry! Traditionally marketing has been all about pushing messages out, actively shoving your materials under the nose of your target market and (hopefully) forcing them to notice you. That’s absolutely fine and marketing will … Continued
Do you have a backlog of blogs (a back-blog?): lots of ideas but no time to get them written up? Perhaps you are lacking in inspiration for topics or you just feel your copy writing skills aren’t up to scratch? … Continued
All the questions and answers from Sarah Ainslie’s Facebook Marketing Clinic on 24th February 2011
Got a burning question about marketing your business? Want to pick the brains of a Chartered Marketer for free? On Thursday 24th February 2011 I will be holding a free Marketing Clinic on my Facebook page and here is all the information you need to get involved.
You want your website to work for you but are you working for your website? Tips for a fulfilling relationship with your website and how you can interact with your site for optimum results. Accompanies the Valentine’s Day #loveyourwebsite series on Twitter