20
Jan
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People talk, businesses change….

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A business is fundamentally two things; a brand and its people. With communications now able to flow freely between all people inside and outside the organisation the way business is done has changed whether we like it or not.
I have been thinking about the differences and the questions we all need to [...]

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26
Aug
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Back on the Blogwagon

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I have not posted for a long while. I haven’t even looked at my site or managed to do anything other than the bare minimum to keep the home fires burning. I won’t go into detail, but this is because my youngest daughter Claudia was very ill and I have spent a long [...]

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14
Apr
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The more you put in the more you get out – please don’t forget about your new business developer

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If you make an extra bit of effort all the time the difference is clear. Smile more, help people more, work a bit harder, be a better friend, get up a little earlier, go to bed a little earlier, run a bit faster, cook something new, bake a cake….try it, it really does make [...]

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25
Jan
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Rewarding disloyalty (rant alert)

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People who know me well understand my overriding sense of fairness, and that I am unlikely to keep quiet if I think something is unfair. Recently I have again become very aware of the ‘rewards for disloyalty’ programme that seems to be in operation from some of the better known online supermarkets. Over [...]

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24
Jan
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5 ways to use social media for selling

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I am regularly asked how I use social media for business development so thought I would write it down. I hope it helps.
Incidentally, by putting it down on paper (figuratively speaking) I noticed something. I studied physics and will never forget something my A-Level physics teacher said to me – ‘Physics is 4 [...]

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01
Dec
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More than just a phase – change is here to stay

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Everybody is talking about how social media is changing everything. Some people seem to be waiting for the mist to fade and for it all to become clear so they can fully understand how it works. The way I see it is that this ‘changing’ is here to stay. Change is the new [...]

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08
Nov
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What is in a job title? – Straw poll, please comment

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I’ll be brief.
I am struggling with my ‘job title’. I am concerned it could carry negative connotations and assumption.
What is your opinion? I am currently billed as ‘business development’ on LinkedIn etc… What is your immediate reaction? Positive, negative? Neither?
All comments greatly welcomed….I am open to new suggestions [...]

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14
Sep
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Listen and learn!

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I don’t follow many people on Twitter, the ones that I do are a crossover of personal interests, friends, colleagues and organisations that are of interest to me and my clients – a strange mix indeed! I tend to do a lot of listening on Twitter as I am fascinated to see how people [...]

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27
Jul
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The thin edge of the wedge

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My clients are the experts in their field. They do what they do remarkably well (otherwise I wouldn’t want to work with them – this is a lesson I have learnt from previous not so good experiences!) What they don’t do so well is communicate what they do. Sometimes you can be [...]

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01
Jul
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Well why would you want to talk to me?

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Why do articles about cold calling being unwelcome still pop up everywhere? We all know that everyone hates cold calls. This is for one simple reason – we are all so busy! Unless your role is to sit at your desk and speak to whoever calls (if there is such a job [...]

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