Posted by Penelope Herbert on December 15, 2017 · 1 Comment
When you’re running your business, you might find that your website isn’t seeing that much interest from customers online. Perhaps they don’t ever see your site, and this points to there being an issue with your SEO campaign. Or, perhaps they see your site and then click off. This is actually worse because if they … Continue reading →
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Posted by Penelope Herbert on November 28, 2017 · Leave a Comment
When making the right impression, did you know that it takes us around seven seconds to form a fist impression? If you own a business, this means that you’ve got to get it right from the outset. You don’t get a second chance when making the right impression FIRST. So it pays to ensure that … Continue reading →
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Posted by Penelope Herbert on October 28, 2017 · Leave a Comment
Event trends come and go from tupperware parties to speed dating. However, for businesses, the advancement of technology may have made a difference to event trends now. Corporate events are the new king of marketing. Ten years ago, they were the best marketing technique a company never had. Nowadays, everyone giant corporations and SMEs use … Continue reading →
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Posted by Penelope Herbert on October 5, 2017 · Leave a Comment
Employee care can be one of the biggest issues employers face when it comes to productivity, loyalty, and company ambassadorship. How many times have you worked at a company that has no demonstrative employee care? Whether it’s due to neglect or because they force you to work too much overtime, it’s incredibly difficult to cope … Continue reading →
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Posted by Penelope Herbert on October 3, 2017 · Leave a Comment
(Don’t) Curb Your Enthusiasm! What To Do If You Feel Like Giving Up On Your Business Do you have boundless passion for your business? A lot of entrepreneurs would consider that to be a stupid question, but it’s a valid one. Lots of entrepreneurs find themselves feeling fatigued in one way or another. It can … Continue reading →
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Posted by Penelope Herbert on September 29, 2017 · Leave a Comment
As a business owner, do you really know all there is to know about the best marketing processes that turns into tangible sales? You understand the importance of marketing, and of course, a lack of effective marketing will have a drastic impact on your business. When you are in the process of running your business, … Continue reading →
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Posted by Penelope Herbert on September 22, 2017 · Leave a Comment
Click through rate is now part of the modern marketing lexicon. Is it part of yours? If not, then you need to read these shamefully easy tips eight now! In the modern advertising world, there’s one term that everyone is speaking about. Every business and advertiser under the sun is talking about CTR (click through … Continue reading →
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Posted by Penelope Herbert on August 31, 2017 · Leave a Comment
” Learn Code ” probably isn’t high on your list of business priorities. In fact, learning code likely hasn’t even made your top 100 of business must-do’s. Well, now might be the time to proritise it. In business, it takes more than one team to make up a successful and profitable company. There are a … Continue reading →
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Posted by Penelope Herbert on August 30, 2017 · Leave a Comment
Are you ready to launch a new business as a first-time entrepreneur? Chances are you’re wondering if you’ve covered all your bases when it comes to launching your startup. After all, there have been hours and hours of work put into this so far. Coming up with the idea was the easy part! Translating that … Continue reading →
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Posted by Penelope Herbert on August 23, 2017 · 1 Comment
Competition is always going to be fierce in the business world. As such, you need to make sure that you gain the upper hand for your business. Ideally, you want to separate your business from the rest of the crowd and make sure it seems like the smart choice for customers or users. But how … Continue reading →
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Posted by Penelope Herbert on August 16, 2017 · Leave a Comment
Independent real estate agents is a growing sector and more salespeople embrace being their own boss, and making more money. There are lots of industries and sectors in which a professional’s goal is to leave behind employment and become independent so that they can work for themselves. One industry in which this is an extremely … Continue reading →
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Posted by Penelope Herbert on August 10, 2017 · Leave a Comment
If your business offers any kind of service, then you have likely at least once floated the idea of offering free trials. Of course, no business owner likes the notion of a “free” anything. You’re in this to make money, not to offer a freebie that people can use and then abandon – so … Continue reading →
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Posted by Penelope Herbert on August 2, 2017 · Leave a Comment
Networking events can be scary functions you seek to avoid, or a great opportunity for increasing your business. But what about creating your own? Interactivity and personability are two of the key tools when it comes to building relationships in business. And the one perfect way to put these into practice is to create networking … Continue reading →
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Multi channel marketing is going to have to form part of your marketing lexicon if it hasn’t already. In today’s fragmented digital environment, your target audience isn’t just in one place. Instead, they’re scattered over multiple platforms and come to your business from many different approaches. The days of having a single marketing funnel are … Continue reading →
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How many times have you wanted to complete a report only to be inundated with phone calls, knocks on the door to your office and random, seemingly insignificant emails? There comes a time when meeting the deadline to the project you are working on takes priority over the photocopier jamming for the seventeenth time. The … Continue reading →
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Walk outside of your room or office and take a walk down the street. Look at your surroundings. What will you see? Well, you’re first likely to notice the architecture. The design of the street layout. The people around you. Once these social and navigational thoughts are understood, it’s likely that you’ll notice marketing. Marketing … Continue reading →
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Everyone knows that a website is important to your business. But it’s not simply an on-line brochure. It can be much more than that. Advertising is like gold in the world of business. You need to work hard and long to ensure you have a top class business – but your business cannot get anywhere … Continue reading →
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Posted by Penelope Herbert on June 30, 2017 · 1 Comment
Dreams do come true in business. The concept of viral marketing is a highly effective one if a somewhat complex one to utilize. Before we go any further, let’s define exactly what viral marketing is and how it can benefit business to ensure your dreams do come true. Viral marketing is the rapid sharing of … Continue reading →
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Posted by Penelope Herbert on May 10, 2017 · 1 Comment
Perhaps your business achieved success in the past but it’s started to falter recently. As the market continuously changes, companies come and go within each industry on a never-ending basis. That’s the way business works. However, it doesn’t have to be the way your business works. The reason that the majority of companies fail to … Continue reading →
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Posted by Penelope Herbert on April 11, 2017 · Leave a Comment
Billboards are still insanely clever so let’s look at the three important aspects of using billboards in your marketing. Marketing is a big part of any business, and knowing how to stay on top of the game is hugely important. If you have a business of your own, and you are keen to market it … Continue reading →