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How you can lose business from your website
By Darren Langley It seems like anyone can be a web designer these days. With the advent of WordPress and other easy to use Content Management Systems, it can be straightforward to pick a template, read through a few tutorials and then set up a basic site. That’s fine if you are creating a blog
Be more Kate
From humble beginnings Kate is an ambitious small business owner based in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham. She started her business 4 years ago (2014) having previously worked in design agencies. As a mum of two young girls with many pressures on her time and resources she started her own design business from humble beginnings (in the
Friday Tip – Go from Zero to Hero in 5 minutes
#Fridaytip Want a great, uplifting way to finish the year? This exercise will have you feeling pretty pleased with yourself, I’m sure. It takes 5 minutes to take yourself from zero to hero. Let’s get to it! Do this exercise daily, weekly, monthly and you can feel this good more often 🙂 Clare
Tired of not being taken seriously?
This year we celebrated 100 years since suffrage. Since women were granted the right to vote. This wasn’t all women. After 50 years of campaigning, in 1918 it was granted to 8.4 million, women over 30 – if they were married, occupiers of property… (At this point men were granted universal suffrage). A landmark nonetheless.
Friday Tip – When Overwhelm Kicks In
#Fridaytip As December knocks on the door you may find feelings of overwhelm and stress kick in. Rationally you know it’s all going to get done, and like all others I things in life and business the to do list is always there. Time to take charge of the situation. Here’s a simple strategy to
Friday Tip – Time to get vulnerable
#Fridaytip Time to get vulnerable! How do you manage your confidence? As ambitious business owners we (and I!) are always stepping outside of our comfort zones; doing things we’ve never done before, working with people, businesses and industries we’ve never worked with and generally putting ourselves in positions where we don’t know the outcome. This
Friday Tip – Emotions and Feelings
#Fridaytip Emotions and feelings – for whatever reason can be absent from many businesses and their messages. We buy based on trust, which comes from gut instinct; where our feelings and emotions lie. If you’re not already, time to get back in touch with how you make your ideal clients feel. Here’s how… Clare
Friday Tip – Doing this will make all the difference
#Fridaytip Where else can you get over 70% of your business from AND learn, gain support as well as increasing your confidence? Some business owners stop doing this as soon as they start seeing success. Is this you? Time to pick it back up again 🙂 Have a great weekend, Clare
Dear Business Coaching Cynic…
…You don’t know what you don’t know… ‘The unknown unknown as opposed to the known knowns are the most difficult category to fathom.’ Donald Rumsfield To comprehend that something may help you achieve, feel or do for you if you’ve never experienced it before will create the tendency to shut it out completely. I get
Friday Tip – Start Recording
#FridayTip Ready to do something a little bit different in marketing your business? Follow what you’re interested in, you’re passionate about and the results will come to you. Here’s how to make a start / take a first step in that new marketing avenue… Have a great weekend, Clare
Friday Tip – Selling the Feeling
#FridayTip If you’re in business it’s likely you sell your product or service, right? Why wouldn’t you after all!? Here’s why. Try using this technique instead, a lot more powerful. I’ve been playing about with this in my head, on paper, this week and the words you use can be interchangeable 🙂 Happy weekend, Clare
Friday Tip – Simple doesn’t mean easy
#FridayTip This Friday’s tip is a simple one. Simple doesn’t mean easy – there’s a big difference! However this tip will help to clear some much needed head space and you’ll wonder why you didn’t do it sooner 🙂 Enjoy your weekend, Clare
Friday Tip – My favourite business books
#FridayTip Keep in reading and learning for you and your business. Here are my 10 favourite personal and business development books! Have a great weekend, Clare
Why you need a branding specialist
My business doesn’t need a rebrand! Often, businesses can get in a rut with this mentality. Your business may appear to be ticking along OK, without having to invest much time and money in developing your company’s image. But for how long? And what opportunities could you be missing, while your brand stagnates? In today’s
Friday Tip – Old ways won’t open new doors
#FridayTip Old ways won’t open new doors. Follow this tip if you want to make your customer experience the best it can be. Want to stand out from the crowd? Here’s how… Have a great weekend, Clare
Friday Tip – Be Bolder with your Marketing
#FridayTip Want to be bolder about attracting more of the people who you love to work with in your business? Time to get crystal clear… Have a great weekend, Clare
Friday Tip – How to take the first step
#Fridaytip Can’t see what the outcome looks like? So you don’t get started at all? Doesn’t always have to be this way. Channel your inner Martin Luther King instead 🙂 Happy weekend all… Clare
Three things you didn’t know about running a small business
Is this what it really takes? For those considering embarking on being the proud owner of a small business. I know you’ve been thinking and dreaming about it for some time now. The prospect of being your own boss. Answering to no one, being able to come and go as you please, no more office
Friday Tip – How to deal with a seemingly unsurmountable task
#Fridaytip *My BiiiiiG Announcement is here!!* Plus of course your Friday tip! Want to get something done in your business but the task seems insurmountable and overwhelming? Here’s how… Have a great weekend, Clare PS: The link you will want is this – goo.gl/RBcUXi
Friday Tip – Keep going
For the Greatest Showman and a Million Dreams fans the underlying message is right here for us business owners to take on board too. We start out with big goals which can get dampened along the way. Here to tell you to do this instead! Have a great weekend, Clare