People don’t think they can sell but that is usually because they don’t know what selling is! People associate selling with Del Boy from Only Fools and Horses – ducking and diving, wheelin’ and a dealin’ but they mostly describe it as… Forcing people to buy stuff they don’t need..
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When we cover the topic of making sales on our Start Your Own Business course this always creates a lively debate as most people think that advertising is the first place they should look when it comes to growing their business. Well as you can tell form the title of..
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Online Advertising for Businesses Now that we have the website up and running and have got more life into our social media, it was time to start thinking about advertising. On been asked to research Facebook and Google advertising, I worried that it could be quite boring. (The advertising part,..
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Start Your Own Business Course In my classes on the Start Your Own Business course I talk about the importance of market research not just at the beginning but right the way through. In my experience it is an area that on every business plan is completely or mostly lacking. ..
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Planning your Business So we have seen that once you get on the business roller-coaster it can be hard to get off. You’d miss the thrill. But how to get on the ride in the first place? You stand outside the fair, fear rooting you to the spot. How do..
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Business Stress I was interested to read that the Outsider hadn’t realised that business could be fun as well as mathematical and tiresome! I have never thought that it could be boring as when I was growing up my dad always spoke with such enthusiasm about work and other businesses..
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The more I spend time with Rob Marr and the more I am immersed in this world of business so alien to me, I feel disappointed in myself for having such a narrow view of business. Business does not have to be boring! It doesn’t have to be all about..
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I got all emotional I was really touched to read the lovely comments from Jade about myself and Tara and how she has viewed us over a short space of time – I was also relieved that I wasn’t a complete head case and that there are some upsides to..
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Now your mind has conquered its rapid over-thinking, its lack of confidence and fear. What of the positive side? I think three positive attributes need to be contrasted here to not terrify all our budding creative business geniuses! Motivation Firstly they have motivation, which is fuelled by purpose, passion and..
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