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How to create a successful sales process

10 October 201311 June 2021 Sales Business Matters 0 Comments

What is your sales process like? Does it focus on what you need? Or does it focus on your customers’ needs?

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4 Things Your Customers Don’t Want

4 October 20137 October 2013 Sales Business Matters 1 Comment

A big part of successful selling is not giving customers what they really don’t want.

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The tail wagging the dog…

18 September 201319 September 2013 Marketing Business Matters 0 Comments

So you thought when you hired an agency to do the work for you that the job was done and you could go back to concentrating on your day job… but somehow, it just doesn’t seem to have worked out that way…

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5 Reasons Why You Struggle With Negotiation

5 September 2013 Columns, Marketing, Opinion Andy Preston 1 Comment

As an ex-professional buyer, negotiation is always an interesting topic for me. Whenever I’m working with salespeople or business owners, they often fail to get the price for their products or services that they wanted – and often get even less than they deserve for their offering.

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SEO is dead – It’s Back to Basics Now

23 August 201323 August 2013 Marketing Business Matters 3 Comments

Tackling your websites SEO or finding someone that can may seem a daunting task. Here Colin Tankard, Managing Director, DCSR Marketing takes us back to basics.

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Small Business Sales Tips – How To Sell More In A Tough Market

20 August 201320 August 2013 Sales Andy Preston 0 Comments

If you listen to the news, or anyone commenting on it, they’ll tell you that we are officially out of recession, as a recession is often defined as 2 or 3 quarters of negative economic growth.

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Small Business Owners: Are Your Sales Skills Sharp Enough To Cope? Part 2

3 August 20133 August 2013 Columns, Sales Andy Preston 1 Comment

In my last blog, I talked about some of the challenges that business owners face in the current economic conditions. In part two, we’ll be looking at sharpening up cold calling, questioning and closing skills.

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Facebook wants your business

30 July 2013 Marketing Business Matters 0 Comments

The social network is trying to make it easier than ever for small businesses to buy ads. Here are 3 questions you should be thinking about.

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Why online reputation management is essential SEO optimisation tool for businesses & brands

29 July 201329 July 2013 Marketing Business Matters 1 Comment

Practical advice on how to maintain a positive online presence and counter negative comment.

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Top Marketing Strategies for SMEs

26 July 201326 July 2013 Marketing Business Matters 2 Comments

Chris Searson gives us his top tips for getting your digital marketing strategy right.

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Don’t fly blind – Monitor the performance and ROI of your website and marketing

20 July 2013 Marketing Business Matters 1 Comment

Richard Forsyth interviews Tom Vaughton, the Director of Varn Media in the UK to find out how to stay in control of your website’s performance and your Internet Marketing strategy.

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How to become your own marketing manager

16 July 2013 Marketing Business Matters 0 Comments

Regardless of qualifications, expertise or experience, anyone can become an entrepreneur. All you need is a little self-belief and confidence

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Prepare for an autumn of networking with special limited offer on business cards

16 July 201319 February 2025 Marketing Business Matters 0 Comments

Award winning Telford based printer Graphics and Print, has announced a limited period offer on 500 business cards to help businesses grow their networking

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Successful marketing starts objectives first

16 July 2013 Marketing Business Matters 0 Comments

We have the privilege of working with some of the most inspirational entrepreneurs and business founders every day. But since most of them are real ideas people there is often a ‘creative conflict’ when new ideas and opportunities pop up.

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Stand out from the crowd with a strong brand identity

15 July 201316 July 2013 Marketing Business Matters 0 Comments

It’s the one thing that sets you and your company apart from the rest, gives you a unique edge over rivals and can even help you win new clients

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Morrisons is preparing to pull down the shutters on 100 loss-making convenience stores in a move that places hundreds of shop-floor jobs in jeopardy, with the Bradford-based grocer pointing the finger squarely at Labour's tax and wage agenda for tipping the sites into terminal decline.

Morrisons to shut 100 convenience stores as supermarket blames Labour’s ‘policy choices’ for rising costs

Morrisons is closing 100 loss-making convenience stores, putting hundreds of jobs at risk, and has blamed Labour’s “policy choices” for the rising costs eroding profitability.

April borrowing surges to £24.3bn as debt interest bill breaks month record

Jaguar Land Rover eyes American tie-up with Stellantis to sidestep Trump tariffs

Labour eyes £1bn VAT raid on airport charges in stealth blow to family holidays

Blame the system, not the school leavers for youth unemployment, says Amazon’s UK boss

Potters win £120m rescue as government finally backs Britain’s ceramics heartland

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