Articles & Top Tips to Nourish your mind and business
04 February 2012 - Please Feel free to download what you need
Contributed By: If you need more details the Business Network members who submitted the information would be delighted to assist. Contact via the links.
04 February 2012 - Communication
Making your business newsworthy...
Give it away
Have you started blogging yet?
Try giving something away to get noticed. Blogs are a great way of sharing. The old school will give away just enough to tempt a prospect in. Ascent PR say give it all away and business will come back in bucket loads.
We produced a free guide to help businesses write better press releases and it went down a storm.
What to do with your business cards courtesy of Simon Leek South West ICT
Simon's blog www.southwestcrm.wordpress.com
Contributed By: Contributions from Business Network members - Ascent PR and South West ICT
04 February 2012 - Business and funding Opportunities
Business opportunities
The article here was in the Sunday Times on 7th June 2009 and may stimulate a few thoughts
http://www.ianfraser.org/?p=854
If you are interested in a business opportunity running your own business that helps other businesses grow and develop then The Business Network could be for you.
With your personality and enthusiasm, a bespoke system that enables you to effectively operate, years of experience from the UK's longest running lunch time networking organisation to support, a proven launch package you could be up and running your own area within months.
Areas available under licence across England
Contact sean[at]business-network[period]co[period]uk
Funding for your Business
Funding for your business - thank you to Paula Sudbury of St Loye's. For support and advice on obtaining funding - Paula is available on consultancy basis - you pay Paula's salary (pro rata basis) and she can help you
04 February 2012 - Health and Safety
How safe is your business? Check Here
Contributed By: Health and Safety Tips
04 February 2012 - New Google Search Options
Nigel wrote it around searches for Network Groups in Taunton to suit the context of your website/audience.
On October 1st 2009 Google introduced new Search options that you can see by clicking the Show options… link just below the Search bar.
There are nine new search options that can be used to filter search results. These include Past hour, date filters e.g. Past week, Shopping sites, Visited pages, Not yet visited, Books, Blogs and News.
I’ll show you how it works. We posted an article about Business Network (SW) on The National Pages Business Directory.
A Search for “Networking Groups Taunton” shows a link to the Business Network (SW) Gold Profile on www.thenationalpages.co.uk
in position 3 on Google Page 1 as shown here:
Full Downloadable version here
Contributed By: Thank you to Nigel Finch of The National Pages.
04 February 2012 - CRM
Free data
Ever wondered where to get hold of up to date company information for free? Do you target job roles and need to find out who's who within an organisation? View Website
Twitter - Is it really part of your CRM strategy?
Using Twitter? Why did you choose to start Tweeting? Do you have a plan on what you're saying and why? Is it part of an overall CRM strategy? What is a CRM strategy! Read on
7 reasons why a CRM project can fail
An effective IT-based sales, marketing and customer service strategy can boost sales but many businesses keep falling into the same old traps. Read on
Contributed By: Thank you to Simon Leek of South West ICT
04 February 2012 - HR Tips
Crashing into winter
It is estimated that between 25% and 35% of all road traffic crashes involve someone who was at work at the time. A driver’s reactions depend almost entirely on vision, and vision is severely limited at night. Twilight is one of the most difficult times to drive as our eyes are working to adapt to the growing darkness. After a long day at work tiredness is often greater, and this can make driving even more hazardous. For employers there are numerous laws that cover driving and many of these are ignored by employees...Read On
Contributed By: Thank you to The HR Dept