As a small business owner, it’s important to know how to launch a new product or service. Launching a new product or service can seem like an overwhelming task. But when you understand the marketing fundamentals and get the right foundations in place, you can set yourself up for long-term success. Formulating A Sound Strategy Formulating a sound strategy for…
The Importance Of Having A Marketing Mentor Any successful business has a few key things in common. They have great products or services, a team of experts to help promote and sell these items, and most importantly- a marketing strategy. A lot of businesses think that they can skimp on their marketing budget, but the truth is that an effective…
How can you change your mindset about networking is a guest blog, written by Gemma Sanchez, from Grow Your Mindset. My work is all about mindset. My business is named Grow Your Mindset. It’s here where day in day out I, and those I support and work with, understand thoughts, behaviours and language that make us who we are. In…
Have you ever wondered how Research And Development Tax Credits work? What you can claim for your business? Do you understand exactly what you could be claiming for your business? Here’s all the information you need to get you started. The Purpose Of Research and Development The purpose of the Research & Development (R&D) tax credit is to encourage innovation…
How artificial intelligence can help your business? This is a question being asked by many business people. So, I asked Artificial Intelligence expert, Darren Bentham, to share his expertise with you. Do You Use Artificial Intelligence? I’ll begin this article with a question… do you use Artificial Intelligence? You might begin to think about the Terminator movies, C3P0 from Star…
Top benefits of hiring a copywriter as part of your overall marketing strategy by Gina Jackson, from Write Here Write Now So Many Things To Write About Nowadays, there are so many things that businesses need to write about; that it is often difficult to fit the time in to do everything. Small business owners often feel they have to…
About 6 years ago, I looked into how networking can help my business. I had just moved to a new town (Bacup). I didn’t know anyone. I was suffering from a back condition that meant I was in pain most of the time. I was trying to grow a business. My husband was working away for long hours. My son had started primary school and I hadn’t spoken to anyone other than the dog for quite some time.
I needed to get out and I needed to meet new people. I needed to start growing my business. I needed to build a community. So I went to a networking meeting.
Since then, my business has gone from strength to strength. Whilst the road hasn’t always been an easy one, we’ve now got a strong company that I’m immensely proud of. Business networking has been a huge part of that journey so, when people ask me (as they do often) ‘how can networking help my business?’, I tell them honestly that, done correctly, business networking can be one of the most powerful tools in your marketing arsenal.
In this blog post, I’m going to give you the five main ways business networking has helped me to grow a successful, award winning search marketing agency. Read on to find out more.