Archive for the ‘tips’ Category
Marketing your business by marketing YOU!
Do you think that your busines would benefit from you having an Internet Celebrity status?
I went from leaving a full time job in August last year to setting up my own blogging site and being Forbes listed as one of the top 30 women entrepreneurs to follow on Twitter.
I have been interviewed for “The Get [...]
May 3, 2010
· 
Pat Sutton · 
69 Comments
Tags: communication, image attraction system, marketing · Posted in: business, marketing, tips
10 business start up tips.
Before we get down to the 10 busines tips, I want to give you some important advice.
Before you start to trade, create a business plan. There are many great business plan templates available on the web, they’re not as difficult as you think.
The plan will tell you from the outset if your business is viable!
It [...]
April 6, 2010
· Pat Sutton · 8 Comments
Tags: image attraction system, internet, keywords, personal development, selling · Posted in: Blogging, business, marketing, tips
Don’t get out! Don’t talk to people! Stay in your comfort zone!
If these words are music to your ears then join the club. There’s nothing I would like better than to be able to potter around in the office, produce new products and then wait until the business comes in as if by magic!
So why shouldn’t it work like that?
Hey, I’ve got a great website! My [...]
February 8, 2010
· Pat Sutton · 106 Comments
Tags: communication, marketing, networking, patsutton, personal development, relationships, verbal business card · Posted in: business, marketing, personal development, tips
Don’t wait for Business Opportunities to knock – you’ll wait forever!
If you’re sitting at home on the sofa watching Law and Order and you hear a rat-a-tat-tat on your door! Don’t get excited, it’s not a business opportunity knocking!
If you’re comfy in front of your computer chatting to someone on Facebook then your attention is in the wrong direction to notice a fleeting business opportunity [...]
January 30, 2010
· Pat Sutton · 5 Comments
Tags: account, communication, marketing, pat sutton, website · Posted in: business, marketing, sales, tips
Don’t sack the receptionist – give her more work!
It’s so frustrating when you arrive at an office reception only to find that there’s no receptionist! There you stand, waiting for someone to notice you.
The staff manage to beaver away while at the same time giving you glances but, infuriatingly, not making any effort to come to your rescue?
You think, should I wait, should [...]
January 22, 2010
· Pat Sutton · 2 Comments
Tags: blog, communication, internet, marketing, twitter, website · Posted in: business, marketing, tips, writing
Selling to the taxi driver!
You know, one of the easiest things to do on the internet is to assume that people are not being honest and that they are only talking to you because they have something to sell. Who do you think is to blame for that? We are of-course!
Have you noticed on the social networks how many [...]
November 18, 2009
· Pat Sutton · One Comment
Tags: account, blog, communication, internet, marketing, motivation, personal development, selling, taxi, website · Posted in: FrontPage, marketing, sales, tips
Put a sandwich board out to drive traffic!
The content of your website tells your visitors all about you and your business; it is your shop window. The problem is that if your shop is on a back street and you have no passers by then you need to get people to take a detour down your street! It’s easy, you put a [...]
November 10, 2009
· Pat Sutton · 12 Comments
Tags: blog, communication, internet, marketing, motivation, selling · Posted in: how to guides, marketing, sales, tips
Do your potential customers forget about you?
Posted by Tom Kulzer (AWeber CEO)
Your web business probably gets product inquiries from potential customers around the globe. Inquiries come via e-mail and your web site, and you try to send information to each hot prospect as quickly as you can. You know that you can drastically increase the likelihood of making a sale [...]
October 26, 2009
· Pat Sutton · 2 Comments
Tags: Guest Blogs · Posted in: Guest Blogs, how to guides, sales, tips
How’s your Verbal Business card?
The Breakfast Meeting!
We all know the scenario! You are sitting over your breakfast at some un-godly hour trying to hide the yawn when someone suggests that it would be a good idea to “introduce ourselves” to the other attendees.
A sort of “elevator pitch”. It means you need to explain what you do in about 1 [...]
October 25, 2009
· Pat Sutton · 7 Comments
Tags: pat sutton, relationships, selling · Posted in: marketing, tips
