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
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Pat Sutton · 
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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
A good way to beat writer’s block!
One of my favourite bloggers at the moment is James Chartrand. Here is one of his wonderful tips for when we’re suffering from blogger’s block.
“Great quotations are the richest goldmine of blog post ideas you’ll ever have.”
So I popped over to Wikiquote and found this great quotation by Sarah Bernhardt -Â “Life engenders life. Energy [...]
January 18, 2010
· Pat Sutton · 2 Comments
Tags: blog, communication, internet, marketing, pat sutton, relationships, taxi, website · Posted in: Blogging, marketing, personal development, writing
Forget the glass ceiling – use the fire escape instead!
When, after 8 years, I decided to emerge from the security of a monthly salary I was met with the usual, “Are you sures and are you mads”
Thankfully, I didn’t listen
I felt that as Marketing Director of a company like Advantage Business Angels I was being held back.
My talent for thinking outside the box was [...]
December 2, 2009
· Pat Sutton · One Comment
Tags: blog, communication, internet, marketing, motivation, pat sutton, personal development, relationships, twitter · Posted in: Blogging, motivation, personal development
Wow! I’ve been listed!
I am so excited to be on the Forbes List as Thirty Women Entrepreneurs to follow on Twitter.
I am honoured to be in the company all those inspirational women.
Forbes’ Natalie MacNeil said:
“These business-savvy tweeters are all excited about helping you grow your company, create buzz for your brand and stay inspired.
Twitter has been an incredible [...]
December 1, 2009
· Pat Sutton · No Comments
Tags: blog, communication, marketing, motivation, relationships, twitter, website · Posted in: Blogging, marketing, motivation, writing
How to really monetise your blog
In my previous blog “6 steps closer to monetising your blog” I said that you need:
1. Patience
2. Resilience.
3. A great imagination.
4. Knowledge.
5. The discipline to learn.
6. Multiple Income streams?
Today I am going to tell you about the next 6 items you need:
1. Products that sell well.
2. A great mailing list.
3. An easy to use e-mail [...]
November 24, 2009
· Pat Sutton · 7 Comments
Tags: blog, bloggin, communication, marketing, pat sutton, relationships · Posted in: Blogging, FrontPage, how to guides, marketing, 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
6 steps closer to monetising your blog!
I’m often asked how to make money from Blogging.
Not wanting to dampen enthusiasm, it’s not a get rich quick scheme.
But it’s not impossible.
To get you there you need to have these six crucial skills:
1. Patience
2. Resilience.
3. A great imagination.
4. Knowledge.
5. The discipline to learn.
6. Multiple Income streams?
Why patience you say?
If you do everything right.
Join blogging [...]
November 17, 2009
· Pat Sutton · 9 Comments
Tags: account, blog, communication, internet, marketing, pat sutton, relationships, website · Posted in: Blogging, FrontPage, how to guides, sales
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
If you build a relationship – they will come!
How often have you received an e-mail or message saying – Hello, I am Joe Blogs and I am so excited to get to know you, why not pop over to my website and.…I know you have because I have, in fact I have probably been the guilty party. In fact I do believe that I have [...]
November 9, 2009
· Pat Sutton · 3 Comments
Tags: blog, communication, marketing, selling, website · Posted in: how to guides, marketing, personal development
