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
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Pat Sutton · 
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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
So why should you have an official blog?
Did you know that blogging is the new “BLACK”?
A blog can be uploaded to networking sites to spread the word about your business – that’s free advertising!
A blog gives you the chance to voice your opinions to the world.
A good blog can generate subscribers and we all know how important they are!
A blog with the [...]
January 8, 2010
· Pat Sutton · 5 Comments
Tags: blog, marketing, relationships, twitter, website · Posted in: Blogging, how to guides, marketing
How to market your website so that people buy from you!
It doesn’t matter what kind of business you have and how benevolent you are, you can give things away for free, you can raise money for great causes, you can hold people’s hands but everyone at sometime needs to make a living.
The baker puts bread on your table, not to feed your family but to [...]
December 7, 2009
· Pat Sutton · 2 Comments
Tags: blog, internet, marketing, pat sutton, relationships, selling, tweet, twitter, website · Posted in: Blogging, how to guides, marketing, sales, 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
Retweet – What does it mean and how important is it!
A Retweet allows Twitter users to share their favourite tweets with their own followers.
So if someone has 10,000 followers and they like one of your tweets and they retweet it, then it will go out to all of their followers, good eh!
It is done by copying and pasting the original tweet and sending it out. [...]
November 30, 2009
· Pat Sutton · 2 Comments
Tags: blog, internet, marketing, tweet, twitter, website · Posted in: Blogging, FrontPage, how to guides, marketing, 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
