How to be a successful business speaker
8 February 2021|Business Growth, Latest Posts, Marketing, PR, Promotion, Pitching Skills, Psychology By Lyn Roseaman. As an entrepreneur and founder you are the driver of the business and also the voice of the business. To deliver a successful presentation or a speech, whether that’s via Zoom or in person, you need connection, change and confidence. […]
Five reasons you should use a PR agency
13 January 2021|Business Growth, Latest Posts, Launching a business, Marketing, PR, Promotion, Resources By Charlotte Nichols. There are lots of benefits to working with a PR agency, but where your company’s reputation is concerned, it has to be for the right reasons. Whether it’s a one-off helping hand or continued support, public relations companies can help […]
Scaling Up with The Right People
By Alex Gibbs. There are numerous ‘wisdom snippets’ that float around the internet on the topic of surrounding yourself with the right people for success. “You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with…If you hang around with five inspired people, you will become the sixth,” etc. Whilst these can read […]
How to build a brand that transcends from Fashion to Tech
11 February 2021|Business Growth, Latest Posts, Launching a business Hands up if you know the contents of your wardrobe? If you’re guilty of overbuying, underusing and not really valuing fashion. Find yourself buying online more and more, and swapping paper receipts for e-receipts? Perhaps you’ve sold unwanted items on resale platforms, labouring over the listing. Or maybe […]
How to improve your brand’s digital presence
18 December 2020|Business Growth, Latest Posts, Marketing, PR, Promotion By Gayle Carpenter, Director of Creative Agency, Sparkloop. 2020 has been something of an economic sledgehammer and most businesses were not prepared for it. The pandemic has therefore damaged or destroyed companies globally in just a few short months. But there are ways of salvaging your business from […]
How to create an innovative fashion brand
17 December 2020|Business Growth, Latest Posts, Launching a business By Connie Nam. In 2012, I left my career in investment banking in Hong Kong and fulfilled a long-held ambition to run my own company. I had developed an interest in the tech start-ups I worked with during my career and picked up a lot of the […]
Why pushing pain points is bad for business
24 November 2020|Business Growth, Latest Posts, Marketing, PR, Promotion, Psychology By Richard Fletcher. Sales calls are great for engaging new leads, forging a connection with them, and letting them know exactly why your product or service is right for them. If you pitch your sales calls just right, they are the ideal tool for turning prospects […]
Why confidence is key in developing your team
12 November 2020|Business Growth, Latest Posts, Launching a business, Resources By Anne Morris. I can still remember my ‘lightbulb’ moment very clearly. It was 2nd March 2012 and I was reading an article in the Independent when the BBC News programme in the background covered the same story I was reading about: research had revealed that […]
How entrepreneurs can squeeze the best out of the rest of the year
16 October 2020|Business Growth, Latest Posts, Psychology By Sid Madge, author of the ‘Meee in a minute’ series of books. As entrepreneurs we know that 2020 has been the most extraordinary and challenging year to-date. The issues we face aren’t going away in the coming weeks. This means that the only choice we have is to […]
How to set up a great learning & development plan to boost growth
29 September 2020|Business Growth, Latest Posts Whatever the size of your team, startup founders need staff who are highly motivated and well-trained and who will work together to drive the growth of the business. To achieve this it will be essential for you to put a learning and development plan in place. Joanna Strahan of C2C […]
