Six key marketing goals for B2B businesses

9 September 2020|Business Growth, Latest Posts, Marketing, PR, Promotion B2B marketing is enjoying a renaissance. We’ve noticed our clients are increasingly willing to embrace creativity and innovation, support brand building with bigger budgets and – perhaps most importantly of all – take a long-term view of marketing rather than chasing short-term performance goals. More businesses […]
5 tips on how to be a productive business owner

4 September 2020|Business Growth, Latest Posts, Marketing, PR, Promotion, Psychology Being a business owner can be a constant wave of challenges and crises, but no one could have prepared for the COVID-19 pandemic. Thousands of businesses have been impacted by the pandemic, and it hasn’t discriminated against the big or small fish – with many […]
Managing Your Online Reputation – An Entrepreneurs Guide

10 June 2021|Crisis Management, Latest Posts, Psychology By Simon Wadsworth. Online reputation management is vital to your success in today’s ultra-connected world. When I launched online reputation management agency Igniyte back in 2009, the writing was on the wall. And over the years, the importance of maintaining a curated and careful professional and personal online […]
How to overcome your fears of returning to life after lockdown

7 June 2021|Crisis Management, Latest Posts, Psychology Do you have post-lockdown nerves? It’s totally normal to feel a certain amount of nerves or anxiety when faced with the return to ‘normality’. Just as it took us some time to find ways of coping during lockdown, we should also expect that it may take a while […]
How to Inspire Positivity & Profitability During Difficult Times

5 June 2021|Crisis Management, Latest Posts, Psychology “In the midst of every crisis lies opportunity.” —Albert Einstein Life puts us all through unplanned change. However, sometimes the unthinkable can occur. The COVID-19 pandemic is a sound example of this. Many of us thought a pandemic could happen, however, many of us never thought it would happen. Unfortunately, rapid unplanned […]
How entrepreneurs can use storytelling to make a message stick

15 February 2020|Business Growth, Launching a business, Marketing, PR, Promotion, Pitching Skills By Rebecca Pepper, Toastmasters International Entrepreneurs wanting their key messages to be remembered can learn useful lessons from my granddad. When I was a small child my granddad told me a drama-filled story culminating in moments of breath-taking excitement as he wrestled a […]
Many UK workers won’t be returning to work in an office again

30 June 2021|Crisis Management, Latest Posts Almost one fifth of UK workers do not intend to return to the office again post pandemic, largely due to ongoing concerns around infection control As employees across the UK are to set to embark on their return to the workplace following the easing of COVID-19 restrictions, new research […]
The business of beating back pain before it beats your business

30 June 2021|Crisis Management, Latest Posts, Psychology By Michael Furlong, Clinic Director, Balance Health Centre, Liverpool. You have a brilliant idea that will propel your new business into a lucrative new market … but the pen you need to write that idea down has fallen on the floor and you can’t bend down to pick it […]
How businesses can support employee’s digital health

30 June 2021|Crisis Management, Latest Posts, Psychology By Jonny Pelter. If you have any friends or colleagues who are doctors, you’ll know they get pestered with ad hoc questions from family and friends whenever a medical ailment crops up….“My knee hurts, what wrong with it?” or “Tom has a cough, what do I give him?” Having […]
How to Achieve an Equal Future in a Post-Covid-19 World

25 June 2021|Crisis Management, Eco & Ethics, Latest Posts Over the past year, as nearly every human and organisation was faced with extreme adversity and uncertainty, Preferred Hotels & Resorts approached the conversation surrounding diversity and gender equality head on, through an incredibly spirited dialogue with a diverse, global group of associates. The brand launched […]