Practical hints and tips and general information for your business
Posted in Uncategorized on May 11th, 2010
Today I stumbled across an absolute gem of a business. Waterloo Gardens Tea House. I have extracted this from their very good web site and added in my thoughts …… `The founding of Waterloo Gardens Teahouse came about after a series of fortunate events. When the local butcher decided to close his doors it was a [...]
Posted in Business Improvement, Marketing, Social Networks, Uncategorized on Mar 19th, 2010
Inspired by this piece in the Guardian, in which several successful fiction writers (including Elmore Leonard, Margaret Atwood, and Jonathan Franzen) give their ten rules for writing fiction, here are a few of my simple rules for blogging. 1. Choose your topic wisely. Dont make up facts and figures just to make your blog look more [...]
Posted in Business Efficiency, Business Improvement, Marketing, Professional Business Services, Uncategorized on Mar 11th, 2010
Increasing numbers of smaller businesses are boosting their sales and marketing efforts in order to speed recovery in the aftermath of the recession, a new study has found. Following months in which costs have been pared down, firms, it appears, are now recruiting sales staff and beefing up marketing budgets as a way of combating [...]
Posted in Business Efficiency, Business Improvement, Business Savings, Business Support, Uncategorized on Feb 26th, 2010
The introduction this April of the ‘fit note’ scheme could save UK businesses £240 million over the next decade, the government has claimed. The scheme, which comes into effect on 6 April and replaces the old sick note system, is intended to cut the cost of employee absence. Under the new scheme, doctors will be [...]
Posted in Business Efficiency, Professional Business Services, Uncategorized on Dec 14th, 2009
Epping Forest Woodland Burial Park has won the coveted Customer Service Team of the Year award in the prestigious National Customer Service awards. They beat off competition from a host of household names including O2 and Butlins to claim the prize. Now that`s what I would call a bit of a result. By nature of the business [...]
Posted in Business Efficiency, Business Savings, Business Support, Professional Business Services, Uncategorized on Nov 29th, 2009
Interestingly there are still many businesses who don’t think that a web site is necessary for their business. I wonder if it`s because their customer base is local, or they still believe that people find them via a paper based directory. Well maybe these statistics and thoughts may help them change their mind. The top 5 places [...]
Posted in Business Support, Social Networks, Uncategorized on Nov 21st, 2009
Over the last year I have increased my usage of social networking sites. Yes I Twitter and Blog, but not obsessively as I have quickly discovered it can become a time consuming activity. Initially it was to upskill my knowledge on what all the fuss was about, and obviously if one of my clients caught on to the media [...]
Posted in Business Support, Uncategorized on Nov 16th, 2009
When I started SLR Marketing in 2007, I immediately decided to become a member of the FSB – for those of you not familiar with the abbreviation, its The Federation of Small Businesses. Not only do I have access to a variety of business services- from banking -to Insurance – to advice and support, I also [...]
Posted in Business Savings, Business Support, Professional Business Services, Uncategorized on Nov 7th, 2009
So many small businesses are struggling to keep going at the moment. None of the current initiatives seem to be making a difference, so where will we all be this time next year? Unfortunately I don`t have the magic answer, however I can give you a few suggestions on how we can apply pressure to the decision [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 5th, 2009
Forgive me reader for deviating from the purpose of this blog, which is to provide hints and tips for your business, but I recieved this and wanted to share it. it’s a great read and pretty true too, so please take a moment to read it: The average British soldier is 19 years old…..he [...]
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