by Kirsty France | Jan 30, 2017 | Uncategorised
I’ll be honest. For years, the idea of networking made me cringe. I always felt as if a ‘network’ was something other people had. You know, the ones who wanted to climb to the top of the corporate tree. I used to go to professional networking events and end up...
by Kirsty France | Jan 24, 2017 | Uncategorised
What business are you in? Do you sell something relatively inexpensive that your customers might take gamble on? Or does doing business with you involve more of a leap of faith? Whatever you do, there’s no escaping the fact that trust makes business work. Do your...
by Kirsty France | Jan 17, 2017 | Uncategorised
These days, it’s a given that everyone is on social media. Except my mum. The real question is, what are they doing there? My Facebook friends range from networking contacts, to my friend’s children to – wait for it – actual friends! You know, the ones that I...
by Kirsty France | Jan 10, 2017 | Uncategorised
What’s your marketing plan for 2017? Have you planned out the whole year, a few months or only as far as next week? You might be reading this thinking that you haven’t got a marketing plan. Maybe you’re struggling to find something that works. You might even be...
by Kirsty France | Dec 12, 2016 | Uncategorised
When it comes to Christmas shopping there are three kinds of people. The ones who have it all done and wrapped up by October, the ones who leave it until Christmas Eve and the rest of us, who are somewhere in between. If your business sells anything that could be...
by Kirsty France | Dec 6, 2016 | Uncategorised
Are you taking time off over the Christmas holiday? I certainly am. It might be freezing but as long as it isn’t raining I’m happy. I’m partly Scottish so I partially subscribe to the idea that there is no bad weather, just inappropriate clothing. My children may...