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Christmas Greeting

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Send a Personalised Christmas Greeting & Sales Video Cheaper than a real card* - Says more than an e-card We can personalise the Christmas greeting video with your choice of message, add your logo image or name, or even include a sales promotion with your festive message. See the two examples below. About the Greeting Video Send it to your email mailing list Post it on your social media accounts Embed it on your website or blog 30 seconds long Choose your own greeting in the sky Include your logo or name as text Full festive greeting or promotion on the end card Voiceover recording of your promotional script (£99 version) Two versions available Standard : Text + Music: £49 Deluxe :     Text + Music + Voiceover (just like a TV ad): £99 Standard Version - £49 Deluxe Version - £99 Book Now Contact Tosh Lubek to book your Christmas Greeting Video. Telephone: 01292 570823 email:  tosh@toshlubekproductions.co.

5 Great Tips To Grow Your Business

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Today I have invited Duncan Tannahill to share his 5TopTips on Business Management techniques to help grow and develop your business. You can either watch the video or skip ahead and read the post. When it comes to helping your business grow and develop there are a number of things that you should be addressing. Have a plan You must plan and set out clear goals for what you want to achieve and when you want to achieve the goals. Failing to plan is planning to fail. Goals need to be specific, measurable, achievable, and relevant to your business. Also set a timeframe for achieving those goals, if you do not you run the risk of putting off taking action until tomorrow and ultimately failing to achieve your goal. Avoid the Time-Trap You cannot manage time but you can manage how you use time. Time is the most important resource in your business, perhaps even more important than money.  Tasks you undertake have two dimensions, namely, importance and urgency. The

5 Great Tips To Develop A Top Business Team

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If your business is to thrive you need to put a good team at the heart of it. Unfortunately that is easier said than done, especially if you are in the early stages of developing your business when you have a hundred and one things that need to be done by yesterday. The truth is that the sooner you have that top team in place the more time you will have to work on the strategic aspects of your business,. In other words time to work on your business rather than in it. Today’s blog is based on Duncan Tannahill’s 5TopTips of How To Develop A Top Team, which you can watch just below or you can read on. Duncan Tannahill is Managing Director of The Tannahill Partnership , a company that delivers business coaching to SME businesses to enable them to gain real competitive advantage. Here are his five top tips on how to motivate and develop a top team. The Right People Start by recruiting the right people. It may seem obvious but if you get this wrong you will end up frustrated

5 Great Tips For Business Networking

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Today I have invited professional coach and trainer, Jill Simpson, from DEVA Training in Kilmarnock, to share her 5TopTips on business networking. Watch the video or keep reading for Jill's insight into how to make networking more enjoyable and effective.  If you are a networking newbie and not a natural extrovert then the prospect of walking into a room full of strangers is likely to be a daunting and intimidating prospect. But like most new experiences, once you get started you will probably relax and enjoy yourself. Just forcing yourself to do it is the major issue. To effectively get over that barrier it helps to be prepared so keep reading and you should pick up enough to not only enjoy networking but also make it effective for your business. For more networking tips check out my post featuring Janet Torley from Events for Business. Looking for books on business networking? These Amazon links may help, otherwise keep reading.               No one goes ne

5 Great Tips For Your New Business

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  Tony Couch from isCompliant is a former Business Gateway business advisor who has helped many people who wanted to know how to start a business but needed top notch business advice. Tony knows only too well how many of those small business ideas fail within the first few years of starting so he agreed to share his insights on how individuals starting a business can plan for long term success by putting quality at the heart of their small business ideas. One . Apply the concept of “excellence and free from defects” to your small business ideas. Gain the customer satisfaction, trust and enhanced reputation that will follow. Enjoy the confidence that repeat business brings, relish recognition for quality and benefit from the rewards. Put simply - Strive to deliver the best product or service for your customer that you can. Two . Let customer focus drive your small business. Demonstrate regular improvements by using your awareness of your client’s requirements, developm

60 Minute Business Transformation Tips By Martin Robertson Chartered Accountants

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   If you want to work with a chartered accountant who is a real business expert you would be well advised to go to  Robertson Associates, Chartered Accountants in Falkirk . Martin Robertson has been in business for nearly 20 years. In that time he has made the same mistakes many small business owners make but he has learned from those mistakes and his accountancy business in the heart of Falkirk is thriving. With the help of Susanne, his wife and business partner, Martin has written a book for small business owners detailing his experiences in business, the mistakes he has made and how to avoid making those same mistakes. At the end of each chapter Martin sets out his recommendations for you to follow. The book is called “Your 60 minute business transformation”, a five star reviewed book on Amazon. It’s packed with real, honest business advice that is designed to save you time and money. It is ideal whether you are looking to start a business, stuck in a rut or loo