Are you spreading the word? Just before the summer holidays I wrote about building my social media presence. Continuing that theme, how are you doing with raising your profile? Are you making use of opportunities to spread the word about you or your business? Out of my comfort zone – one year on… Over the […]
My personal experience of building my social media presence Someone commented to me the other day that my social media presence is fantastic and works really well! How cool is that! – I realise that everything is relative! I am still a newbie and have lots to learn, but after a couple of people made […]
My recent experience of being on local radio! Towards the end of last year, I set myself the challenge of presenting a meeting via Facebook Live. Having managed my first public broadcast, I decided it was time for my next visibility challenge..! I sponsor my local radio station, Canalside Radio and had been offered the […]
Creating your vision for your career, your business, your life… What is your vision? Setting yourself the task to create the vision for your career/your business/your life can be daunting – if not overwhelming…! Neuroscience says… I enjoyed a course this last weekend on neuroscience for coaches – one of my aha moments was when […]
What are values? When I first learned about process improvement and culture change, I learned: “Behaviours are the visible manifestation of values.” In other words, we can’t see a person’s values or the values of an organisation, but we can see their behaviours, which are driven by their values. We demonstrate our values through our […]
Presenting via Facebook Live At the end of last year, I agreed to give a talk live on Facebook as part of 4Networking’s weekly Saturday morning Facebook Live meeting series (“4NTV Live”). Even though I hadn’t tried out Facebook Live at the time, I set myself the challenge of presenting a meeting including a 20min […]
Who is taking care of you? Taking care of yourself when running your own business is important – critical even. If employers have a duty of care to their staff, who takes care of the ‘solopreneur’? Who is taking care of you? Tempting as it is sometimes to work long hours, make the most of […]
What do you experience when you’re a customer? At the end of last week, I was busy at lunchtime and realised mid-afternoon that I was quite hungry. I decided to treat myself to a take-away salad from a local cafe :) But when I walked in I was told: “We’ve stopped serving, it’s 5 to […]
Where do you add value to your business? Time and energy management and focusing on strategic/long-term activities rather than being ‘seduced’ by tactical/urgent actions has been a topic of discussion in some of my recent business development workshops and business development groups. Remembering my Lean training, I’ve been asking: In the eyes of your customers, […]
How are you managing your time? Are you managing your time effectively?? Where are you spending your time really?? Try this exercise: Look back over the last month/week: How much of your time was spent on activities that are important to you and your goals? How much of your time was spent on activities that […]
How can you reach your ideal customer? Assuming you know who your ideal customer is…(?) …how can you reach them?? Where do your ideal customers hang out – online and offline? What events do they attend? What social media groups are they active in? As lovely and cosy as it is to hang out in […]
What makes you and your business special? What makes you and your business special? How do you distinguish yourself from everyone else? What makes you unique? How do you want to be remembered? What is your unique selling point, what’s your USP? I go to networking meetings and often there are a coachload of coaches(!) […]
