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Is your business a ‘Vitamin’ Or ‘Painkiller’?
Read MoreIs your business a 'Vitamin' Or 'Painkiller'? I've just been looking in our old 'Prospects' folder at the projects we ...
LinkedIn Stories
Read MoreThere is definitely room for improvement… But I’m happy…ish 😊 STORIES ARE HERE! AT LAST ! However, there is definitely ...
Influencer Marketing Vs Employee Advocacy
Read MoreIndustry Angel Podcast Ep 53 Influencer Marketing Vs Employee Advocacy Ian answers questions from last week's show about Influencer Marketing. ...
How much money you make, is not as important as, how you make your money.
Read MoreI heard TWO sad business stories recently. SITUATION ONE A friend of mine has had his company copied. Fraudulent scammers ...
Three Little Words
Read MoreSo, I’m sitting in the garden with a cuppa, soaking up the sun and reflecting on what has been an ...
How to Get Featured on Podcasts
Read MoreSo, you want to get featured on podcasts. Click here to listen to the 'How to Get Featured on Podcasts' ...
Technology – you’ve been told you need it.
Read MoreNow and again we come across companies who approach us with a ‘need’ for technology. When we ask what the ...
7 Alternative Sales Tips
Read MoreHere are 7 Alternative Sales Tips to help you gain sales and receive a return on investment for the effort ...
You’ve Generated a Lead, Now What?
Read MoreLead generation Lead generation has become a phrase widely used across almost every industry, thank goodness. The decision to begin/ramp-up ...
ERP…Who let the hounds out.
Read MoreWe recently produced a guide aimed at helping organisations achieve the right ERP system, for the right price, on time. The ...
Productivity Can Be Fun
Read MoreMax Productivity Using The Pomodoro Technique With the ever increasing weapons of mass distraction how do you ensure you hit a high level of ...
North East Manufacturing – The Oil & Gas Downturn
Read MoreOil & Gas The world-leading UK oil & gas supply chain generates tens of billions of pounds a year in ...
Digital Marketing for new client…
Read MoreOur Digital Marketing Strategy for Boomerang Healthcare Far North Ltd are delighted to be working on digital marketing with one ...
Should I connect with everyone on LinkedIn?
Read MoreHere is TEN Reasons NOT to connect with anyone and everyone on LinkedIn. Would you accept a business card from ...
Customer Relationship
Read MoreSo many services. So many products that have come with services. HOW DO YOU STAND OUT? Customer relationship. Your clients ...
Business Podcast has launched
Read MoreIndustry Angel Business Podcast storms into the charts Hopefully you have subscribed (and left a rating & review, it really ...
Business Card Etiquette For Sales Professionals
Read MoreI was clearing out my desk recently, sorting through business cards and updating my CRM system with sales prospects and ...
Zero To £45,000 – Standing Out From The Crowd
Read MoreStanding out from the crowd, ey? In my 21 years in the freight forwarding industry, I have always tried to ...
Fifteen reasons why we shouldn’t work together
Read MoreI was coaching a client recently who had a gut feeling that a project he had been asked to work ...
Podcasters: Don’t Be A Lone Ranger.
Read MoreThinking of starting a podcast? If you are reading these words you either host a podcast or you are thinking ...
Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good
Read MoreDon't let perfect be the enemy of good. I’ve been working with a client recently who needed a little nudge. ...
Your social media posts are being ignored.
Read MoreYour Social Media Posts are being Ignored! How you can change this All too often my social media messages are ...
Content Marketing
Read MoreIndustry Angel Podcast Ep 52 Content Marketing Ian discusses lead generation with content marketing, broadcasting on social media, not engaging ...
I love tight briefs
Read MoreI love tight briefs. The tighter the better.And, it is my job to tighten them. Let me explain. A client ...
FUNNEL FUN
Read More Sales Funnel How to perfect your sales funnel Here are typical stages of a cold 'reach out', email / ...
Do you fear winning new business?
Read MoreMany businesses tell me that they would take on more work if they could only be sure that their production ...
The most wonderful time of the year…to add customers.
Read MoreI opened my first door this morning by 8AM, not the best time to eat chocolate but my advent calendar ...
Recruitment agencies, do them a favour
Read MoreRecruitment There are some fantastic recruitment companies out there, some contributing great content on Networking sites such as LinkedIn Some ...
Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.
Read MoreI had a podcast interview scheduled yesterday. Actually rescheduled. Last week I was sat at my desk at the agreed ...
I’m kind of a big deal.
Read MoreI had an unusual and unforgettable interview for a Sales Director position a few years back. It was for a ...
Screw Best Practice
Read MoreScrew best practice! In a well-attended strategy meeting recently, we discussed implementing a very unique and exciting project. It would radically ...
Opportunity lies in mistakes
Read MoreMistakes, who sir? Me sir? I LOVE it when I hear clients say they've made mistakes. If you know me ...
Facebook like a pro!
Read MoreWhere were you when Bellew beat Haye? This weekend my wife and I enjoyed a rare night out with friends ...
Millennials. Not for me.
Read MoreWe are in an age where labeling people can be a dangerous act, it’s walking a thin HR line…. Although ...
BGOB. Achieving Profitable Growth in 2017
Read MoreDo you have dreams of 2017 being a highly profitable year in your business? Could it be your best year ...
Is doing something better than doing nothing? Network.
Read MoreI'm pretty sure we've all experienced something that hasn't yielded the expected results. May I stretch that and say we've ...
North East Business Support Funding
Read MoreFunding a project can often be the catalyst to go for it! So, we are delighted to be a Registered ...