Marketing Statistics For New And Seasoned Solo Consultant

If we learnt one thing from our response to the pandemic, it was how important other people are to our wellbeing ...

Second Guessing Can Cost You Referrals

It's fair to say that a large proportion of potential referrals to good people running great businesses are missed ...

Referrals: Be Patient!

I've been networking for my business for many years now and observed and worked with people from all sorts of industries ...

Tips For The Start-up Consultant Freelancer

As an independent consultant freelancer, one of the ways I stay out of trouble is to know my own limitations ...

Aha Moments: Who Needs Them?

There I was, on my first day of a brand new course, eager and keen to learn how to be a trainer. As usual, I was a bit nervous ...

Think Again By Adam Grant: An Essential Read For All Consultants

I started my career in a far less 'PC' era when it was a woman's prerogative to change her mind ...

3 Top Tips When Asking For Advice

Many of us are in the business of giving advice. It's how we earn our living as consultants, trainers and coaches ...

Marketing: Turn A Weakness Into An Advantage

It can be tricky to get your marketing right as sometimes trying to be tricky can be your downfall ...

Positive Regard: Does It Have A Place In Business?

As you can imagine, I get to hear a lot of people's opinions on what other people do wrong when out and about networking ...

Here's A Top Tip For Budding Entrepreneurs!

As a budding entrepreneur and starting out in business, I was fascinated by the way people earned a living ..

Business Networking Tips: Plan To Say Thank You

Most business networking groups have a 60-second slot to promote their business and another to thank others ...

Networking Tips: It Takes Three!

When you’ve been doing something for a long time, you forget that there was ever a time when you didn’t know this ...

Not A Natural Networker?

I wasn't a natural networker either. I find rooms full of strangers a daunting experience and am reluctant to go ...

The Meadow And Your Business

I first heard of the concept of Biomimetics (biomimicry) many years ago and buried it in the back of my brain ...

Building Your Business Relationships Using Collaboration

One of the phrases I use with clients is how to build their business by using collaboration rather than competition ...

Networking Skills: Take Care, They’re Watching You

If you’re in business then others are watching you and never more so than as a member of a networking group ...

Business Networking: Is It Really A Waste Of Time?

I had an early lesson in time management when I was a student nurse in the RAF that I suspect lots of us had with our first jobs ...

Business Development : Empathy Is An Essential Business Skill

Empathy is often contrasted with sympathy and that implies it is a skill for helping someone who is in distress ...