All "sales" articles
- The art of sales
- Every business owner needs to understand the art of selling - no matter how good your product or service is.
- See more in: sales, marketing, customers, research, guides, news analysis
- Building customer relationships
- If cashflow is the lifeblood of your business then customers are the heart pumping it around. Know them, appreciate them, look after them.
- See more in: sales, marketing, customers, CRM, market research, guides, news analysis
- Perception and reality: the brand-building guide
- A small-business guide to how various businesses establish - or fail to establish - a reputation in line with customer experience.
- See more in: brand, branding, advertising, marketing, Body Shop, Nike, Stella Artois, news analysis
- Business blogs
- Rowena Forbes, managing director of writing agency All Words, explains why you should be blogging for your business.
- See more in: blogging, blogs, blog, marketing, advertising, copywriting, guides
- Conducting market research
- To conquer your market you must first understand it, as explained in this guide...
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- Buy a franchise: office and IT training franchise
- The Pitman Training franchise opportunity is ideally suited to those with sales experience and sales savvy.
- See more in: franchises, franchisor, franchisees, buy a franchise, interviews, opportunity, services, training, IT, office, clerical, secretarial, computers
- Joe the Plumber sparks interest in business buying
- America loves its workaday entrepreneurial heroes. One which has captured the headlines in the US presidential elections has fuelled an interest in buying businesses, according to BusinessesForSale.com.
- See more in: plumbers, plumbing, buy a business, buying, elections, election, Obama, McCain, news, US
- Event to feature advice about coping with downturn
- A whole week dedicated to small businesses kicks off Monday 13 October.
- See more in: event, events, news, seminars
- Closing date for £5k awards approaches
- Time is running out if you want to vie for the top prize at the annual Start-Up Star business awards.
- See more in: news, start a business, start-ups, Award
- Asian Business recognised for peerless performance
- Asian businesses are outperforming their white counterparts so judges for an upcoming event honouring successful British Asians will have plenty to choose from.
- See more in: minorities, news, ethnic minorities, ceremonies, events, event, Asian, Award
- Work for texperts, kill the pub quiz
- Working from home needn’t necessarily involve stuffing envelopes, telesales or telemarketing.
- See more in: work from home, telesales, telemarketing, texperts, AQA, David Platt
- We’re in a recession, says private equity boss
- Jon Moulton, founder of Alchemy Partners, warns entrepreneurs to hunker down for a tough period.
- See more in: recession, private equity, venture capitalist, VCs, news, economy, economic
- Ready made shelf companies – off the shelf investments
- If you want to buy a limited company, but baulk at the mountain of pre-planning and legal necessities required, why not buy a ready made company?
- See more in: ready made shelf companies, small business, inspiration, VAT, Companies House
- Relocate to... Wales
- After years in the doldrums following the decline of the mining industry, the Welsh Dragon is resurgent.
- See more in: relocation, country, Wales, UK, Britain, economy, Welsh, guides
- Redundancy – a blessing in disguise
- The threat of redundancy looms larger than ever, but if you've got corporate experience then you could spend your money on a lucrative management franchise.
- See more in: redundancy, corporate, management, franchise, managing, guides, franchises, franchising, franchisees