Now that it has been over a year (I can’t believe it either!!) since I started this blog, I feel it is time to explain how I became able to blog almost overnight, from being a total blog virgin and not even knowing what a blog was.

Anyway… here are my secrets…

I have been wondering why it is recently that I invest so much time in networking and trying to reach others via my blog.

I have been reading Duncan Bannatyne’s book “Wake Up And Change Your Life”. In there he quotes the six degrees of seperation that we are each only 6 steps removed from from anyone on the planet.

Every single business alive has to do marketing on a continuous basis to keep a flow of new customers and service the existing ones.

Every thing you do in marketing is a test. It is essential that you also track everything in detail. Every £1 you spend on marketing has to produce a positive result. If it doesn’t, move on. I am not only talking about different methods of marketing, but about every little detail. Even the change of a word or 2 in a headline can give a dramatic change in response.

As a successful business owner, you are constantly wondering how you can attract more business and more clients. If your business is online, the main challenge is how to get more traffic to your website. Marketing is the answer for both online and offline business growth. Without marketing, you will never be able to get targeted traffic into your website, or focused prospects to your business.

Yes, it’s that time of year again. Isn’t it worrying how quickly it comes around each time. I am sure it gets quicker each year!

The 31st October 2008 is the deadline for sending in a paper Self Assessment Return (SAR) and if you want, HMRC will calculate your tax for you - more on that in a minute…

There are a number of things a new business owner can do to start generating interest in their business and eventually sales and growth.

If I were in this position today, I would make sure that businesses locally know about me. This can be done by writing a letter or dropping in. Neither approach costs much.

If you are a blogger, or the one responsible for your business website, you know just how important content is to your website. You have to have content and lots of it for regular articles, to keep your newsletter fresh, and for your blog. Many people just panic and shut down entirely when thinking about all of the content and constant updating that their internet marketing effort needs.

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