Let me introduce Business Coach Natalie Ekberg who I met on Twitter recently. She is a qualified business and personal life coach. She has both the qualifications and the experience as you will see. After all, she has moved countries on 5 occasions in the last 15 years. I would…
How is the construction industry incorporating social media? Without doubt, some organisations working within the construction industry are still viewing social media platforms (Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter) as simply a tool for the “marketing people” – at best as a way of keeping up with what’s happening within the sector and…
Have you read Richard Branson’s blog or do you follow him on Twitter? Interesting question you might say but how do I end up being compared with a serial entrepreneur? The answer to that is quite simple. The headline was the hook and made you curious and the answer is…
There is a point for you in this metaphor! Walking in to a large supermarket is best done armed with a shopping list that clearly identifies what it is you are going to buy! That’s my experience anyway! Without that list I could spend hours walking around the aisles aimlessly…
The title has been taken from a short story written by Alan Sillitoe in 1959. It is the story of a young teenager named Colin Smith who lived and grew up in Nottingham. His family were poor and his prospects were very limited apart from his main interest in petty…
In this economic climate ‘Tender enquiries’ are difficult to come by and so you will need to ensure that every opportunity is used to the full. Using a Tender Register is vital if you are to maintain a record of all your enquiries in one place. The Register will give…
I thought I might have left writing about Twitter for a while but somehow I got caught up again with this brilliant networking tool and decided to ramble along with it. Followers and Leaders Marketing has been evolving rapidly over the last few years and unfortunately leaving many behind. There…
This is the last in a series of posts about Twitter for those starting out like me. It has been an interesting journey so far and I have gleaned some real lessons from the experience. I have likened this on line networking to a bunch of people; all sorts of…
This series of posts has been about why construction firms should be using Twitter. We have looked at why construction firms have benefited from an on line communications plan using Twitter. We have discovered that using Twitter in your marketing mix is a key ‘networking’ tool that is used to engage with…
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