Showing posts with label Financial Times. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Financial Times. Show all posts

Monday, January 18, 2010

To Tweet or not to Tweet...


In Saturday's Financial Times, Jonathan Moules asked whether Facebook and Twitter are valuable business tools. In the article, To tweet or not to tweet is a business question, Jonathan talked to a variety of small businesses who have used social networks to engage with customers, find collaborators, recruit staff and build internal communities.

I also offer my thoughts on the benefits of social media to business in the 'Ask the Experts' section, along with Media Coach Alan Stevens.










Monday, November 09, 2009

Safety in Numbers....the networking benefits to sharing an office.

In Saturday's Financial Times, Jonathan Moules asked for my advice to accompany an article about the benefits for small businesses of sharing an office.



I talked about three major benefits for small businesses working together:

1 - Taking advantage of economies of scale when sourcing suppliers, leading to cost savings and better support.

2 - Combining resources to tender together for larger projects than they could manage on their own.

3 - Sharing challenges and getting feedback from other entrepreneurs in a similar situation.

You can read my comments in full here.

Monday, August 24, 2009

Establish Contacts - Mike Southon's column in the Financial Times


Mike Southon, best selling author of 'Beermat Entrepreneur' and the other Beermat books, recently interviewed me for his weekly column in the Financial Times.

In the article, 'Making Contacts', Mike talked to me about the need to generate a strong referral strategy and making the most of the connections you have.

You can read Mike's article here.

Friday, July 24, 2009

Connecting is not Enough the newsletter.....and the news

This fortnight's edition of the 'Connecting is not Enough' newsletter is now available here.



The latest edition includes:

- A solution to staff talking to each other at networking events.
- It's who knows you, and what they say about you
- Count to ten before commenting online
- Video - How to get the most out of networking.

In addition, Mike Southon has discussed my thoughts on how to leverage your network in tomorrow's edition of The Financial Times. You can read the interview in the entrepreneurship pages of the Money section.