Book marketing for first-time authors

Book marketing for first-time authors

A successful book keeps selling over time.  That means that you need a marketing plan for your book. You already know who your ideal readers are. You have a clear idea how your book helps them. Hopefully, you also know where they are active – social media, podcasts...
How to brief a web designer

How to brief a web designer

Before we get into this, let me just say I am not a web designer.  However, I’ve worked with a lot of people who are – and a lot of customers who I’ve written web content for, so I’ve heard all the horror stories – and also quite a few ecstatic reviews. Your web...
Who is AIDA?

Who is AIDA?

I first ‘met’ AIDA back in the 1980s when I was discovering sales training.  AIDA is as old as the hills, but equally relevant today. In short it’s an acronym for getting a customer from contact to cash (or card).  It works across many different media, from...
Reputation planning for SMEs

Reputation planning for SMEs

Big oaks from little acorns grow. Big corporations started life as an SME at some point. This means that you need to start as you mean to go on; it’s really tough to change the way people do things once they’ve got into a habit. This means that – even before you start...