Newsletter - Advisors get involved locally
For some advisors getting involved with local businesses and organisations is an obvious way to make new business contacts, but those of us who travel a lot for work sometime overlook the benefits of local networking. I know that I've often under-estimated the quality and quantity of useful people in my local area. If you're busy, then building local contacts can help you find people to support you and take some of the load. If you're not, then getting involved in local organisations will get you out and about and making new contacts - and you never know when a fellow committee member will turn out to be a potential client!
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Client Newsletter - Effective Writing
Whatever your position in a business there are times when you need to write in a way that galvanises people into action - and in a world that's increasingly dominated by massive amounts of freely available information it can be very difficult to get your point across clearly.
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What makes a good article?
Social networking and social media have really taken off as a means of getting your message heard, but as an advisor you want people to do more than just read a 140 character tweet. Ideally you want someone to read your blog or article and be so impressed with your wisdom, experience and creativity that they immediately pick up the phone and ask for your help.
Unfortunately, most of us don't write for a living and the type of report that consultants generally produce isn't exactly riveting reading. So how do you write an article that will bring in readers, show case your talents and get clients to engage with you?
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Skillfair 2010 Conference
The theme for this year's conference is 'Personal and Business Growth' - both aspects being critical to success for consultants.
As always we've tried to offer a mix of topics, with short and long sessions and plenty of time for networking and making contacts and have selected a venue, 1 Great George Street, London, with a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. We hope you'll join us for what we know will be a rewarding and enjoyable day.
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Newsletter - Don't Give Up!
Faced with the obvious subjects for this week of the budget and football, I thought it would be much more interesting to take my inspiration from tennis! Unless you've been away you'll know that 2 tennis players have just spent a considerable portion of the last 3 days slogging away trying to decide which is the better player - and amazingly the guy who looked completely out on his feet last night came out on top. Personally, I think I would have cheerfully lost the match rather than carrying on but clearly giving up was never an option for either player.
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