Bizpro Ltd – Virtual Assistants

Bizpro are pleased to announce we will be exhibiting at the Andover Business Exhibition on Wednesday 17th March at The Lights, Andover. After our success at the Business Start Up Exhibition at Olympia in November, we’ve been itching to get back out and do another.

It’s the Andover Business Expo’s  second year and it’s bigger and better than before. There are over 50 exhibitors, some must-see seminars, including a seminar by entrepreneur & star of The Apprentice, Karren Brady.

Bizpro will be at stand 35, and we have some fantastic prizes to give away in our FREE business card prize draw, including an annual licence for an In Touch CRM, courtesy of Nett Sales, 2 x annual licences for Kashflow accounting software, courtesy of Bizpro & PAH accounting, and 4 weeks FREE telephone answering courtesy of those lovely people at Kendlebell. These are just some of the fantastic prizes on offer, so why not come along to say hello and you never know, you may just walk away with one of our prizes!

Entry to the exhibition is free and there are exclusive show offers that could save your business thousands, plus the chance to win a £1,000 advertising campaign on Andover Sound.

The Andover Expo this year features “How To” Seminars, a Vision for Andover Business Forum and a Business Link Breakfast which you can register for online here: www.andoverexpo.biz

Look forward to seeing you there!

Getting Noticed Online

In the current financial climate, many businesses are realising the need to up their marketing strategy to ensure they are not left behind. For some businesses, advertising doesn’t work  particularly well and, unless you have significant money to spend on advertising with specialist industry publications, you could be wasting your money. So,  what’s the answer? How can you raise your profile and get your business & brand noticed and recognised effectively without breaking the bank? The internet is littered with ideas and suggestions on how to go about marketing your business and you won’t need a second mortgage to do it. Nowadays, businesses without a presence on the internet are falling way behind their competitors….

A Happier you?

Some time ago, I wrote a blog about business coaching and virtual assistants, the two essential assets that every business should consider. This week I’m going to look at one coach in particular who is set to take the world by storm. This coach isn’t a business coach, but more a whole life coach, who quite literally transforms lives. This coach is focusing on one very niche market; the nursing world, and is set to become a household name.

Claire Westwood is founder & MD of Happy nurses; a business which is purely aimed at improving the mental wellbeing of nursing professionals, and enabling them to lead happier, healthier lives….

The power of testimonials

So, if someone asked you for a testimonial, would you supply it?

Of course you would, if you were happy with their service. So why are business owners still afraid to ask for testimonials? I always look to see what other people have written about a provider before I use them, and I’m more than happy to write them for others when I get a good service.  It says a lot about your business, however make sure your client is happy for your to quote them, and use their details for your marketing purposes.

Anonymous testimonials don’t really mean very much, and sometimes appear less than genuine, however sometimes clients choose to be anonymous, in which case it can’t be helped, however if you have one or two anonymous testimonials amongst several named ones it’s not going to do you any harm!

I make a habit of collecting testimonials, and asking my clients if they are happy with the service they receive. I use feedback forms which I regularly send out to make sure I am informed of the service we are providing, and that our clients are happy.

One of the most powerful ways of gaining testimonials is by video. We still get comments about our testimonial video over a year after producing it. It’s a great way of promoting both you and your clients. It needn’t be expensive to produce either.

Harassing business owners…or, knowing when to stop with the marketing calls!

Yes, this post has been inspired my one of my own experiences. Over the last few months I have been extremely busy putting together the finishing touches for the franchise package, and this has involved contact with several other suppliers to enable me to accurately cost the model. Out of the many businesses I’ve spoken to, one in particular is standing out like a sore thumb, and for all the wrong reasons…