Business Tips
Capsule CRM Launches New Integrations
I have long advocated Capsule CRM as the go-to customer relationship management tool, however over the last couple of years the fact that it did not have an integral marketing/newsletter system was a drawback. Now, however it has launched a new integration with Transpond and my initial investigations into this new service make it look…
Read MoreHow to Write a Press Release
Vicky Clapham, Managing Director of Bevic Marketing Services Ltd is back with her second guest blog for us, this time sharing her top tip for How to Write a Press Release. How to Write a Press Release When writing a press release the best tip is to go for the upside down triangle approach, with…
Read MoreWhat is PR and Why do you Need It?
I am delighted to welcome this guest blog from Vicky Clapham, Managing Director of Bevic Marketing Services Ltd talking about why you need PR and some fabulous top tips for business owners. What is PR? PR or public relations is one of the key components of the ‘marketing mix’ and can play a valuable role…
Read MoreWhat Business Wellbeing Means To Me?
We recently had a discussion at my networking group, The Business Wellbeing Club, about how to build the membership and how to make it appeal to people. This got me thinking about what is Business Wellbeing – at least what is business wellbeing to me? One of the crucial things about the Business Wellbeing Club…
Read MoreHow to….. Set up a Landing Page in Mailchimp
The ability to set up a landing page in Mailchimp is a really useful addition to your marketing within Mailchimp. It allows you to entice customers to sign up for your newsletter with very specific offers. For example you can use a landing page to: promote a new product give customers exclusive content with a…
Read MoreHow to….. Set up a template email using a Gmail account
Many of us send out standard emails on a regular basis and setting up a template for these emails is an excellent time-saver. If you are a Gmail user it is now super simple to set up a template email using a Gmail account. Here are the six simple steps: 1) in…
Read MoreTop Ten Tips for a Successful Business
The 10th January is MicroBiz Matters Day and founders Tina and Tony will be celebrating with a conference over in Preston. They have also requested that micro businesses share their top 10 tips so, as 2020 will see Red Kite Services celebrate our 10th birthday, I thought I would share some of ours (in no…
Read MoreWhat Should be on My Business Card?
I see a lot of business cards. I network, so I receive a lot and I offer a service that inputs info from business cards onto contact management systems. Some of them make me think “Wow,” some make me cringe, some make me search for my glasses. Your business card is important. If you go…
Read More10 Tips to Improve the Data Security of your Business
I am lucky enough to be a member of The Business Network in York and to be able to rub shoulders with many experts. One of these is Andy Gambles from Servertastic, who frequently shares his expertise on data security issues. So, some of these tips are directly attributable to him and some of them…
Read MoreHow to Password Protect a Word Document
This short blog post will teach you how to password protect a Microsoft Word Document on both Windows and Mac. 1) Open word document and click the ‘review’ tab You can do this before you have written the document or once it’s fully completed. It is necessary to have your word document in full screen…
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