Christmas greetings and a peek for after

You may have noticed I’ve been a little quiet over the past few weeks, don’t worry I’m not abandoning you.
I have some interesting thoughts to share, which I’ll tell you about in a moment, but recently my more savvy clients have been gearing themselves up for a good push in the New Year and [...]

Written by Carol Bentley on December 19, 2008
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Something different for Christmas

I have to admire people who turn their hand to different writing activities and Michael Bland is one such person… in fact his talent for writing short stories has completely surprised me.
But not just any short stories - he has specifically written stories that can be distributed instead of a traditional Christmas card. The stories [...]

Written by Carol Bentley on December 17, 2008
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Planning ahead - your 2009 strategy

As we head towards the end of 2008 are you looking back on a brilliant year or one that you feel you wouldn’t want to go through again? Thinking back to this time last year - and the plans you made then - how successful were you?
It’s a time of year when many of [...]

Written by Carol Bentley on December 10, 2008
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Plan to sell your business - expert advice

Whatever reason you had for starting your business there’s a good possiblity that eventually you’d like to see a good return on your investment of time and money.
One way you may be thinking of achieving that is by selling your business. That takes preparation; making sure your business can run without you and making [...]

Written by Carol Bentley on December 9, 2008
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Book review - Presenting Phenomenally

Getting through a recession takes all the marketing and selling skills we have. And one skill that may be even more important than ever before is the ability to ’speak in public’.
Whether it is formally presenting a sales proposal to win business, or a motivational talk to boost staff moral, a well received presentation [...]

Written by Carol Bentley on December 4, 2008
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Business lessons to learn

This year we have seen some large businesses fail globally. And recently - in the UK - a high-street stalwart has demised. Why? What’s the lesson we can learn from this to help us avoid the same outcome?
My good friend, Chris Croft, has a very interesting take on what happened and what we might [...]

Written by Carol Bentley on December 3, 2008
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