The Festival of Enterprise Part 2 BCL278 Business Showcases We continue our review of The Festival of Enterprise Part 2 which took place at the NEC. The Festival of Enterprise is a is the yearly show for SMEs, business startups, and entrepreneurs. Business Connections Live TV and Racheal Taplins, Media March Maker Service presented the media hub at the show. Business Connections Live TV interviewed a number of businesses and business owners to produce there Business Showcase Videos. These Busine...
Jun 25, 2020•41 min
Video can massively grow your business Video can massively grow your business! it’s a statement we often hear. Video is the key to unlocking the true potential of your website and raising your individual profile and industry influence. Steve Mills and Steve Hyland will be talking about how video can massively grow yow business by simply having a marketing strategy that includes strategic video content. We also look at how you should incorporate video into every aspect of your marketing from webs...
Jun 20, 2020•1 hr 6 min
How to Unlock your LinkedIn to improve your business BCL259 Get more from LinkedIn to grow your business LinkedIn Unlocking and how to have a magnetic Profile that attracts the best and repels the rest. Angus will talk us through the importance of Keywords, This is all about Brand You and the various sections of your LinkedIn Profile. He will be discussing how problem solving and storytelling are key parts of your profile. Angus will also be looking at searching, how to get around the commercial...
Jun 20, 2020•1 hr 5 min
Managing your brand image online. Online Brand Reputation Management is critical in today’s online world. Many of us before we buy a product or a service will go online to qualify the purchase and its not just big brands that take their brand image seriously. With the influence of social media and in the B2B market an ill-conceived post on Linked\in or Facebook can spell ruin for a small business. So what do we need to do to protect your online brand reputation and how do we manage it. On this p...
Jun 20, 2020•1 hr 5 min
Successful New Media Marketing BCL260 Connect with existing & future clients New Media Marketing is the new buzz word amongst internet marketers. On this programme legendary global speaker Frank Furness shares some of the secrets of successful online and offline marketing. Connecting and communicating with existing and future clients is becoming increasingly more important. Social media platforms have developed and now should be used as part of any strategic marketing campaign. Marketing has...
Jun 20, 2020•1 hr 10 min
How to create an online course BCL258 From your experience, know-how and expertise Your content is your greatest asset. You may be a trainer, consultant or speaker who would like to develop an online course. What are the secrets to developing a successful course? Can you use existing material and repurpose it. How long should it be and most importantly how do you promote it? Michael Brook from My Expertise on Line will show you how you could create passive income from an online training course. ...
Jun 20, 2020•1 hr 7 min
Brexit advice for importers and exporters BCL257 Tariffs, Customs and more… Should the UK leave the EU on 22nd May without a deal, businesses that import from and/or export to the EU will be faced with additional controls and requirements that they currently do no need to do when trading with the EU. In a no-deal scenario, businesses will be faced with making Customs Declarations for imports and exports, understanding commodity codes and the tariffs and duties attached to these codes, understand...
Jun 20, 2020•1 hr 12 min
Brexit What Now? BCL256 Where to now and our standing in Europe. On 12th March 2019 the Prime Minister Theresa May’s deal was rejected again. She will ask the EU for a delay to Brexit. But if parliament reject her deal again then she says she will seek a longer extension from the EU – but any delay has to be agreed by the 27 other EU member states. Extending our departure beyond three months would mean that the UK would have to take part in May’s European Parliament elections. As the law hasn’t ...
Jun 20, 2020•1 hr 3 min
Telephone Etiquette and Sniper Selling BCL255 The importance of Telephone Etiquette and the secret to Sniper Selling The Telephone Assassin is on a mission to get businesses talking again and stopping people from hiding behind their emails and social media. Anthony will be explaining the importance of telephone etiquette and why bringing a service-lead twist to “telemarketing” is so important and impact your telesales success. On the programme we discuss how Anthony gives people the confidence t...
Jun 20, 2020•1 hr 8 min
How to Buy a Business Without Risking Your Own Cash Discover the skills needed to buy a business How to buy a business – buying another business is the fastest way to grow your company – and Jonathan Jay mentors business owners to do exactly that – without personal risk or using their savings. Jonathan Jay and his team of business buying and selling experts will train you in the steps to buying a business, growth by acquisition, how to sell a company and business turnaround. If you want expert g...
Jun 20, 2020•1 hr 1 min
How To Increase Sales to £100,000 in six months or less Break the £100.000 barrier and scale your business How To Increase Sales to £100,000 in six months or less, is this all a dream or can this be a reality. Are you doing more of the same thing each day but expecting different results. On today’s programme Steve Mills talks about the actions you need to take to increase your business profitability. The programme is for business owners who are either a startup or who have been in business for a...
Jun 20, 2020•1 hr 6 min
Your 7 Transformational Steps To Sales Success How To Build Predictable Sales Growth For Your Business You will learn, through this proven system using Social Media how you can find 100 cold leads in your chosen target market and turn these into 8 to 13 Hot Prospects without paying a single pound, dollar or dime to Google, LinkedIn or Facebook. Using this methodology you will then have a continual supply of prospects ASKING to have more information or to have sales based conversations! Who is Ru...
Jun 20, 2020•1 hr 4 min
Positive Nutrition Strategic Eating to Upgrade your Health and Energy Positive Nutrition what is it and how can it be put to applied to the workplace – Kate Cook a nutrition and wellness expert, author and keynote speaker will discuss strategic eating showing you how to have a blueprint and a map of the food landscape so that you know how to navigate it with confidence. Kate delivers a down-to-earth, no-nonsense approach to eating well. With so much confusion around diet, food and eating Kate ai...
Jun 20, 2020•1 hr 7 min
What is your blockchain business strategy? Blockchain what is it and what can it do for you? If you are confused about how it could be used in your business then this is the programme that will explain all. Troy Norcross from Blockchain Rookies will be discussing how Blockchain is disrupting business models, ecosystems and industries. Troy will provide detail on some leading use cases in supply chain management, anti-counterfeiting and healthcare. In his work at Blockchain Rookies, he will share...
Jun 20, 2020•1 hr 2 min
How To Prepare For A No-Deal Brexit There is a lot of media coverage around a No-Deal Brexit. The UK is scheduled to leave the EU on 29 March 2019. If a formal withdrawal treaty has not been signed by this point, all EU rules and regulations will instantly cease to apply to the UK. But what does this mean to businesses across the UK? Does the recent spate of closures, in particular, the motor industry and headquarter moves does it spell the end for growth in the UK. Interestingly figures suggest...
Jun 20, 2020•1 hr 1 min
Lies, Damned Lies, and the Wrong Statistics Measuring what matters to customers for positive outcomes – The end is Insight Measuring customer satisfaction is often as unreliable and surprising as election or referendum polls. The downside of believing what people say they will do and what they do can have many politicians and business people going in entirely the wrong way politically and strategically. Many businesses look at customer satisfaction as a necessary evil and some cases don't devote...
Jun 20, 2020•1 hr 8 min
The Business Christmas Special – A look back at the year Welcome to the Business Christmas Special. Thank you to all our guests who appeared on Business Connections Live TV over the past twelve months. Here’s a selection of our on-air business experts. On the Business Christmas Special, we look at everything from how to use slides and automation in your marketing to the technology available for conferencing and how to handle stress. By appearing on Business Connections Live it is the perfect opp...
Jun 20, 2020•1 hr 10 min
Are You Google Fit For Business On this show, we ask the question, ARE YOU GOOGLE FIT FOR BUSINESS?. Gain a greater understanding of what Google is looking for from your website to improve your business’ SEO You can have the most beautiful website in the worldd, but if no one can find it because the search engines can’t read it, then how much use is it? We will explain how important SEO is and how it will make your website Google fit for business. Make your website Google Fit For Business with e...
Jun 20, 2020•1 hr 11 min
ow to Minimise Stress and Increase Productivity On this show, we look at How to Minimise Stress and Increase Productivity. We are all busy. Caught up on the seemingly endless treadmill of emails, work pressures, information overload, constant distractions and the feeling of ‘there’s never enough time’! As a result, we never take the opportunity to consider if there is a different approach we could take that would help us be calmer, more productive and effective. In this show. How to Minimise Str...
Jun 20, 2020•1 hr 11 min
Brexit – Is your supply chain prepared or is it too late? Brexit is nearly upon us and there are many companies out there who seem to still have their heads in the sand. With four months to go, there is still no clear picture of whether we face a hard or soft Brexit, with the key parliamentary vote on the ‘divorce deal’ planned for December. Is Your Supply Chain Brexit Ready? Is your company prepared for either scenario? If it’s ‘no deal’, what will the effects likely be on companies supply chai...
Jun 20, 2020•1 hr 3 min
Understanding the Customer Journey We often hear the mantra, Understanding the Customer Journey – From Sale to Retention. But what does it really mean? Is it just, customer care or is it a set of processes and procedures that can be applied to any business. Matt will be talking about how to win more business but also do more business with existing customers, talking about the importance of having both a process for sales and one for customer retention. How people focus on the tools rather than t...
Jun 20, 2020•1 hr 8 min
Your Slides Suck! Top tips for tip-top presentations. When it comes to Professional Presentation visual ads, how do you design compelling slide decks? Have you ever sat through a presentation where you have been bored stiff? Too much information on each slide, cluttered and confusing. Its often called Death By Powerpoint! The sad fact is its not the tools (Powerpoint, Keynote) but the way they are used. David Hensen explains the key things you need to remember when creating a Powerpoint or Keyno...
Jun 20, 2020•1 hr 8 min
How to Take your Business to Organisational Excellence Even well-established businesses can fail when it comes to Organisational Excellence. They don’t plan to fail, but they often fail to plan. They concentrate on being good at what they do, but in the process fall foul of “blind spots” and don’t have the time, energy or flexibility to take their organisation to the next level. Paul Glynn from Sandler Training (Southern Counties) takes us through just some of those blind spots., He gives a whis...
Jun 20, 2020•1 hr 7 min
The 3 Mistakes That Undermine ROI from Marketing Most businesses, big and small, make at least 3 mistakes when it comes to ROI from marketing. These mistakes reduce the effectiveness of the marketing and therefore hamper the return on investment that comes from the expenditure. Many spend their money on getting advertising in front of a broad, generic audience. What the fail to do is target specific sub-sets of prospects and then drive them to specific lead capture mechanism. But the biggest car...
Jun 20, 2020•1 hr 8 min
Done right, particularly in today’s climate of growing awareness of our rights to privacy and data protection, GDPR etc., businesses can use strong security as a differentiator. Who is Darren Chapman CyberScale was set up in 2017 by Darren Chapman to deliver pragmatic IT security support and solutions to businesses large and small. CyberScale offers Cyber Security assessments, Data Protection and GDPR data security support, Advisory services and Awareness Programmes. Its particular aim is to ena...
Jun 20, 2020•1 hr 5 min
How do Google AdWords/Ads work? How to advertise on Google a guide for business Should you advertise on Google? Without doubt, Google advertising is a great marketing strategy for business owners of all sizes. You can show an ad for your business to people who are actively searching for your products or services at that very moment. This type of targeting alone makes Google a very attractive option for SME’s. For many years, the best way to advertise on Google has been through Google AdWords now...
Sep 28, 2018•1 hr 5 min•Season 2018Ep. 236
How to improve your pricing and increase your profits Strategies and advice that any SME can use So how to improve your pricing strategy? For many businesses, they find themselves in the dilemma of how to price the product and services they offer. Getting this wrong can have a catastrophic effect on the profitability of the business. On this edition of Business Connections Live, we explain the basic principles that any business can apply to their pricing strategy to increase profits and help the...
Sep 27, 2018•1 hr 6 min•Season 2018Ep. 235
How To Deliver Successful Business Outcomes How To Deliver Successful Business Outcomes. Steve Hyland talks to Jim McLaughlin, Chair of Vistage – the No 1 Peer Advisory Group with 2000 UK members. Dun & Bradstreet research demonstrates that Vistage member companies grow 2.2 times faster than non-member companies. We’ll explore how and why. What is Vistage If you are willing to talk candidly about the tough decisions you face, fellow members will rally around you, listen, ask tough questions ...
Sep 26, 2018•1 hr 10 min•Season 2018Ep. 234
How Will GDPR Affect Sales How Will GDPR Affect Sales – Train your sales force to use GDPR as a benefit when promoting your product. The whole purpose of GDPR is to engender trust. Trust in your business. Trust in Your product; Trust in your people. You B2B customers will want to know that you are demonstrably GDPR compliant as part of the contract that they enter into with you, especially if you are a third party processor. Being able to assure them that you have been GDPR audited and can provi...
Sep 25, 2018•1 hr 7 min•Season 2018Ep. 231
What is a Blockchain What is a Blockchain – Whats the difference between Bitcoin and Blockchain? This is the quick explanation you’ve been waiting for. On this edition of Business Connections Live Steve Hyland talks to Troy Norcross, Co-Founder of Blockchain Rookies who will explain “What is Blockchain?” using simple explanations and real-world examples. Troy will also help to separate blockchain from bitcoin. Based on Troy’s experience as CEO of Opengoods, he will explain how blockchain can be ...
Sep 25, 2018•1 hr 2 min•Season 2018Ep. 233
