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April 07, 2015Neil Clough Recruitment, Sales and Closing the Deal BCL78
Recruitment, Sales and Closing the Deal some of the fundamentals of business. Our guest on this week’s edition of Business Connections Live is Neil Clough, Speaker, Entrepreneur, Mentor and finalist on The Apprentice. As well as speaking at many different events, Neil also operates a sales consultancy for start ups and SMEs and businesses that are looking to grow and a specialist recruitment company that offers unique services to both candidate and client.
Neil believes that when you start a business it is always difficult at the beginning so it’s important to get advice from other people who have already had the highs and lows in business.
You have got to know the reason why you are doing it and really believe in what you are doing. What makes you want to be successful?
A lot of businesses try to be masters of everything which makes it impossible to succeed. You must recognise that you can’t do it all so you should surround yourself with people that have the skills that you don’t have but are complementary to yours.
What you will Learn
How to be confident and believe in yourself
How to close in a non aggressive way
Always ask for the business
Make sure you’ve given them all the reasons to say yes!
Learn from other people’s highs and lows
What you will Achieve
The ability to build relationships and have meetings with the right people
Better networking skills
The confidence to close the deal
Every business is made on Sales. The more you have the more you will succeed
Having worked in sales environments for over 15 years, Neil’s passion and natural talent for selling has seen him progress through the ranks and achieve great success in his career. Having worked at every level in sales, from consultant through to director, Neil is highly experienced in both recruiting and developing sales talent.
These successes led to Neil becoming an Apprentice Finalist in 2013, where he was the top salesperson throughout and broke the record for most high-ticket sales ever on a task.
Neil left the world of employment to make his dream of becoming an entrepreneur a reality. Despite his passion for property, he realised after the Apprentice that he needed to base his business on what he knows best. With over 15 years of sales experience his employment consultancy, Prime became a natural progression. For Neil, sales sit him the core of every business, and he is committed to helping businesses grow and sales people develop the skills they need to succeed.
Website: http://neil-clough.com/
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Business Connections Live Programme 78
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1 hr 3 min
March 24, 2015BCL71 Social Media How To Get Results
Social Media How To Get Results
Many business owners have tried social media and then say that it hasn’t worked for them. David Endersby of TW18 Social Media discusses some of the potential reasons for this and also offers some practical advice on what you can do to improve your social media strategies.
What you will Learn
Why you need a strategy
Numbers of social media users
Know your audience
Difference between social media platforms
How to save time
Why you might need to pay
What you will Achieve
Reputation management
Search for opportunities
Customer service and loyalty
Collaboration opportunities
Get more business
On tonight’s edition of Business Connections Live, we talk to David Endersby – Social Media Manager of TW18 Social Media
David is a firm believer in the power of social media and champions its use for all ages. It is not just something for the young. He believes his experience helps him to be able to communicate for his clients using the same language that their company does.
David is launching a support programme for business owners consisting of Skype and email support, a monthly report and useful tips.
For more information go to http://tw18businessmedia.co.uk/
Business Connections Live Programme 71
This is the Business Connections Live Business Channel on YouTube Business Connections Live Programme 71. Broadcast 11th February 2015
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1 hr 13 min
March 24, 2015BCL70 Set Up a Wordpress Blog
Set Up a Wordpress Blog
Creating a WordPress Blog for your business can be exciting and fun but many business owners don’t know where to start. On tonight’s edition of Business Connections Live, we talk to Rafi Akbar – Founder and CEO of Luckywebs about how to choose a Domain, install WordPress and customize the look of your websites Theme.
Startups are the important building blocks of future business. They need websites and blogs that represents what they do online. But no one seems to know the best place to start; how to work out a budget, how much time to put in, what to do themselves and what to do via others. Backing up a website, securing it, getting it up the pecking order in Google, how to add content, how to add images the right way and avoid copyright issues. Luckywebs was set up to address all these challenges a startup face when setting up a website on a budget.
What you will Learn
Sort out your web address: Getting a domain the easy way
Choosing a web hosting company: Web hosting made easy
Introducing WordPress: Installing “WordPress” with the click of a button
Setting the look and feel of the website: Sourcing, buying and installing a “Theme”
Creating content in pages and blog posts: Adding text, images & videos
Additional extra functionalities: Installing plugins
What you achieve with WordPress
Getting a website up and running in a day by using self-hosted version of WordPress
Backups: Backing up the entire website with the click of a button
Security: Adding layers of security easily for additional protection
Convenience: Collaborate with bloggers, developers and designers securely
Generating revenue by selling products and services online
Building a mailing list
Rafi runs a hands-on WordPress course at Google campus each month. The course is only for startups and individuals who are complete beginners and are happy to bring a laptop and sign up to their own web-hosting package on the day. The 8hrs course is free of charge.
https://www.luckywebs.co.uk/
Business Connections Live Programme 70
This is the Business Connections Live Business Channel on YouTube Business Connections Live Programme 70. Broadcast 4th February 2015
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1 hr 21 min
March 24, 2015BCL69 Entrepreneur or University
‪Entrepreneur or University?
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Is University really the way to go for a true Entrepreneur?
On tonight’s edition of Business Connections Live, we talk to Josh Peers – Owner of Evo Nutrition and MyPTPlan and former director of The UK Fuel Saver.
Visit Website here for MyPTPlan http://myptplan.com/
MyPTPlan Twitter @myptplan
Josh Peers Twitter @josh_peers
At the age of 18 Josh was given a big awakening in life. He turned down a place at York University to follow his dream of being his own boss and so far it has worked. In August 2014 he successfully sold the distribution rights for his first company The UK Fuel Saver to the Greek Government and moved onto two more ventures and, following his recent passion for fitness, moved into the fitness sector launching two businesses in 2014. MY PT Plan is the UK’s first online bespoke training and nutrition programming on an affordable subscription basis. Alongside this Josh and a business partner have come up with another business EVO Nutrition offering all supplementation. The two businesses are closely interlinked.
Josh talks about why it’s important to follow your goals and desires. Josh went to a regimental school where it was wrong if you did not get AAB at A-level and go to a Red Brick university to study a Humanity based subject. He wanted to be different and certainly was following in his father’s footsteps of owning his own business being the end goal. At the age of 13 Josh bought and sold mobile phones on eBay and fast became the person in the playground to stand out from the rest for being the one to have it all – this wasn’t because he was given things by my mum or dad, although they were in the position to. He was told to work for what he wanted. So if he wanted the latest bike or the latest phone that was his goal. And today is no different. Whilst director of UKFS he was privileged to work with 24 people around the country to help him grow his business into a saleable project.
Josh believes that:
You need passion and desire to be hungry to get what you want
Age does not matter – follow your dream
You shouldn’t be scared to break tradition. He did and it worked!
Personal motivation is key
Goal setting is the best way to succeed
You shouldn’t be afraid to say no
Josh re-affirms
Benefits of doing what you need to do to succeed
Benefits of saying no to the normality
Benefits of Specialisation in something you know
Don’t be afraid to ask for help!
Benefits of working for yourself
Benefits of having a good work life balance.

Business Connections Live Programme 69 Entrepreneur or University?
This is the Business Connections Live Business Channel on YouTube Business Connections Live Programme 69. Broadcast 28th January 2015

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1 hr 10 min
March 24, 2015BCL77 Budget 2015 How it Affects Your Business
The Chancellor announced his Budget on 18th March 2015.
On this edition of Business Connections Live we talk to Matthew Hall, Partner and Head of Tax with Wilkins Kennedy LLP. Matthew will be answering your questions on the fallout from the Budget and how your business can get to grips with how it affects you in the day to day running of
What you will Learn:
What The Chancellor Said
What It Means
When Legislation Will Come Into Effect?
You will Achieve Clarity on:
Abolishing The Annual Tax Return
Tax Avoidance Legislation
Annual Investment Allowance
Deadline for Small Business Growth Vouchers
And much more…
Matthew Hall is a Partner and Head of Tax with Wilkins Kennedy LLP Chartered Accountants and Business Advisers who provide a full range of accounting and business advisory services to a diverse range of businesses and individuals across the UK and abroad. http://www.wilkinskennedy.com/
While the programme contains alot of useful information regarding the Budget we also have a bonus programme that looks at key changes to personnel taxation. To watch this free bonus programme simple click the link here.
Business Connections Live Programme 77 http://businessconnectionslive.com/
This is the Business Connections Live Channel on YouTube. Business Connections Live Programme 77. Broadcast 23rd March 2015
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1 hr 9 min
March 24, 2015BCL76 Entrepreneurs Guide to Growing a Business
On this edition of Business Connections Live we will be talking to Warren Knight who is a Social Media Speaker and SME Growth Coach.
His first book Think #Digital First is essentially a step-by-step guide designed for creative entrepreneurs, business owners and sales and marketing managers that shares with them the importance of having the right mindset to focus on technology, sales and marketing. Understanding your strengths to building the right team around you and knowing the different platforms, social networks and the right digital tools are so important when integrating them into your sales and marketing to help you market your brand online, saving time and getting sales to grow your business.
An entrepreneur’s first step to building a socially-savvy business is accepting that you are the one driving your business forward. To be able to do this in the most successful way, you need to build a social business from the ground up and in each of the below chapters, Warren’s 7 simple steps are easy to follow, packed full of great detail and demystifies the new digital age.
What You Will Learn
Step 1 – YOU: There will only ever be one
Step 2 – Framework for success
Step 3 – Protecting your time: Focus on Sales
Step 4 – Setting up a socially-savvy business
Step 5 – Tools to make your business grow
Step 6 – Strategy and implementation
Step 7 – Customer retention through loyalty
What You Will Achieve
Step 1 – Why it’s so important to focus on yourself first before taking the next step into your business growth
Step 2 – Is the business ready for growth? Who’s in the team that brings the specifics skill need to compliment your strengths, What’s your USP, have you done a SWOT analysis stay brand consistent with a brand style guide
Step 3 – Learn to say NO, focus on sales and marketing and STOP wasting time on things that will not drive the business forward. 20% results in 80% of your results. Do you have a 12 month cashflow
Step 4 – Understand which of the social networks are right for your business and how to marketing through natural search and paid search
Step 5 – Technology has changed everything, there are tools the will, help you find your target audience, communicate with them, build trust, engage with them and market and sell your business to them + keep your team in the loop of every stage of the sales process
Step 6 – Design your Go-to-market strategy and out of that comes your marketing plan and a sales process. The book gives you to tools, tips and templates to use
Step 7 – Use technology to build customer retention as well and having a retention strategy to keep customers coming back
My www.warrenknight.co.uk website has everything + I’ll have a special offer for people who would like the book – 50 ways to drive traffic to your website
Business Connections Live Programme 76
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1 hr 15 min
March 24, 2015BCL74 Business Success The Secrets
The Secrets of Business Success
On this show, Debbie Huxton reveals how anybody can be successful.
Ask yourself this question, is your business where you want it to be?
To run a business you need to be emotionally bullet proof it’s like a rollercoaster and to build a brand there are things you need to apply courage consistency and discipline
Debbie will share key strategies essential to creating a business and life that you love, that gives you passion, purpose, and profit!
Key Strategies: For Business Success
Thoughts – who do you believe you are and how is this affecting your life
Vision – what are you trying to achieve how BIG is that picture
Relationship – how is your relationship with yourself and how are your relationships with others
Influence – how are you perceived, your brand is not what you do its what people say about when you have left the room
Risk – safe is the new risky, be prepared to take calculated risk and accept they may not pay off
Time management – time for you, me time, self reflection, self awareness, self care, success rituals these are necessary.
Lifelong learning – regardless of age level of success or gender you can always do more, and be more. Never stop studying yourself and your business know yourself & your inside out

What You Will Learn and Achieve
Building a strong influential brand/business is so much more than a logo and a website with a sprinkling of networking. Most people don’t get the ground work right and this leads to issues later on.
Save time and money by getting the basics right = less mistakes and less chance of manipulation and I am talking from experience of being ripped off by a business coach in 2010 and nearly losing my home!
These are necessary self exploration, self reflection, self awareness, self confidence self worth self esteem and self care all make up a solid foundation for a successful business.
YOU are your brand and if you are not right then, no amount of money will put it right.
Debbie has taken her business over the last 5 years from having to raid her kids piggy bank to buy petrol to get to meetings to now turning over 5 figures a month as a one man band with an incredible team of support around her she has built a credible reputable brand ‘BIGWISDOM’ that is fast becoming a well known and respected brand name. Life hasn’t always been easy and its served many curve balls that’s the reason she does what she does today. Her experiences are what set her apart from the crowd.
Her successful business includes
Executive coaching for business owners who want that sounding board and objectivity.
A monthly mastermind group for driven successful biz owners
And has recently launched her Business Wisdom Hub in Birmingham, next month Burnley and in April London. The hub is a membership community of like minded business owners coming together 3 hours a month for group mentoring including a guest speaker, focusing on Marketing Strategy Sales and MotivACTION
Plus her BIGWISDOM merchandise range that includes the famous little book, calendars, canvasses and new merchandise under development a series of hypnosis mp3’s to help with stress, anxiety, sleep confidence and motivation
The BIGWISDOM app created by Richard Eaton of Appware will be launched for her birthday March 18th
For more information go to http://www.debbie-huxton.com/
Business Connections Live Programme 74
This is the Business Connections Live Business Channel on YouTube Business Connections Live Programme 74. Broadcast 2nd March 2015
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1 hr 7 min
March 24, 2015Hootsuite Control Your Social Media
Hootsuite Control Your Social Media
On this show, Dan Spicer reveals Tips and tricks to implement into your social media strategy. Dan discusses and provides an overview of the social media landscape – showing how social media has evolved over the past few years, highlighting key trends and providing a number of actionable tips and tricks to implement into your social media strategy.
What you will Learn
Monitoring and listening
Content publishing
Reporting & analytics
App ecosystem
The Hootlet
What you will Achieve
Manage your entire social lifecycle – From one dashboard you’ll schedule Tweets and Facebook posts, monitor conversations, and more. When you need to prove your social ROI, quickly create and customize ready-to-present analytics reports.
Streamline your workflows – share your workload amongst teams, departments, or regions. Assign tasks, receive real-time notifications, and have internal conversations right from the dashboard.
Get in-depth social media data – Visualize the big data that matters to your business. Right from your dashboard, you’ll see statistics as they emerge, create ready-to-present reports, and track brand insights from across the social web.
Scale your team securely – Without sharing your passwords, you can add employees and clients to your team. Work together to amplify your messaging safely by assigning appropriate permission levels.
Dan Spicer heads up the EMEA Community team at Hootsuite – the world’s most widely used social relationship platform allowing businesses and organisations to collaboratively execute social media strategies across multiple social networks from one secure, web-based and mobile dashboard. With over 10 million users worldwide, Dan has experience in growing and nurturing communities, executing strategies and delivering social media success across multiple languages. He was previously Head of Social at an independent UK digital agency leading social strategy and activation for a number of global brands.
High level stats can be found here: https://hootsuite.com/why-hootsuite
Hootsuite products page provides a handy overview of the full product range:https://hootsuite.com/products?icn=primtopnav&ici=Products

For more info on Hootsuite, visit their solutions page: https://hootsuite.com/solutions?icn=primtopnav&ici=Solutions
Business Connections Live Programme 75
This is the Business Connections Live Business Channel on YouTube Business Connections Live Programme 75. Broadcast 9th March 2015
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1 hr 14 min
March 24, 2015BCL73 How Apps Can Help Build Your Business
How Apps Can Help Build Your Business
With you all the time the mighty App but do you need one.
How some of the existing Apps help people in the day to day running of their business and their life. How having your own App will help your business in terms of sales, marketing, and customer support.
What You Will Learn
Apps can work fully offline without an internet connection.
Apps can communicate with existing business systems and information.
Apps are with people at all times.
Apps have a global marketplace.
People are now starting to expect Apps for your product or service.
In some markets you may be able to get an off the shelf option rather than go bespoke.
What You Will Achieve
You can use for marketing, brand awareness, and PR.
You can generate offline sales.
You can make direct scalable revenue from your App.
You can support your customers better.
You can cut down the support overhead in other parts of your business.
You can use innovative smartphone technology to do things not possible elsewhere.
As well as their main website at http://www.appware.co.uk they also have a blog athttp://blog.appware.co.uk with loads of articles and information.
A good generic article for this would be http://appwareblog.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/how-having-app-can-help-your-business.html
Richard Eaton runs Appware who build amazing, award winning, smartphone Apps.
Business Connections Live Programme 73

This is the Business Connections Live Business Channel on YouTube Business Connections Live Programme 73. Broadcast 25th February 2015
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1 hr 9 min
March 24, 2015BCL72 Personal Image Branding
Personal Image Branding
The importance of your personal branding for professional success and what counts.
Impressions are made in seconds, a credible, professional image is essential so that people know, like and trust us. Without these elements, they are far less likely to engage with us professionally. Image is the gateway to people getting to experience your experience and expertise. People truly do buy people. Think of it as marketing yourself.
The vast majority of the first impressions we make is impacted by the visual (appearance and body language) with voice also an important contributory factor.
What you will learn
Your personal image should get as much thought as your marketing plan
Businesses rely on networking as a key marketing pillar
How much are you really getting from networking
Key skills and your personal image are vital
We all form impressions of others so it’s vital to consider ours
What you will achieve
Feel more confident
Communicate yourself (and if applicable your team/business) consistently
Win more business and progress your careerFor more information go to http://insideoutimage.co.uk/
Joanna works 1-2-1 but also runs workshops and client events
Business Connections Live Programme 72.
This is the Business Connections Live Business Channel on YouTube Business Connections Live Programme 72. Broadcast 18th February 2015
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1 hr 8 min

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