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BCL31 New Technology Developments the Future is Here
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Steve Nicholls is the author of the best-selling book Social Media in Business, a celebrated international speaker, and Digital strategist who consults with business executives to facilitate implementation of winning social media strategies.

New technology developments -- the future is here!

On this edition of Business Connections Live, we look to the future of the everyday technology that we use , not only in business but also our personnel life. What impact will it have and how will effect the way we interact with each other and the way we do business in the future.

Steve Hyland talks to Steve Nicholls who is the author of the best-selling book Social Media in Business, a celebrated international speaker, and Digital strategist who consults with business executives to facilitate implementation of winning social media strategies.

New technology developments -- the future is here!

On the show we examine the Evolution of the Internet and the way we access it in the future  some key areas to consider:

What are the Key Benefits

Steve Nicholls is the author of the best-selling book Social Media in Business, a celebrated international speaker, and Digital strategist who consults with business executives to facilitate implementation of winning social media strategies.

He is featured as a social media expert in CNN, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, BBC, Huffington Post, and other key media outlets.  Steve recently designed social media programs and educational tools for the University of Baltimore and Brooklyn College in the USA.

As an experienced senior business executive, Steve is unique among social media experts in his ability to bridge the language gap between those developing new technology and the senior executives who need to implement them to keep their company's competitive edge.

Beginning his career as a project manager in skyscraper construction,

Steve possesses the unique ability to assist companies in creating their own unique blueprint for social media success.

Find out more about Steve Nicholls

http://businessconnectionslive.com/new-technology-developments-future/ - New technology developments the future is here! 

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BCL30 Seven Ways Your Accountant Can Help You
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Most global corporations have the luxury of an in-house team of accountants working round the clock to ensure that taxes are paid on time, profit potential is evaluated and growth is managed successfully. However, a good accountant is as much a vital part of a small or start up business as it is for international companies.Many small businesses are run by husbands & wives as a team but important issues still apply.

On this edition of Business Connections Live we look at

7 Ways Your accountant can help you and your business.

http://businessconnectionslive.com/7-ways-accountant-can-help/

We look at the importence of having a

For those starting a new business:

Our guest Philip Skinner has over 30 years experience advising clients in business accounting, tax and financial matters.

Shaw Walker Lees have two offices, Covent Garden London and in Norwich.

A total of 40 technical staff/partners & support staff provide an extensive service to SMEs and business.

BCL30 Seven Ways Your Accountant Can Help You
Watch our Live Show every Wednesday 6pm UK HERE on Business Connections Business Connections Live Programme 30 Broadcast 9th April 2014

BCL29 Brad Burton Life, Business, Just Got Easier
Watch our Live Show every Wednesday 6pm UK HERE on Business Connections Business Connections Live Programme 29. Broadcast 2nd April 2014

Brad Burton The UK's #1 Motivational Business Speaker

Yes he wears jeans, T-shirts and has tattoos. It's all part of the magic, the charm; the charismatic approach of understanding that to be a success in business, it's not what's on the outside it's about having a positive mindset. Brad is the founder and MD of a business networking company that runs 5,000+ events every year in the UK alone. He's also written the highest rated and reviewed business books on Amazon. Brad knows his stuff. Inside out.

Brad Burton Life, Business, Just Got Easier

Business Connections Live Show Page -- Brad Burton Life, Business, Just Got Easier -- Business Connections Live Programme 29. Broadcast 2nd April 2014

Brad shows you how to find the confidence, motivation, passion...and humour to succeed. His latest book "Life, Business, Just Got Easier" is packed full of practical, proven, actionable steps to make life and business more focused and balanced. We all have it in us to improve our lives and succeed -- we just need a friendly kick in the pants from Brad!

The book is available here. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Life-Business-Just-Got-Easier/dp/0857084836

With dozens of 5 star reviews for his first two books, this third book from Brad is already gathering the same reaction...

On this edition of Business Connections Live, Brad talks about the

4Networking is his UK founded network that really taps into helping UK based business in all he does, whether it's networking or speaking.

"Beneath the bluff exterior of the self-styled "fat bloke from Manchester" is a shrewd business brain." The Times

BCL29 Brad Burton Life, Business, Just Got Easier
Watch our Live Show every Wednesday 6pm UK HERE on Business Connections Business Connections Live Programme 29. Broadcast 2nd April 2014

BCL28 How to Use Facebook for Business
Watch our Live Show every Wednesday 6pm UK HERE on Business Connections   Business Connections Live - Programme 28. Broadcast 26th March 2014

Mark Hughes is a Social Media Consultant offering social media marketing services to small and medium business owners.  Funky Social Media

So, how to use Facebook for Business. For years Mark struggled to make any impact with his Facebook marketing efforts, loads of time spent on educating himself,  trying strategy after strategy and also having to deal with information overload. Then he started testing and tweaking his Facebook marketing system and soon realised that when done correctly in a strategic and systematic way he could get much faster results for himself and his clients. 

Business Connections Live TV Show Page -  How to use Facebook for Business. Business Connections Live Programme 28. Broadcast 26th March 2014

Now he regularly helps his clients generate a larger online footprint, build them an engaging fan base, drive traffic to their sales offers and most importantly grow their database of leads.

and... the payoff for his clients is more leads, more income and leverage for their ongoing business growth online.

Mark says, "There is nothing more satisfying for me than to see my clients generating revenue through adopting or using my marketing methods".

Importance Of Setting Up Targeted Facebook Business Funnels

Hera are the 3 most important funnels to grow your business using Facebook:

The Key Features of these Funnels are:

1. Correct setup

2. Optimized profile

3. Adding content to timeline

4. App pages

5. Getting traffic

6. Sales and conversion process

Here's how you will benefit once you have correctly optimized your Facebook setup:

1. Increased exposure

2. Develop Know, Like, Trust with existing clients and new prospects

3. Build a prospect list

4. Get highly targeted traffic

5. Create a relationship through interactive engagement

6. Increased traffic to website

7. More sales and conversions

Reference for App Page Example: 

BCL28 How to Use Facebook for Business
Watch our Live Show every Wednesday 6pm UK HERE on Business Connections   Business Connections Live - Programme 28. Broadcast 26th March 2014

BCL27 Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning
Watch our Live Show every Wednesday 6pm UK HERE on Business Connections   Business Connections Live - Programme 5 Streamed live on 19th Mar 2014

Its important that all business have an effective and structured Business Continuity plan.

We talk to Mike Osborne - Managing Director of the Business Continuity Division of Phoenix IT Group about Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning

We discuss why firms need Business Continuity and how they can go about informing themselves and implementing a basic continuity plan

Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning

Key issues examined on this edition of Business Connections Live

The risks firms need to consider

Those firms that suffer a disaster and recover badly (if at all) often fail or don't get back to the levels of business they were previously at

Customers and/or investors are increasingly demanding BC Plans so be prepared

Business Continuity is a business advantage and should not be seen as another overhead

There are some excellent resources for business on http://www.thebci.org

This is such an important subject that this week is International Business Continuity Awareness Week (BCAW). The week is about promoting awareness and solutions for all parts of industry, commerce and communities around the need for and benefits of business continuity.

Whilst the event is an annual event, it is perhaps more relevant this year as a result of the extreme flooding that has been so widely publicised

BCL27 Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning
Watch our Live Show every Wednesday 6pm UK HERE on Business Connections   Business Connections Live - Programme 5 Streamed live on 19th Mar 2014

BCL26 Are you LinkedIn A Master Class
Watch our Live Show every Wednesday 6pm UK HERE on Business Connections Business Connections 26.

We repeat highlights this popular show with a look at how a LinkedIn strategy for your business can increase sales and Profit. Many business really don't utilise the power of LinkedIn. 

Simple techniques can turn LinkedIn into a powerful business tool. Feeling in your profile through to using groups to market your products or services

Join Steve Mills - The Prudent Marketer explains some of the The Prudent Marketer to use LinkedIn to increase sales and profits. You will be amazed at how powerful LinkedIn can be in your businesses marketing.

And remember 

1. Think about your goals. Why are you on LinkedIn? To find new employees, partners, and contractors? To be found? A mix? Your goals should drive your entire presence.

2. Post a picture. Please. Of your face. You should have a professional looking headshot as your LinkedIn photo so people can put a name to a face.  If you're uncomfortable with recruiters or prospective clients seeing your picture next to your professional credentials (a valid concern), you can change your privacy settings so only your connections can see your photo.

3. Use LinkedIn to remember names. LinkedIn can help you with offline networking too—simply checking out someone's profile after meeting them at a networking event, even if you don't connect, can help you remember their name and what they do. This is another reason why having a picture is important—it will help people remember you.

4. Make the most of your headline. Colleen really stressed this one—your headline does not have to be your job title alone. Job seekers, use "Talented [Your Profession] Seeking New Opportunity" not "Unemployed." Students, use "Aspiring [Your Profession] Seeking Internship." not "Student at [Your University]." Keep it concise, but make sure it communicates what you do and what your skills are. Here's mine:

5. Post statuses. Updating your status gives you visibility on your connections' LinkedIn home page. If you have found something online your business connections would like, or have good news to share about your work, spread the word by posting it on LinkedIn.

6. Write a rich but concise summary. Your summary should be about you, not your company—don't just copy and paste the "about" page of your employer's website. Your profile should be about what you do at your company, not what the company does as a whole. Tip: use concrete details like results you have generated and tasks you do on a daily basis to show people how awesome you are, not tell them.

7. Explore LinkedIn applications. Colleen encouraged us all to add Amazon's Reading List application to our LinkedIn profiles. I was skeptical—I wasn't sure how the fiction I love would be relevant to my professional connections. However, Colleen got more comments on this list, she said, than anything else in her profile. Sure enough, a few hours after I added Reading List to my profile, in came a message from a connection. She had written her senior thesis on Steinbeck and wanted to know what I thought of East of Eden. If you're not a big book person, you can still enrich your profile with apps like Slideshare for presentations, Wordpress for blog posts, and any number of others (the directory is here).

8. Add sections to your profile. LinkedIn offers several sections beyond the standards so users can showcase volunteer experience, projects, foreign languages, even test scores. This is especially helpful for young networkers who may not have extensive work experience, but adding more sections can add weight to any profile.

9. Connect with care. Your LinkedIn network is only as valuable as the strength of your connections.  For some professionals—like recruiters or salespeople—it is advantageous to connect generously, but personally, I favor being a tad picky. I'd like to think I could recommend—or at least answer questions about—anyone I am connected to on LinkedIn. If you  want to connect with someone and think it might be a stretch, be sure to personalize the message you send with the invite to explain why you want to connect—and why this person should want to connect with you.

10. Join and participate in groups. Some groups are full of spam, but others are generally valuable. For example, in the marketing industry, the Marketing Director Support Group is a great place to get and give advice. Do a little research, think back to your goals, and you'll likely find a group that will help you reach them. If you can't find a group, just start one! 

BCL26 Are you LinkedIn A Master Class
Watch our Live Show every Wednesday 6pm UK HERE on Business Connections Business Connections 26.

BCL24  Funding and Grants Helping SME's After the UK Floods
Watch our Live Show every Wednesday 6pm UK HERE on Business Connections   Business Connections Live - Programme 24. Broadcast 26th February 2014

What support is available to businesses that have been affected by the recent floods.

In this edition of Business Connections Live, Lizanne Jakobs looks at the various types of support that are available to businesses that have been affected by the early 2014 floods in the UK. This support comes from various sources such as HMRC, councils, central government, banks and other sources.

Key facts from this programme are:

There is lots of help out there for businesses that have been affected by the floods besides your insurance company, but make sure you contact them too!

Lizanne Jakobs  is a business and executive coach, consultant, trainer and speaker who helps people grow their business. By setting out the business objectives, specifying what needs to be done to achieve them and making sure that those in charge of the business carry these out on time. I also coach managers and staff and train them where need be on certain topics such as communication, delegation and sales.

Business Connections Live TV Helping small businesses affected by the UK floods -Business Connections Live Programme 24.

BCL24  Funding and Grants Helping SME's After the UK Floods
Watch our Live Show every Wednesday 6pm UK HERE on Business Connections   Business Connections Live - Programme 24. Broadcast 26th February 2014

BCL23 Generating Sales Leads and Finding New Business
Watch our Live Show every Wednesday 6pm UK HERE on Business Connections   Business Connections Live - Programme 23.19th February 2014

On This edition we talk to Sales Proffessional Jim McLaughlin Managing Director of Axiall Limited 

Axiall Ltd is a business development company in the b2b space. We specialise in lead generation and market research - that means helping our customers:

a) to create and deliver lead generation programmes that find new customers 

b) to use market research to help our customers understand what's happening in their marketplace and what their customers think of them

What you need to know about generating leads and finding new business in a cash-strapped B2B environment.

We'll take a look at what lead generation means and how it's developed over the years.

We'll consider the importance of defining the target market and addressing it in the most effective way. We'll look at the differences between an approach that can be described as 'Spray and Pray' versus one that can be characterised as 'Rifleshot'. Finally we'll look at how technology combines with difficult economic times and leads to changes in people's approach to lead generation

The importance of:

1. Defining your objectives and understand what can be achieved 

2. Segmenting your market and identifying who you want to focus on

3. Defining a list of targets

4. Choosing the channels that are most appropriate to deliver your message

5. Developing a proposition tailored to the segment you're targeting

6. Ensuring you have collateral that is relevant available to support the campaign

Axiall's customers say that working with us helps them to articulate their value proposition more clearly

A lead generation campaign can deliver as much value in understanding what your market and competition are doing as in the value of the business that results from your new leads

BCL23 Generating Sales Leads and Finding New Business
Watch our Live Show every Wednesday 6pm UK HERE on Business Connections   Business Connections Live - Programme 23.19th February 2014 

BCL21 How Telemarketing Can Increase Sale
Watch our Live Show every Wednesday 6pm UK HERE on Business Connections   Business Connections Live - Programme 21.

On this edition of business connections live we talk about "How to make the Perfect Pitch with telemarketing to Increase Sales". We find out about The Do's and Dont's of Telemarketing.

Business Connections Live Programme 21. Broadcast 5th Febuary 2014

On this show we talk to Nigel Blake MD of Perfect Pitch Ltd and Outbound Telemarketing Agency + Perfect Presentation Company

10:42 We recap last weeks show "Growing your Business with the Bizcrowd" 

36:55 Brad Burton has a great insert and tease for 4networking here  

1:00:18 And Linda Bazant with this weeks news   

But first "How to make the Perfect Pitch with Telemarketing to increase Sales"

The Do's and Don'ts of Telemarketing 

Standing out from the Crowd (using actors as a unusual and effective model)

As are result of employing actors, we have extended our offering to help clients with presentation skills -- and can give tips on how to present more confidently and effectively

Key features of Telemarketing are:

1) Quality of people making the call is key -- the telesales person is often the first contact with an organisation -- and first impressions count!

2) Don't spend money until the campaign starts 

3) How could telemarketing help your business?

4) Would your business be better to in-source or outsource telemarketing?

5) How to select an outsourced telemarketing company -- what questions should you ask/criteria should you use? (no set up fees/fixed term contracts)

Key benefits of Telemarketing are:

1) The value of outsourcing telemarketing and the positive impact on a business

2) The benefit of using actors

3) The ability for the client to sit with the person making the calls gives them complete confidence in the approach

 5) When it comes to presenting, simple techniques such as breathing and how you stand can make all the difference.

 We find out about The Do's and Dont's of Telemarketing

Great Tips and techniques for your next Telemarketing project "How to make the Perfect Pitch with Telemarketing to Increase Sales".

BCL21 How Telemarketing Can Increase Sale
Watch our Live Show every Wednesday 6pm UK HERE on Business Connections   Business Connections Live - Programme 21.

BCL20 Growing Your Business with Bizcrowd
Watch our Live Show every Wednesday 6pm UK HERE on Business Connections   Business Connections Live - Programme 20.

Bizcrowd -- A free to use online community platform for all businesses in the UK. It provides businesses with the opportunity to connect with one another, by finding them new customers and suppliers as well as solutions to any needs or questions they may have.

Business Connections Live Bizcrowd Show Page - Growing your business with Bizcrowd -Business Connections Live Programme 20. Broadcast 29th January 2014

On this edition of business Connections Live we talk to Aron Thompson, Digital Director for Business and Commercial Banking at RBS Group.  His department is responsible for creating and developing new innovations in the digital channel to help support businesses in the UK.

This exciting digital platform is the ideal place for  business to connect to one another. The Bizcrowd site  is jam packed full of informative content from Articles to Videos, Top Tips to Opinion Polls.  And they love to hear directly from their users -- Bizcrowd make sure to speak to at least one of their users every day and promote articles about their business on the Bizcrowd  site, and across our Social Media Sites.

The Bizcrowd site includes:

Notice Boards - the place on Bizcrowd to be if you want to be matched directly to opportunities posted by other users, and the place to go if you have a need yourself.

Market Place - A place to effectively promote your offers and services for FREE.  Your post can include a description, an image and any terms and conditions.

Forums - Bizcrowd has its very own community called Buzz.  You can introduce yourself to the community, get involved in discusssions, and have your say on what matters most to your business. 

Newsletter - Every week we keep in touch with our users via our newsletter -- it's a great opportunity to highlight site successes, user interviews and great features

Social Media Presence - You can keep in touch with Bizcrowd via Twitter @Bizcrowd and FaceBook www.facebook.com/bizcrowd

It's FREE to join Bizcrowd and easy to use!  Simply go to Bizcrowd

It provides an opportunity to access New Customers and New Suppliers

Helps business to build up a strong Online Reputation

Can help to improve businesses Online Presence and can build on wider social media strategies already in place

Bizcrowd Is powered by RBS and Natwest Bank

BCL20 Growing Your Business with Bizcrowd
Watch our Live Show every Wednesday 6pm UK HERE on Business Connections   Business Connections Live - Programme 20.