This week we chat to Lorraine Robinson of Collective Travel.

3 years ago she began her journey as a self-employed Travel Consultant. In the aftermath of Covid-19 she has just set up Collective Travel making sure her clients get the holiday they want and the support and service they deserve.

From Customs and Excise Undercover work to Entrepreneur listen to Lorraine's journey and be inspired.

https://www.facebook.com/LorraineRobinsonCT/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lorraine-robinson-ba470514a/

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Sales and marketing are two different things, and if businesses are not treating these two facets as entities in their own right, then they are doing it wrong.

Now, when it comes to marketing, the main goal is establishing a brand. 

Your brand gives your customers the clarity of who you are, and the confidence to provide them with the product or service they need. 

And Setting up a brand isn’t an overnight journey! We discuss more in this week audio blog.

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“Are you stuck on the hamster wheel?” 

As a small business owner, driven and determined as you are, to succeed in your industry, field or niche, you’ll probably find that you’re going to have your hands full from time to time. 

You’re going to be busy. 

I mean, that’s the measure of success, right? 

We discuss more in this week audio blog.

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After the summer break the SME-Pod is back.

In this episode we hear from Alistair Birse.

Whilst he currently runs a Care Home with his brother Alistair spent 32 years at Nat West, with the second half of career there dealing with 100's of small businesses.

A great insight for any business owner to hear from someone who has seen the SME world from 2 opposite ends of a spectrum.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/alistair-birse-a75566116/

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Setting out in business can be a lonely prospect.  

There’s no getting away from that. 

Many people who have tried to go it alone, as it were, soon find that ‘going it alone’ truly means just that, going it alone.

But it doesn't have to be that way as this blog explains.

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So, last week we explored the relatively new phenomenon of mass scale working from home, and aside from the chaotic and unpredictable mishaps that we’ve all encountered, there does at least seem to be some legs in the idea that this could become more of a mainstream way of working. 

The storm shall pass. Will you be racing back to the office?  

Or is home where the future is?  

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Since March, the world of work has been pretty different to anything else we’ve ever been used to.

For employees, there have been three possible variations on the way things have played out...

Those who were furloughed, all 9 million of them, saw their wages paid by the Government and their jobs put on pause. 

So, was it all cocktails in the sunshine and a surge in hot tub sales?

Listen to find out more.

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We welcome Kate Bourne (Airbourne Support Services) to SME-Pod 11.

Like everyone in the podcasts Kate has taken the journey from employment to working for herself. In her case its whilst being a full time mum to a little girl, which shows that whatever your situation it is possible to build yourself a successful business.

To find more information on how Kate supports other small businesses in their marketing and Social Media presence then just click the link below.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kate-bourne-a2841949
https://www.facebook.com/pg/AirBourneBusinessSupport
https://www.instagram.com/airbourne_business_support/

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It’s been a strange few months for all of us...

Stating the obvious there perhaps, but it’s true. None of us saw coronavirus coming.

Do you know your RPO from your RTO?

That’s Recovery Point Objective and Recovery Time Objective, two of the most important things to consider when looking at business continuity.

If not then listen to the podcast 

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Business Owners… 

Have you ever had that awful moment of realisation, that rude awakening when the feeling suddenly dawns on you that… 

“This could get expensive!” 

We’ve all been there, and we’ve all heard the old saying that you have to ‘speculate to accumulate’, but just how much do you need to lay out before you start seeing a return on your investment? 

Listen to this weeks Mini-podcast to find out more

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