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Please take your time management medicine now doctor
One of the frustrating things about knowing so much about time management is that I become acutely aware of when I’m not being terribly...
What should be on a business card?
Ever wondered what should be on a business card? Well, let me share some insights into how you can get a better response from your business cards:...
Why your customers buy – it’s often not about the product
Working out why your customers buy from you can really improve your marketing and save a whole load of wasted time and money. Here’s a...
Your Elevator Speech – tell me why I should be interested
Your Elevator Speech – How to use your 60 seconds at a networking event to get noticed above your competition
Everyone is in sales, whether you realise it or not
Everyone is in sales, whether you realise it or not. Thoughts on why we never stop selling by Karl Craig-West. author, trainer and speaker.
How to market and sell more creative services
Here’s the recording of my talk on “How to market and sell more creative services” at Creative Coffee in Leicester on February...
Don’t do this if you want to keep your customers!
Keeping in touch with customers doesn’t require brain surgery but often has a huge impact on customer retention. Here’s an example of...
How to recognise potentially good business ideas
One of the biggest challenges that many of us in business have is the sheer number of potentially good business ideas or potentially profit-making...
Cut stress by allowing time to get things done
Sometimes, allowing time to get things done can be just hard work. Let me explain: I seem to have spent a lot of time lately building websites. Not...
Quick tips for coping with work overload
In my view the biggest challenge when you’re self-employed is coping with work overload. There is always more to do than time available for...
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What they say about Smashing Self-Employment:
Karl has been super helpful in helping me get savvy with marketing my business. He has been particularly good at proving practical support to shift language in my marketing collateral (website etc) so that potential customers connect better with who we are and what we are about.
If you are wondering whether or not to join Smashing Self-Employment, jump in you won’t regret it. Karl is a breath of fresh air in an industry that is full of mediocrity. He is incredibly knowledgable, has really clear strategies and techniques which is seeing my business go from strength to strength.
Karl is an absolute wealth of knowledge. We talked about subscription business models, pricing and customer engagement. He was able to bring massive value to my situation and after 1 session together I’ve come away with a new vision for what’s possible to take my business to the next level. Highly recommend.