Forecasting Sales | Staff Motivation | Small Business CRM

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Get your small business sales strategy right and you'll be onto a winner! Whether you're doing it yourself or employing others, effective sales skills are crucial to any SME.

In this section, access practical information on sales forecasting, maximising customer service to boost sales, recruiting and motivating your sales staff and customer relationship management (CRM).

An entrepreneur's guide to social media (part three): Finding your voice

2012-02-24 10:35 - 3559 reads

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In the third part in a series of articles on social media skills, Colette Mason examines how to find your social media voice and present yourself online.

How to get ROI from Google Adwords

2012-02-15 11:27 - 2515 reads - 1 comment

Does search engine advertising actually work? John Cheney reveals his top tips for getting the most out of online advertising spend.

Social Media Week London: A small business guide

2012-02-13 11:20 - 3989 reads

BusinessZone.co.uk is a media partner of Social Media Week London from 13-17 February. Here is our guide to the events of most interest to small business owners.

Audio: The Gang of Four - Business lessons from Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google

2012-02-08 11:45 - 2066 reads

Brent Leary interviews author Phil Simon about the lessons business owners can learn from four of the world's most successful internet companies.

Four Facebook lessons from four top business Facebookers

2012-02-08 11:38 - 3639 reads - 3 comments

Kathryn Pattison, marketing executive at Scoot.co.uk, offers three lessons from businesses which have successfully embraced Facebook.

Salesforce.com targets small firms with new social service platform

2012-01-31 11:12 - 2044 reads

Salesforce.com is setting its sights on small and medium sized businesses with the launch of its new social media customer service dashboard, Desk.com.

How to identify a hot sales prospect

2012-01-23 10:58 - 1314 reads

Heather Townsend explains how to work out which of your prospects are most likely to turn into a sale.

For sale: 600 Twitter followers for £5

2012-01-17 17:16 - 1267 reads

Dan Martin isn't impressed by a new website which is allowing users to sell fans and followers on social media platforms.

A lesson in why criticising your competitors should be avoided

2012-01-13 16:00 - 1539 reads

Saying your rivals are rubbish seems easy and potentially effective. But trust me, says BusinessZone.co.uk editor Dan Martin; it isn't.

How to turn sales prospects into raving fans of your business

2012-01-11 11:03 - 3876 reads - 2 comments

Stefan Boyle explains how to build relationships with your prospects and why adding value should be a vital component of your marketing.

10 ways Twitter can benefit your business

Twitter offers entrepreneurs many way to promote their business. Here are 10 of them.

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