http://www.onepageprofile.co.uk/ BabeeBlog Articles Tue, 14 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT en-us http://www.onepageprofile.co.uk/people/CrimsonLeaf/PaulDean/babeeblog.asp?aid=75 http://www.onepageprofile.co.uk/people/CrimsonLeaf/PaulDean/babeeblog.asp?aid=75 Tue, 14 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT Social Media Gurus Ok, so this is a rant. I don't often rant so make the most of this. I am quietly fizzing. I'm ranting about Social Media Gurus (or gooroos as they're sometimes known). It seems that everyone who can't make money by some other means is jumping on the "You ain't nothing unless you Tweet" bandwagon, and charging you to tell you the painfully b http://www.onepageprofile.co.uk/people/CrimsonLeaf/PaulDean/babeeblog.asp?aid=64 http://www.onepageprofile.co.uk/people/CrimsonLeaf/PaulDean/babeeblog.asp?aid=64 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT Since I started networking in a big way I've made one of the most important discoveries of my business life: Things have changed 180 degrees from the old days. What do I mean? Well imagine you wanted a website built. You searched through the Yellow Pages and found a designer. Once the work was commissioned you might have got to know the chap and if you were lucky you http://www.onepageprofile.co.uk/people/CrimsonLeaf/PaulDean/babeeblog.asp?aid=45 http://www.onepageprofile.co.uk/people/CrimsonLeaf/PaulDean/babeeblog.asp?aid=45 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT Many moons ago I used to be an IFA with a large national company which had no shortage of good quality leads. Great at the time, but in the financial world clients are encouraged not to touch their money for a period of five years or more. This led to the need to continuously find new clients until there was a five:year "rolling stock" of clients to build a sustainable business http://www.onepageprofile.co.uk/people/CrimsonLeaf/PaulDean/babeeblog.asp?aid=43 http://www.onepageprofile.co.uk/people/CrimsonLeaf/PaulDean/babeeblog.asp?aid=43 Fri, 27 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT Every company seeking customers or clients will have developed some form of marketing strategy, whether it be placing an advertisement in the local free paper, or a full blown assault using every medium known to man. Whatever the process (and of course budget) we all understand that few people will come to you for business if they don't know you exist, and without some effort o