Well, now at the end of my second week of the new business and how is it going? It’s actually been very busy. I’ve been tying up the services of a couple of long standing clients that have transferred to me as well as looking at ways to promote my new business.
One of the things I have been using more of recently is breakfast networking and online networking. Breakfasts have been through 4Networking. This is a national networking organisation with over 200 linked groups across the country. I have had an affiliation with this business for a while now and run the Devizes group. I have found that the membership has been very supportive in helping me set up and get my business off the ground. I would highly recommend joining for any new start up business.
The other networking I mentioned was online. By this I mean business forums and other social media such as Twitter and Facebook. I have actually used Twitter to make some very interesting contacts and even a couple of hot leads that I am hoping to convert to clients. As I have the time available to market this is a really good way of getting an initial contact at minimal cost. Any business with an online presence should get a Twitter account and just give it a go!
I would like to also give a big thank you to Duncan from Duck on Water, who has designed and built this website and blog page for me. I think it is a great job and I highly recommend him. Feel free to ask me for contact details. If you have any comment or queries on it, please also get in touch