Diane Stafford On Focus

Business Card Marketing

Assuming you have a business card and that you are pleased with its design, that’s another topic, what do you do with it?

Here is a little business card marketing story to help you think about what you could do with your business cards:-

An associate offered to accept 5 business cards from online networking colleagues, promising to distribute them to other networking colleagues – offline, in the real world. 

I bet you think this would be a great way to market your business, all for the cost of a stamp or two!

I bet you would jump at the chance to market your business and have at least 5 more people know about your business, yes 5 more prospective clients and potentially more!

How many people do you think sent their cards for offline distribution?

Answer:  2   yes that’s right, two!  One of these had two businesses, so kindly sent cards for each business, so effectively 3 businesses received essentially FREE marketing for their businesses.

My Associate had been prepared to accept and distribute potentially hundreds of business cards offline and was amazed to discover the low response to the offer.

Perhaps 1. these hundreds of businesses that didn’t respond are all doing so well that they don’t need free marketing opportunities?  Don’t need more prospective clients? Or just couldn’t be bothered?

Perhaps 2. the businesses that DID send their business cards are proactive marketers of their businesses? Always seeking new opportunities to reach potential clients?  Always bothered, positive and active business people?

• Are you a ‘perhaps 1’ or a ‘perhaps 2’ person for your business?

And the positive businesses were:

Concept Promotions - 'Communicating solutions - For our clients, we make things happen!'

Net Achievement - 'Net Achievement - Keep 'em coming back'

Norfolk Cottage Holidays - Cottage Holidays in Norfolk

If YOU are a 'perhaps 1' - just perhaps - you could change a little to become a 'Perhaps 2', simply by recognising an opportunity and taking a little action - all for the cost of 5 minutes of your time and a stamp.  Happy online and offline networking everyone.

'A Mum with Kids'

Friendship

We all need friends in our lives yet often take their support for granted, or our support is taken for granted.  Perhaps over the Easter break we can give some thought to how we remember to be a good friend.

There's lots of things

With which I'm blessed,

Tho' my life's been both Sunny and Blue,

But of all my blessings,

This one's the best:

To have a friend like you.

In times of trouble

Friends will say,

"Just ask... I'll help you through it."

But you don't wait for me to ask,

You just get up

And you do it!

And I can think

Of nothing in life

That I could more wisely do,

Than know a friend,

And be a friend,

And love a friend... like you.

(writer unknown)

HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE

Positive Attitude to Change

Where are YOU in your life today?

Are you seeking positive changes in your personal or business life?

Are you ready to shift your focus from the negative to focus on the positive?

Develop Growth and the my mentor system has helped ordinary people, like me and you, to shift negative thinking into positive focus to develop growth in their personal and business lives.

"Like many of us, I have suffered disappointment after disappointment in the content of so many 'opportunities' that stream through the letter box, but the my mentor system is clearly a work of inspiration that in turn inspires you after a very short time that I can sense a welling up of change for the better.  I am pleased with this extraordinary work.  The timing could not be better."

Roger Caton, Maidenhead, UK

"This is truly an awakening a revealing side of me, which I presume is a common feature of Man.  How much happier and progressive we could be as a community, a nation, international, if our behavioural goals are/were positive.  The elimination of the negatives or negatives controlled at source though difficult that may be at times, would certainly help to enrich the quality of our lives.  I have surveyed the entire Control Panel and am convinced that with consistent application of mind to achieve, SUCCESS is near.  The Panel is a very skillful/educational marketing tool.  It will serve us well.  This one works!"

S Sahota, Leics, UK

Read more testimonials here:

BUT:  Are YOU really ready to make positive changes?

The answer lies within you, so ask yourself...

What if, I can?

What if, I do?

AND

What if, I don't?

'There is nothing you cannot be, do or have'

'A Positive Mum with Kids'