Yesterday I met Dee Blick author of Powerful Marketing On A Shoestring Budget: For Small Businesses
Wow – that woman’s amazing – within 30 minutes she’d passed on more tips on how I could do better at my own marketing than anyone else has passed on this year so far! Well OK, yes Dee can talk a lot – so can I, but I also know when to shut up and listen.
Apart from the gratitude that someone took the time to pass on some knowledge I’m also now swamped with ideas that sparked from that one short conversation (plus 2 cups of tea) and it made me realise just how much knowledge and help is available if we’d only look for it.
What were some of those tips? Well, many were all about raising my own profile and included the importance of commenting on blogs and building relationships. We also talked about being a speaker – now there’s a whole topic to be explored – as well as networking, Yorkshire and of course, technology (yes I did open my mouth too and passed on a couple of my own tips on Twitter and auto-responders – more on those in future blog posts).
So, for true marketing on a shoestring budget – apart from reading Dee’s book of course – meet up with people and don’t forget to share – share your problem and also share your own expertise.
You never know who might help – and who might inspire you to come up with new ideas!
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Nobody has said I talk too much before Dawn, although my hubby would beg to differ. I really enjoyed meeting you and sharing ideas. We all need some inspiration over coffee at times