http://www.dawnb.co.uk web content - copywriting - online publishing Wed, 07 Dec 2011 10:05:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2011/10/practical-training-for-excellent-blog-posts/ http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2011/10/practical-training-for-excellent-blog-posts/#comments Thu, 06 Oct 2011 14:59:34 +0000 Dawn http://www.dawnb.co.uk/?p=2029 Would you like to improve your blog posts? “Practical training courses!” That was the feedback from a Social Media event I held recently. “With an emphasis on action.” So, I’ve decided to run a series of Action Class training sessions. Just 90 minutes, the learning will be practical and the actions will be applied on [...]]]> http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2011/10/practical-training-for-excellent-blog-posts/feed/ 2 http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2011/09/how-to-connect-with-me-on-linkedin/ http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2011/09/how-to-connect-with-me-on-linkedin/#comments Tue, 27 Sep 2011 08:19:52 +0000 Dawn http://www.dawnb.co.uk/?p=1910 I use LinkedIn to connect with people I know, but that’s not the only way to use it. How many people are talking about LinkedIn these days? There are books, training courses, blog posts, seminars about the different way to use LinkedIn for what you want – whether that’s finding a job, tracking down colleagues, [...]]]> http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2011/09/how-to-connect-with-me-on-linkedin/feed/ 1 http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2011/02/radio-4-women-in-business-series/ http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2011/02/radio-4-women-in-business-series/#comments Fri, 11 Feb 2011 08:06:36 +0000 Dawn http://www.dawnb.co.uk/?p=1576 BBC Radio 4 have launched the Women in Business 2011 series. If you have 40 minutes to spare, then it’s worth a listen    It’s about 3 women in business and 3 mentors who will help them over the next year. The business that people set up amaze me. I find it fascinating:  what can be [...]]]> http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2011/02/radio-4-women-in-business-series/feed/ 4 http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2011/01/online-marketing-the-solution-to-what-problem/ http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2011/01/online-marketing-the-solution-to-what-problem/#comments Mon, 10 Jan 2011 18:53:29 +0000 Dawn http://www.dawnb.co.uk/?p=1554 Online marketing and web technology were in my thoughts today at Horsham Women in Business, my first networking event of 2011. One of the conversations made me start thinking about online marketing (it’s never far from my mind obviously) and how in my opinion too many people jump straight to the web being a solution [...]]]> http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2011/01/online-marketing-the-solution-to-what-problem/feed/ 0 http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/09/book-review-10-essential-business-growth-strategies/ http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/09/book-review-10-essential-business-growth-strategies/#comments Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:46:14 +0000 Dawn http://www.dawnb.co.uk/?p=1398 I’ve just read a great little book on business growth. Easy read, full of practical tips and I’d recommend it to anyone in business. 10 Essential Business Growth Strategies: That Your Competitors Don’t Want You to Know About, by Mike Jennings Book Review This book “written for owners and managers of small and medium sized [...]]]> http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/09/book-review-10-essential-business-growth-strategies/feed/ 0 http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/08/small-business-help/ http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/08/small-business-help/#comments Mon, 16 Aug 2010 15:25:31 +0000 Dawn http://www.dawnb.co.uk/?p=1389 Just written two new articles for small business help. There are a lot of people giving advice to small business and many places offering to help. I know from running my own business that there are quite a few people who know the theory but I wonder just how much of it they have applied [...]]]> http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/08/small-business-help/feed/ 3 http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/07/buying-a-website/ http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/07/buying-a-website/#comments Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:18:05 +0000 Dawn http://www.dawnb.co.uk/?p=1277 Buying a Website is Exciting Isn’t It? Doesn’t matter who you are or what you’re interested in there’s bound to be some part of buying a websites that excites. Quick question for you. Which one of these is the most important element of your website? the design bit the technical bit the marketing bit Unfortunately [...]]]> http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/07/buying-a-website/feed/ 2 http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/07/professional-websites-for-business-people/ http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/07/professional-websites-for-business-people/#comments Sun, 11 Jul 2010 10:49:09 +0000 Dawn http://www.dawnb.co.uk/?p=1224 Business people need professional websites. Don’t allow urgency to overcome professionalism. Learn from the website mistakes I came across last week. I had a busy week last week – actually, I had one of those ‘where has the week gone’ moments on Friday when someone asked me if I could complete a ’25 things to [...]]]> http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/07/professional-websites-for-business-people/feed/ 1 http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/06/autoresponder-test-drive-2/ http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/06/autoresponder-test-drive-2/#comments Thu, 10 Jun 2010 18:03:52 +0000 Dawn http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/06/autoresponder-test-drive-2/ A truly great follow up policy will take each contact with your organisation and weave it into the best journey for that contact and give the results you both want – and that’s all about working out your marketing touches. If this all sounds like a bit too much, then remember that technology can help [...]]]> http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/06/autoresponder-test-drive-2/feed/ 0 http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/05/tips-tuesday-email-practices-to-avoid/ http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/05/tips-tuesday-email-practices-to-avoid/#comments Tue, 11 May 2010 09:29:19 +0000 Dawn http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/05/tips-tuesday-email-practices-to-avoid/ Avoid These Truly BAD Email Practices Last week I wrote about follow up emails and that made me think more about some of the emails that I don’t like, the ones that irritate me. The ones that will be leaving a bad impression on customers. I’m sure we all must have things we hate about [...]]]> http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2010/05/tips-tuesday-email-practices-to-avoid/feed/ 2