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/2011/12/blogging-your-questions-answered/ http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2011/12/blogging-your-questions-answered/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 08:31:53 +0000 Dawn http://www.dawnb.co.uk/?p=2068 Blogging, an interesting topic. Well, I would say that wouldn’t I! Last night I ran an event Blogging: Your Questions Answered where I presented a series of facts and figures and then the fun started – an interactive session where I attempted to answer everyone’s blogging questions. It worked and I answered just about all [...]]]> http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2011/12/blogging-your-questions-answered/feed/ 8 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/2011/09/blog-comments-build-relationships-do-you-leave-blog-comments/ http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2011/09/blog-comments-build-relationships-do-you-leave-blog-comments/#comments Thu, 22 Sep 2011 08:12:33 +0000 Dawn http://www.dawnb.co.uk/?p=1905 Blog comments help build relationships, but do you comment on other people’s blogs? Whether I leave a blog comment is driven by how I feel when I read a blog post. If it’s interesting and stimulates some thought then there’s a chance I’ll leave a comment. If I’m confident that I can add to the [...]]]> http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2011/09/blog-comments-build-relationships-do-you-leave-blog-comments/feed/ 0 http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2011/09/social-media-your-questions-answered/ http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2011/09/social-media-your-questions-answered/#comments Wed, 21 Sep 2011 07:25:18 +0000 Dawn http://www.dawnb.co.uk/?p=1960 Yesterday I held my first customer event – all about Social Media and in particular some interesting (surprising?) facts and figures. I really enjoyed myself – but anyone who knows me knows that I love standing up and talking to people. It wouldn’t have been possible without some help though. So, thank you to the [...]]]> http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2011/09/social-media-your-questions-answered/feed/ 6 http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2011/06/marketing-effectiveness-from-online-advertising/ http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2011/06/marketing-effectiveness-from-online-advertising/#comments Tue, 21 Jun 2011 09:05:52 +0000 Dawn http://www.dawnb.co.uk/?p=1868 Marketing effectiveness is about making sure that your marketing spend brings the results you want. Marketing is about a lot more than advertising but advertising – traditional and online advertising – is often the first answer to ‘What should I do?’ Some of my customers use online advertising. There are lots of options, but three [...]]]> http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2011/06/marketing-effectiveness-from-online-advertising/feed/ 0 http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2011/06/speaker-at-ladies-at-11/ http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2011/06/speaker-at-ladies-at-11/#comments Thu, 09 Jun 2011 15:55:55 +0000 Dawn http://www.dawnb.co.uk/?p=1847 Yesterday I was the speaker the Gatwick Ladies at 11 group, now being run by Diane of RM2 (one of my clients). It was a short talk – 20 minutes – on Three Legged Stools and Some Ws. The Three Legged Stool has three main parts. And the Ws? Find out more about some Ws [...]]]> http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2011/06/speaker-at-ladies-at-11/feed/ 0 http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2011/02/the-best-customer-communications/ http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2011/02/the-best-customer-communications/#comments Tue, 22 Feb 2011 09:28:37 +0000 Dawn http://www.dawnb.co.uk/?p=1585 What’s the best way to communicate with your customers? Well you could go and see them all, or you call them or you could write to them or you could email them – and then you could do a combination of all of these. Of course, you could be organised and think about your communications [...]]]> http://www.dawnb.co.uk/2011/02/the-best-customer-communications/feed/ 0 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