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    Is a Macbook suitable as a business laptop?

    @Red Wood Is it okay to drop you a PM? We have a lot of Macs here that run the same so may be able to help?
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    Is a Macbook suitable as a business laptop?

    @Red Wood What industry are you in - are you working it hard in Vid Editing for example? Is it the OS, or particular applications that you are running?
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    Is a Macbook suitable as a business laptop?

    MacBook or MBPro all the way. ;) Stable, quick, light and reliable. Time machine incremental back-ups are excellent. Global support - Once had a UK Mac fixed in apple store NY under global warranty. Other perks - It integrates seamlessly with pad and phone if you have apple devices. Runs most...
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    BNI is it worth it

    We ran with BNI for a year in 2012, it covered the cost of the membership, but was not profitable for us. There were other benefits however - we met a great printer who we still work with, and it improved presentation / articulation skills for some of the creative team (they found it quite...
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    Which phone do you have - and would you recommend it?

    Iphone 6 here, expensive but I would recommend it - upgraded from a 4 at beginning of year. We have a device library for app studio testing and this is the one I always went to first to check off bug lists - as it seems quicker and pics / fonts normally render as intended. Wouldn't change it...
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    When Adwords does not cut the mustard...

    You could try Etsy as an alternate market place if the items you produce are bespoke... Referral and WOM is strong for this market, as quite personal - check out techniques used by home bakers / cup cake sellers etc, generate strong FB following, regular pic posts of recent items made, gift...
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    Promoting a business offline

    Hi Foxy (that sounded good!) First question from me would be what city are you in? I looked at your site to find out, but you have lorum ipsum copy on your get In touch page... (just in case you forgot ;)) If looking to target local businesses - establish who can benefit from your help (form a...
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    Clever Promotional Items?

    The key to promotional items is to be front of mind at the time a potential client needs your service... In your industry, if people already use you, I would be looking at things that are useful to them and add value - branded boxes / packaging or tape etc as part of the service - but give these...
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    None payment from Customers

    Thanks Dean, that is exactly the advice I was after - very much appreciated. We are monitoring them on CH website - no updates received re Liquidation. Will drop CH a line first and may well drop Beaumont a line thereafter. Thanks again.
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    0800 Number or Landline On Website?

    Thanks for the thought - any examples of credible reports you could share? Would be interesting to look into as we had not seen it as a barrier to contact. Glad you got your no. sorted James!
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    None payment from Customers

    At the risk of hijacking this thread, we have a similar situation... but one stage further on. We are owed around a reasonable by a company we worked with for over a year - relationship was good and regular invoices paid until the end of 2014. At that point contact from client side was broken...
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    research help needed!

    I like it - its different, short and punchy. I assume that the Plug part is a metaphor for plugging in, ready to go, in a plug n play kind of way (No hassles etc) Munch part works really well, and conveys an image of being well fed and satisfied. I did a little online research / companies house...
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    Ad Design for UKBF

    We have only just joined, so you may have this sorted by now ;) Try to establish the aim of the ad and your call to action - what do you want the viewer to do. Keep it short and simple, with strong clear messaging - space is limited so better to get one key point across and understood, rather...
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    Contact lists to purchase?

    I can recommend Experian from client experience. They are not the cheapest - but most campaigns live or die by the quality of the data. Filtering the data before you purchase, and making sure you are hitting your exact targets can save you a lot of time and money. Remember that there is an...
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    Do you publish prices on your website?

    I think displaying prices / guide prices is an excellent idea. If you can package a service as a product - then it can work well. For example, we offer logo design as one of our services. We offer several fixed logo design packages that hit a customers price point, and they get an accurate /...
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