Recent content by TrefG

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    Cafe Business investment for £15,000?

    Hi Clinton, I understand the point you are making, but I think we need to be careful to insinuate that everybody is out for their own ends. It's not always the case. Yes people should be careful and check the credentials of others where required, but they should also know that there are people...
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    Cafe Business investment for £15,000?

    Clinton, what's really amusing and somewhat ironic about this comment is you and I had a series of phone and email conversations in February where we were discussing the possibility of you representing me regarding the sale of my business. Out of everybody here, it's you who has actually seen my...
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    Cafe Business investment for £15,000?

    Hey Holly May not be quite the right time to start a cafe business (unless the cafe has been making substantial profits and you have the funds to bankroll it until the pandemic passes). But there are loads of industries and businesses that will be on the upturn due to current circumstances. So...
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    Tips to Emailing Specific Market?

    To be completely honest I suspect you're going about this all the wrong way. When was the last time you purchased (or even enquired) about a service from what is essentially a spam/cold email? Sure you might get lucky, but I'd be surprised. Email marketing and copywriting is my bread & butter...
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    Best route to market.

    Start niche and build - find biscuit lovers in the UK and engage with them.
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    Marketing for business on 2nd floor

    The only real way to get attention from passers by, is going to be having something remarkable at street level. Not sure what your business is, but I'd be thinking about what I can put at street-level that would make people stop and want to know what it was all about.
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    Facebook ad campaign for Christmas

    Hi Tbozz, What are you looking for the reader to do - what's the action you'd like them to achieve? People that are browsing Facebook are rarely in buying mode - they are there to be entertained and look at pictures of cats! That's not to say you cannot achieve sales from FB, of course you...
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    How effective is advertising?

    What type of game is it? What is your target market? There are lots of possible approaches to get traffic to your site, but converting that traffic into an engaged audience and sales is the hard part. My initial strategy would be to push a little traffic to my website and spend some time...
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    What is the best way to promote a website?

    Hi, What kind of job board are you trying to start - a niche sector or generalist - it's a tough market, near impossible if you are trying to target everyone. If you can let me know a little more I can try to give you some direction? Thanks Tref
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    email marketing tool?

    I use Mailchimp, but the gentleman above asks the right question - what do you want your email marketing software to do? The best approach is to define your email marketing strategy first and foremost and then look for the right tools to deliver it.