Finding Clients during a recession

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Posted on 23rd July 2009 by Tony in Business Advice

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Every time I speak to a business owner they tell me that they’re just surviving. As long as I can survive this recession I’ll be ok. I must admit that I’ve allowed that kind of thinking to enter my brain too.

The last week I’ve been thinking that if I want things to change I need to look at things differently. Why do I need to survive the recession? Why not Thrive the Recession? Companies like MacDonald’s and Disney were both started in the middle of a Recession! We’re in good company!

So I did a little survey and found that the biggest problem business owners currently have is that they can’t find clients during a recession. This is a biggy. I mean, if you can’t find prospects then you can’t sell, right? Some people are running up huge phone bills trying to “cold call”. I call this strategy “hunting mosquitoes with shot-guns”. We are hoping to get our message out. It’s not effective and it’s incredibly demoralizing.

So is there a better way?

Of course! (Or this would be a pointless post)

I would like to show you an easy-to-implement strategy that will get prospects to look for you, instead of the other way around. I’ve been doing it for a few weeks (as a trial) for a friend and we are finding about 4-10 prospects are contacting US every single day looking for her product. That is surely a lot easier than trying to find clients!

I would like to show you exactly the system works. Please let me know if you’d like a spot as I can only cater for 30 people!

To book your spot, go here: http://internetbusiness.eventbrite.com

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Can’t find a theme I like

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Posted on 21st July 2009 by Tony in Random

Right. So I still cannot find a theme for WordPress that I like. This is beginning to concern me. I don’t want to pay for a theme, and the reason is that I want to prove to the people who come to my seminars that it’s possible to run a successful blog without costing you thousands and thousands of rands.

So, for the third time this month I am changing my blog back to my trusty Webexposure Theme, which, for the record, I really don’t like. I have no idea who the Chinese lady is in the corner, but hey … at least it gives me some corporate identify. *gafaw*

Let me know if you see any great (free) wordpress themes I can look at.

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Christmas in July for Bloggers

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Posted on 16th July 2009 by Tony in Random

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Christmas in JulyIt seems that I have never made the grade to be invited to those Fancy Blogger Parties that seems to happen all over Cape Town on a very regular basis. So, I have decided to take matters into my own hands and I’m having a Christmas in July Blogger Party at Parker Cottage on Saturday evening, 25 July 2009.

Here are the details:

When: Saturday 25 July 2009

Time: 6:30pm for 7pm until we get kicked out.

Address: Parker Cottage, 1 Carstens Street, Tamboerskloof

Here’s the Deal:

Phil and Liz, who own the place, have graciously offered to provide us with a few things to make us all Christmassy including some snacks and fruit-mince-pies. But you do need to dress appropriately (at least wear a Christmas Hat!) In payment for this awesomeness, Phil and Liz would simply like you to blog about Parker Cottage.

We can accommodate 15 people, and it’s first come first serve.

Have I left something out?

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