An early example of successful networking

For an example of successful networking albeit from the 19th and early 20th centuries see the biography of James Cholmeley Russell, the barrister, financier, property developer and Welsh railway entrepreneur. He counted many of the good and the great among his friends and colleagues. Harrow School and Magdalen College Oxford formed a firm foundation but he […]

Branding Theory and Practice

See the new page on branding and strategy plus case studies

Director Development Programme

The Director Development Programme (DDP) provides leadership and management advice and subsidised training to the principal decision maker or key decision makers/directors of companies with between 5 and 249 employees.
Would you or your team gain from receiving mentoring, coaching and support in:
 Leadership: Key Development Areas:

Strategic
Analytical
Inspirational
Personal

 Management: Key Development Areas

Products and Services
Developing Markets
People Development
Finance
Sales and Marketing
Operations

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Mentoring - a case study

Kids Should Be Kids (www.kidsshouldbekids.co.uk) is a web site set up in 2007 by Danish-born mother of two, Malene Hansen, to supply stylish Scandinavian designed Children’s Clothes. KSBK’s children’s clothes are fresh, practical and funky in bright, clean and vibrant colour combinations.
The company is based on the fundamental view that kids should be dressed as […]

Social networking sites - a marketing channel opportunity?

Background
 
Flickr, one of the leading photo sharing web sites on the web has an element of commercial content on and I was interested in discovering whether anyone considered it seriously as part of the marketing mix. If so does it work? So, I posed a question on Linked In the networking site for business professionals. […]

New marketing channels on tight budgets

Flickr, Youtube and Facebook are just three examples of alternative and developing marketing channels that marketers need to be aware of and exploit as needed. For clients with highly visual services and products they are ideal for example: tourism, historic houses , hotels, visitor attractions etc. Also they are attractive to those with small marketing budgets - very […]

New marketing channels

See the article on using Flickr, one of the leading photo sharing web sites and other social networking sites  based on research among experts on Linked In the networking site for business professionals.

Business development and change projects by Nick Booker

Non executive marketing director for family owned logistics company including development of strategic marketing plan; running directors’ strategic planning/mentoring workshops leading to a radical re-structuring of the business and development of three year personal and business plans
Strategic planning role for a leading building components distributor leading to the successful and acquisition of a competitor.
Marketing/business development role […]

Networking

Networking works for business and for individuals whether its working a room or using LinkedIn or EAcademy to build virtual networks. So see my new page on the subject of building personal and business networks and see my profile http://www.linkedin.com/pub/1/115/38