Steve Bridger's Blog (13)

The pre start-up phase could be the most important time of your business life. 

You'd be surprised at the number of prospective businesses decide on the legal status of their venture, open bank accounts, rent premises BEFORE they have done the necessary research and determined whether their idea makes financial sense and importantly after the initial set-up, whether they have created a viable commercial proposition.…

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Punctuation – The Business Writers Secret Weapon of Success Free Download 

(& Last Call for our 25th January Workshop!) 

It’s sad but true.  In business some people are sticklers for correctness in communication.  Even though you may have the best…

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Online + Offline = Oneline. A Straight Line...

Yesterday, a perfect example of the straight line connection between online and offline behaviour was shown on a TV news programme.  Christmas sales were in full flight and the interviewer was speaking to a shopper who was using an app on his smartphone to read QR codes and barcodes to gather product and pricing information. 

First the offline link in the…

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Webinar Presentations – 12 Tips for First Timers

 If you’re reading this the chances are your boss has asked you to give your first webinar presentation. Either that or you’ve witnessed the rapid growth of webinars and want to grasp this fantastic opportunity to put your message across.  Either way, it’s a presentation format with its own challenges and rewards.  Mastering the challenges will produce an attractive and effective…

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'Success Before Start Up' - The Antidote to First Year Failure

Yesterday Surrey small businesses were in the spotlight with the start of my new book's prelaunch activity on Amazon.  

The concept behind the book is to try and help non-business people prepare for starting a business, avoid mistakes and succeed.  Nineteen…

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 I have a client who is looking for a ghost writer to help him prepare a book about his life in UK franchising.

 

If anyone has experience of ghost writing themselves or knows of anyone with this skill set please get in touch

 

steve@thewritecopy.co.uk

 

Many thanks

 

Steve Bridger

I am looking for someone with digital animation & flash experience to answer a client brief that requires the production of a YouTube video

 

Please give me a call on 0208 941 2281

 

Steve Bridger

www.thewritecopy.co.uk

Dear fellow NiS members,

I am currently researching for my next business book aimed at Start-Ups.



I am looking for 2 things - one is a clear simple MLM network diagram showing the upline and downline multiplier effect of multi-level-marketing/network marketing/affiliate marketing.  Credit and contacts will be given in the book



The second is I…

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Steve Bridger

GENUINE SCAM WARNING - PLEASE READ AND BEWARE OF THIS SCAM



SCAM Alert for Networking in Surrey Members and your networks



A fictitous 'Sharon Holmes' contacts people by email and makes an export

order for your products. Victims are lured into a false sense of

security and asked to pay shipping charges from their business account.

These funds received by the internet scammers. The 'clever' twist is

that credit card payment… Continue

Writing Effective New Business Letters



There are many types of letters. Letters of complaint, ‘thank- you’ letters, letters for job applications, for accepting a job offer, for resignations and so on. These tend to be of a functional nature. The more difficult to write are letters of introduction to a new business prospect. Here are some suggestions to help you get past the gatekeeper and on to the desk of the person you want to contact. Many… Continue

Make your business card work hard for your business



If you’re given a rectangular waste of space masquerading as a business card whip out a pair of scissors, neatly shred it into a hundred pieces and throw them up in the air like a thousand missed opportunities. Finish by staring into the startled eyes of the giver who is still reeling from this grievous, vicious attack on company property.



Explain that his company is guilty of committing one or more of the following crimes… Continue

How to Write an Effective 60 Second ‘Elevator’ Business Pitch



You’re at a networking event or a seminar/conference/exhibition or trapped in a proverbial ‘elevator’ and have the chance to make a great first impression. What do you say to promote your business and gain a new business client? 60 seconds is all you’ve got to make an impact and the clock is ticking.



But, how long is 60 Seconds? The answer- Is… Continue

Explore the business promotion opportunites of an ebook with www.myebook.com



A swift blog to break to the news that my new ebook 'Fast Track Your Business Writing Skills - http://www.myebook.com/index.php?option=ebook&id=24293 and the 52 training chart accompaniment :… Continue