Author: Amy Edwards

Building a personal and professional brand when you’re starting out is paramount. It’s all about your story. Katy Carlisle, Founder of SQSP Queen, will challenge you with thought-provoking questions so you can explore your story, your values and how you can make these, part of how you do business.

How can you get hundreds of pounds worth of free advertising and brand promotion for your business? Hems de Winter, former CEO of a multi-award-winning PR, social media and design agency, will share his tips and techniques, and the ‘dos’ and ‘donts’ of how to go about using print and social media platforms to promote your brand, highlight your services and generate a positive reputation and public image.

We have the start-up experts on hand to answer all your questions and to provide you with FREE information, advice and guidance. Book your 30 minute, remote appointment today.

Business survival depends on the ability to sell products and services to consumers. When you’re starting out you’ll be wearing the ‘Salesperson’ hat. Mike Scott, Entrepreneur and Business Coach, will give you the tools, techniques and tips to approach selling with confidence.

Business is a competitive world so you’ll need to stand out! It’s all about defining and communicating your ‘Unique Selling Point’ (USP) and letting people know why they should use you. Mike Scott, Business Consultant, will coach you through how you can identify what makes your product or service unique

As Alan Sugar says, “Negotiation is the DNA of business”. Mike Scott, Business Coach, Consultant and Entrepreneur, will let you know the dos and don’ts of effective negotiation and how you can ‘seal the deal’ so that everyone is happy.

Owning and leading a business can be one of the most, rewarding and demanding challenges anyone can take on. The agitation, anxiety, and adrenaline. It is not for the faint-hearted.

Hems de Winter has lived through it and emerged relatively unscathed. In this revealing personal story, you will you hear of the dark days of financial crises, lost clients, litigation and coming to the edge of insolvency during his thirty-year ownership of a leading local PR agency. You will hear of joy, fear and sadness. T

hen Hems will share the coping mechanisms, strategies and actions that helped him survive, flourish and laugh. How he managed the day-to-day drama of operating a business. Of how he helped those he led achieve high levels of wellbeing and productivity. And of the mentor that saved his sanity and changed his life.

What is good leadership? What are the qualities and behaviours that make a business owner or manager a truly effective leader?

In this session, business mentor Hems de Winter shares his experiences of building, leading and motivating a team during his 30-year ownership of a multi-award-winning PR agency.

This practical session will follow on from “Managing your time and being productive” and look at using free tools such to implement the ideas covered in the earlier session.

It will include: Apps and software that can help you to be more productive; introduction to Trello, a free project management tool; setting up boards, lists and cards on Trello and using Trello to implement different productivity techniques.

This session is ideal for anyone who feels overwhelmed by their to-do list or wants to learn how to better manage their time. Katy will share her favourite hacks for being more productive, and there will be time to ask questions if you have any specific problems relating to time management.