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Free Public Sector Tender Training

Hampshire business organisation, Southern Entrepreneurs, is offering free public sector tender training to businesses based in Winchester and Eastleigh. The course will help businesses learn how to identify potentially lucrative public sector contracts and put together a successful tender for them. The workshop takes place on Thursday 5th August. It starts at 17.30 and finishes […]

What is in your marketing budget?

Some businesses complain they don’t have a marketing budget, whilst others religiously put aside an amount of money to allocate towards marketing activities throughout the year.  At TLC Business, we feel that the most efficient way to budget is to make sure every marketing activity in your plan is included to meet a specific objective. […]

June’s Top Marketing Tips

Top marketing tips: Conduct a client survey: – Some businesses are reluctant to undertake a client survey in case they don’t like what they find out. For those that are keen to understand their customers better, it might just be the best thing you do for your business. The benefits are plentiful. 1. If clients […]

Free Marketing & Sales Seminar

“The best way to predict the future is to create it.” Peter Drucker. Successful businesses don’t happen by accident, they are actively created. The same applies to marketing and sales. Businesses that excel in this area utilise marketing and sales models to maximise their chances of success. Learn how to create the business you want, […]

Gorilla marketing

Gorilla Marketing is TLC Business’ new marketing concept for SMEs that want to do something different. Whilst there is always a place for traditional marketing activities, ambitious businesses that are keen to standout from their crowded marketplace by being unconventional, creative and imaginative should consider Gorilla Marketing. You don’t need a big budget, just imagination, […]

Old Spice is back!

Remember Old Spice? We didn’t even realise it was still around. Their new viral campaign is making waves on the web and has brought the brand back firmly into the public conscience. Here’s why…

Paul the psychic Octopus and Marketing for SMEs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rv3ZeoHICQ0 We’re sure you’ve all heard of the remarkable tale of Paul the clairvoyant octopus, who correctly predicted the winner in all 8 of the matches he was prompted to, at this year’s World Cup. Whilst his feat is certainly unlikely and many seem convinced of his psychic abilities, the cynic in us here, feels […]

July’s Top Marketing Tips

We have some great top tips this July: a source of free data, a tool to find out which page on your website your target audience prefer and a free opportunity to review your marketing over the summer. Top Tip 1 – As many of you know, data can make or break a marketing campaign. […]

Great Marketing Seminar Yesterday

Thank you!We wanted to say a big thank you to everyone who took the time to attend our marketing and sales seminar yesterday. It was great to meet such a wide variety of exciting businesses. The feedback has been great and we will be running a variety of these type of events over the rest […]