20 Ways to Make Your Business Amazing
20 ways to make your Business Amazing
• Focus on marketing
• No one big thing – attention to detail
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1. Reputation
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2. Product
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3. Staff
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4. Location
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5. Customer Relationships
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6. Website
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7. Blog
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Today (last Friday) 392,366 bloggers posted 457,662 posts and 421,288 comments on Wordpress blogs. That’s about 318 posts per minute, and 293 comments per minute. In total 92,257,204 words were written.
Over 277 million people view more than about 2.3 billion pages each month.
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8. Social Media
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9. Public Relations
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10. Advertising
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11. Networking
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12. Testimonials
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13. Referrals
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14. Channel Partners
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Channel partner agreements are critical.
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15. Business Model
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16. Accountant
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17. Enterprise support
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Other Agencies
• Enterprise Ireland
– Shannon Development
• LEAP Programme in LIT
• Innovation Vouchers
• First Step
• Business Angel Partnership
• Enterprise Equity
• Community Enterprise Centres
– Ennistymon
• Clare Local Development Company
– LEADER
– Short Term Enterprise Allowance
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18. Mentors/Advisors
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19. Vision
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20. Action Plan
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21. Start Your Own Business Programme
Clare County Enterprise Board SYOB Programmes 2011
Woodstock Hotel, Ennis
www.clareceb.ie
Cost : €65 Time: 6.30 – 9.30pm
Six consecutive weeks
Programme 1: from Wednesday 2nd March to Wednesday 6th April
Programme 2: from Monday 14th March to Monday 18th April
• Develop a business plan
• Evaluate your business ideas
• Understand start up, operating costs,
pricing
• Understand legal steps involved
• Learn how to market your business
• Network with others in start up situation
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This presentation was delivered by Donncha Hughes, Head of Development Services, Bridgewater Management at a Clare County
Enterprise Event in February 2011 – Starting a Business: The Essentials . I am going to write a blog post on this topic early next
week. See www.bridgewatermcg.com/blog
DUBLINALEXANDRA HOUSE, THE SWEEPSTAKESBALLSBRIDGE, DUBLIN 4, IRELANDT + 353 1 660 4300
LIMERICKENTERPRISE CENTRE, MOYLISH PARKLIMERICK, IRELANDT +353 61 325 600
www.bridgewatermcg.com
Bridgewater Management
•Finance
•VAT, Payroll, Year End A/cs and Financial Control
•Planning
•Marketing, Business Plans, Feasibility
•Training
•Start Your Own Business Programmes
•Mentoring
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