I am a business owner and entrepreneur. I am a passionate philanthropist and sit on the Board of many NFP’s and sporting organisations. I am an active member of the Liberal Party in Victoria and is passionate in his views. I am at the forefront of the digital frontier and is now investigating wearable technology in his attempts to “hack” life. This site contains my stories.
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Your business should have a Blog. It needs a blog. You know this. But you only have some many hours in the day. And you have so many other items on your to do list. So many things that are demanding your attention. Your email is pinging. Your staff have [...]
Thu, Jan 18, 2018Source: Greenlight Communications
In recent times we’ve been dealing with a number businesses that have transferred over to the NBN network and this has caused a number of issues. You see, many businesses think they don’t need to do anything to make a switch. They think it’ll happen automatically and they think they [...]
Wed, Apr 19, 2017Source: Best Business Deals
When we first meet with a prospective customer we have some questions we generally like to ask. Here are a sample of some of them: Tell us about your company? What problems are you trying to solve? Why has solving this problem become a priority today? What other solutions have [...]
Wed, Nov 16, 2016Source: Best Business Deals
Worse still, are you not even part of the conversation?
Late Gen Y and the Millennial Generation hate talking on the phone. Telemarketing doesn’t work and even networking via an unexpected phone call is out of the question. Don’t believe me? Check out this article.
These guys, the up and coming decision [...]
Tue, May 26, 2015Source: Greenlight Communications
The Webinar Marketing Model – Marketing Success Story or Get Rich Quick Scheme.
A trusted member of my network, Simone Douglas from Social Media AOK recently wrote a post about the Click Funnel sales process (not Click Funnels the product.) I kind of agree with what she has to say but I also think it’s not quite that simple. The Sales Funnel Process is important – a business needs leads, a business needs to qualify a percentage of those leads, a business needs to close a percentage of those qualified leads and then once they are customers you should look at profit maximisation – you can do this ethically only selling people things that they need. I’m a qualified PR professional. I have studied at a Postgraduate level the fundamentals of marketing. Digital tools can be an important part of the Marketing, PR and Sales process but are most effective if they are used as part of an overarching fundamental strategy. The typical Digital Sales “click” funnel goes something like this. Someone puts an ad on Facebook. These ads have “compelling” copy of varying quality that encourages their prospects to click on the ad. This ad goes to a Lead Page, generally a long form sales letter, video or both, that encourages the prospect to hand over their email address. In return they’ll generally be offered attendance at a webinar or some sort of PDF style cheat sheet or report – often referred to as a Lead Magnet. The webinar is the popular one at the moment. Many of these webinars follow a similar process – the presenter talks about how awesome they are, the presenter gives some useful information, the presenter...Business Networking 101 – 6 top tips for those getting started.
Business Networking is a vital part of business success. The relationships you create and foster now can have a huge influence on your future success – this could be whether you are looking for a job, trying to grow your own business through word of mouth marketing or even trying to get elected to a position – either as a politician or on to the Board of an organisation that you may be the member of. This article contains tips that would be useful in all of these situations but, because I am a business owner, the focus here is on business networking. The business networking tips mentioned below may seem basic but they do create the foundation for your success in networking. Check them out and embrace them. Make them everyday habits and I have no doubt that you will quite quickly see a great level of success. 1. Always carry business cards and make notes on others business cards – If you meet someone that you want to further develop a relationship with you need to ensure that you have a way for them to keep in touch with you. Here your business card is a vital tool. Further, when you collect their business card, make sure you make some notes on the card about where you met this person and something else of interest. As you increase your networking you will find that you start to collect a lot of business cards and it can be hard to keep track of who is who. The best way to do this is through notes. This can also...Speed Networking Events – Friend or Foe of the Busy Entrepreneur?
I’ve attended a lot of networking events in my time – including a lot of speed networking events. There are a number of advantages and disadvantages to them that I will outline below. I am an advocate of you visiting a speed networking event at least once but I want you to go in with your eyes open. As such, I will also share some tips below that I think may help you with preparation for success at such an event. Advantages of a Speed Networking Event Meet more people – Speed Networking Events are a great avenue to meet a lot of business professionals in a short amount of time. At a more casual mixer you might meet 4 or 5 people over a night (this is still great networking) but at a Speed Networking Event you can meet 20+ people in a short amount of time. Structured environment – The reason you get to meet so many people in a short amount of time at a Speed Networking Event is because of the structured environment that you get at a Speed Working Event. There are some slight differences in event structure but essentially it involves business people moving around the room, sitting down with a person and taking it in turns talking about their businesses before moving onto the next person. Practice and refine your elevator pitch – Because you are meeting so many people and telling them what you do you get the perfect chance to refine your answer to the question “So what do you do?” Give your limited time frames with each person, you...Contact Hamish Jones
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Hamish Jones
Problem Solver. Networker, Board Member & Sports Fan. Constantly aiming to be 10% better at everything.