Every startup needs a marketing team – Gripped are the go-to tech agency

The startup business owner feels like they have to fulfil every role in their business. From web designer to accountant, an entrepreneur tries to turn their hand to every aspect of their business. And this is where too many fail. The time it takes to research the latest tax laws or how to build a subscription email system could be far better spent developing meaningful relationships with your customers.

And this is no more evident in the marketing of your startup business. Marketing is far too important to leave to chance. It brings in new prospects and develops them into paying customers. It reaches new markets and sees your business grow from strength to strength. Regular readers will know that I advocate spending money in the key areas of your business.

Getting Gripped to deal with your tech B2B marketing is the ideal way to get the most for your money.

With marketing you want to deal with someone who has experience. Someone who has seen it all and done it all before. That’s what Gripped have in abundance.

They have the knowledge and expertise to turn your homemade marketing into something that looks and feels just like the biggest and best companies in your sector – or any sector for that matter. The tech sector thrives on slick marketing – get Gripped to do that for your startup.

Win B2B clients with engaging marketing that is proven to work.

How do Gripped operate?

They become your marketing team and CMO. This means that you have a top team on your side to deliver results, such as –

·         Building a compelling and engaging proposition for your target market

·         Unblocking the sales funnels that are just not delivering results for you

·         Developing your web presence into something that attracts clicks and converts them effectively

·         Enabling sales by owning the same space as your customers

Gripped ensure that you get ahead of the competition. We all know how important that is with a startup business. Hitting the ground running is vital to stay on track for success. Spending strategically on a part of the business designed to deliver high quality clients to your door is the best way to go about this. Look at the services Gripped offer to see how it can help your new business.

They know so much about inbound marketing that they’ve written the book on it! Don’t delay with your marketing – contact Gripped today to see how they can deliver results for your startup.

Supercharge the digital marketing for your startup business today

As a startup business, growth is the key element that will keep you going. There is a lot to fill your time when you first set out with a new small business, but being busy setting up doesn’t being in the cash. You need to get up and running as soon as possible.

And that’s where support comes in. I’ve spoken so many times on my blog about using specialist help in the key areas. One of these is with your marketing –

That’s where Ashley Ashbee Communications come in. She is a digital marketer for your small business that works by engaging your potential customers.

How does this work?

The big ad agencies don’t give you that personal touch. To them, you are another dollar sign. Where Ashley Ashbee Communications are different is that she gets to know you, builds a relationship and supports your growth.

She works one-on-one to supercharge your digital marketing and open the doors that will set your startup business out on the right foot. With years of experience in telling the story of businesses just like yours, don’t you think that you should be calling in the expert?

Get the scholarship you need to grow your business as far as you can

Starting up your own business can be tough. One of the obstacles many people come across along the way is raising the cash needed to get their dreams off the ground. This has been tapped into with venture capitalists and crowdfunding campaigns since the financial crash of 2008 left the banks with little appetite to lend.

That’s why the Phoenix Voyage Ignite Business Academy Scholarship giveaway is transforming the lives of people across the nation. These scholarships are worth a staggering $2,497 and can help you to –

·         Grow your business

·         Reach your prospects

·         Supercharge your conversion rates

·         Maximize your profits

This is the opportunity you have been waiting for.

How does this happen?

Like all the best scholarships, the Phoenix Voyage Ignite Business Academy Scholarship sets you on the right path by doing far more than just throwing money at a problem. It helps you to apply branding and content tools that will generate an audience on social media and more.

There are only 100 business scholarships available, so you will need to act as quickly as possible to avoid disappointment. Don’t be one of those people who knew they should have done something about growing their business but never got around to it.

Trademark your brand and grow your startup business

One of the biggest issues for a startup business is protecting your ideas. Every startup is built on the solid foundation of an idea and the passion of an individual. We can all see a niche in the market or something that has never been tried before. As an entrepreneur, you look to develop what you offer every day so customers can see your product or service and flock to you. This is how success is made.

But without the proper protections in place, you are vulnerable to other businesses and unscrupulous operators. Something needs to be done. Don’t worry – there is help at hand.

The ultimate protection for the small business is an Intellectual Property or IP service offered by the professionals at Lum Law Group. They have a professional team in this area, headed by A. Justin Lum who is experienced in helping small businesses to set up and grow.

Growing your startup business

For a startup to thrive and grow, it needs to have the right foundations in place. Unfortunately, in the business world there are some people who want to steal the success of others rather than make money from their own ideas. This means that IP protection is an absolute must for the savvy startup business owner.

Your business is built on certain ideas that should be protected at all costs. Without the right protection, you can end up working hard for someone else to benefit. This would leave you wishing you had acted sooner to protect principles like –

·         The brand that you have built

·         The ideas that your business is formed on

·         The invention that you are selling

Lum Law Group know how it feels to be at the cutting edge of your business. That’s why they are here to help you look after your business from day one. Their flat rate startup packages allow you to protect all that is important about your business without breaking the bank.

Don’t be one of the stories that business leaders tell at conferences of the startup owner who had it all but failed to protect any of it. You have already worked too hard for that. Get in touch with Lum Law Group and take your business to the next level without the fear that it is vulnerable. You deserve the best protection to make your startup a success – get it today!

PlanCentral is the perfect boost for a startup

One of the things that slows a startup business is the ability to collaborate effectively. The modern world demands collaboration, and this is one of the most effective ways to develop your startup business. But so many ‘solutions’ to this problem are weighted down in excess functionality and can be difficult to use. The technology takes over and the performance drops. Not ideal!

Enter PlanCentral which is a powerful online tool that enables –

·         Project management

·         Team collaboration

It combines all the essential elements of an effective collaboration platform, such as projects, chat function and sharing files. All of this is delivered fuss-free and gets teams working quickly together with effective communication. So, you no longer have to spend all your time managing the technology and wondering if progress is being made.

Get your startup geared for success

PlanCentral focuses 100% on accomplishing the goals of your startup – this is a vital component of any startup business. Time spent chasing others or worrying about the tech is wasted. PlanCentral removes this waste.

It is so easy to use, and this means that it can be adopted by all of your team instantly. Your users no longer get bogged down by a new an unintuitive system. PlanCentral is FREE to use and transforms the productivity of your business.

PlanCentral's mission is to empower teams of all sizes to accomplish great things, Together.

The best features

PlanCentral has some great features that will allow your startup business to flourish. Among them are –

The ability to manage Project Plans and Tasks. You can track progress and keep your finger on the pulse.

Chat and activity feed. You and your team can share ideas, bounce around discussions and add notes. The best part of this is that it is all tracked for maximum efficiency.

Store, share and retrieve files. All important documents are available at the touch of a button. All stakeholders can pick up the files needed, when they are needed.

Organize with the dashboard and calendar. Stay in total control of every aspect of the project with the dashboard. You can add reminders to the calendar and manage all of this on one screen.

Your startup business will realize its potential if you can manage all your resources effectively. PlanCentral puts this power at your fingertips.

Download PlanCentral today at www.plancentral.com or get the the PlanCentral App, available for iOS and Android devices.

Get the best passport photo software today

Having your passport photo taken is all a part of the trip in this modern day. And when you start to look into the requirements that the authorities have, you will be amazed at the level of detail that needs to be right. That is why so many people are turning to professional photographers to have their passport photo taken. It is a service that you just have to offer.

As a professional photographer, your clients depend on you getting their passport photo right. They may need their passport in a short space of time, so if you get it wrong they might miss out on a holiday. This is very bad news for customer service. But it doesn’t have to be like this…

Introducing Passport Photo Workshop – a wizard that helps you get the perfect passport photos time after time. It enables you to –

·         Follow simple steps to get the photos right first time

·         See templates that will guide you to success

·         Produce passport photos without any training

Simply the best passport photo software available

Passport Photo Workshop is an all-in-one passport photo software that powers the way you produce biometric passport photos or ID photos that meet the requirements set out by the authorities. Your customers will be delighted as their passport application sails through.

Check out Passport Photo Workshop today and see how adaptable it can be to add an extra income stream to your photography business.

My first novel is published and the second one to follow soon

I have seen a great response for my first novel, which was published last month. Sales are good and I hope them to increase so that the story can get out there. I am very proud of the work I have put together for this first book and it took up a fair chunk of my life. It is the eleventh book I have published, but the first fiction book. Before that I had written and published ten non-fiction books that are based on my areas of knowledge and experience such as buying and selling a home, obtaining a mortgage and writing. I have written these guides with others in mind and the idea behind them I to share my knowledge of writing in an easy-to-follow format.

Check out my Amazon Author page.

Writing fiction has taken over a large part of my spare time at the moment. With the success of the first book, I have started on the second and am around a third of the way through now. It is very different to the first novel, which was based on the internal monologue of one character a great deal. The second book is a detective fiction book that looks into the way that a killer leaves clues for the police. The killer is in control and the police are waiting for clues to lead them one way or another in the investigation. It means that they don't get to make massive strides with the investigation until the killer lets them.

Here is the opening scene -

He stood over her looking down at his prey. She looked for all the world like a normal person. But he knew differently. She was chosen to be here at this time, in this place. He knew what he had to do next. She would be the first. She would set an example to others. This was the start of his work.

She looked up at the man above her. He was stood in front of a bright light. He wasn't familiar to her in any way. She wondered who he was. She couldn't see his face. He spoke not much louder than a whisper so she couldn't make out his voice either. She wanted to know who he was. But that wasn't the biggest or the most pressing thing on her mind. She wanted to know what he has planned for her. She didn't have to wait long.

He moved with clinical speed. Just before she saw his hands move quickly towards her, she heard him say something. Again, she couldn't make it out. A few seconds later she was lying in a small pool of her own blood. He dropped something before walking away. He was glad that he lived alone so he could get cleaned up without interruption or detection. He smiled to himself as he strode towards home. The dark of the night shielded him from any prying eyes that might have been present on the short journey.

There is a twist with the identity of the killer which I won't reveal here, but it means that the detective team, lead by Augustine Boyle, take some wrong turns along the way. The way that the killer and the police interact means that there is a lot of dialogue and a lot of tension. I am really proud of it already, and I am only around a third of the way through writing it. Please keep tuned to see how it progresses. I will put small excerpts on this blog so you can see parts of the book before it is written.

My new book David's Goliath is available now

Those of you that have been with me from the start will know that this blog was set up as I went about starting my own business. In the very beginning that was going to be an estate agency, but the way that the UK housing market was going and the rise of the online-only estate agent put paid to that.

It was while setting up as an estate agent that I started writing commercially. I wrote blogs and books to provide an income that would be there in the first few weeks and months of an estate agency, while I was getting on my feet. As the idea for an estate agency dropped, it was soon replaced by the idea that I could write for myself and others. Contented Writing was born. I now write website copy, blogs and ghostwrite books for others among many other assignments. I also write for myself.

Until now all of my books have been Kindle only and were non-fiction on subjects that I knew a lot about - managing back pain, writing and inevitably the housing market. But my latest book is my first novel and also the first in print. It is called -

David's Goliath: If you found a book that told the story of your life, would you read on?

This is the story of a man who goes on holiday to get away from it all for a short time. He spends some time in Spain on his own and while there, he picks up a book that was seemingly left behind by someone and starts to read. Pretty soon he and the book are inseparable and it turns out that the story he is reading is in fact the story of his life.

David reads through and recalls the significant moments of his life but all the while he has the thought in his mind that he will reach the part of the book that tells him of the future. Will he read on?

This book is the culmination of over a year of work and I have thoroughly enjoyed trying to fit this in with all the work I do for others and family life. The book has a lot of me in it, as the main character is based on my life and experiences. Not all of these things have happened to me, but many of them I have seen first hand though friends, family and work colleagues.

I'd love to hear from people who have read the book. Please let me know what you think. The only way to write something bigger and better next time is to hear what people think of this one. I have begun the next novel, which is a crime thriller about a serial killer with a twist. I'll keep you updated on how this is going.