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Buying and Selling Businesses in Manchester on Latest Business Offers. Title: Selling Your Business Manchester | Transition 360 Partners Link: https://lnkd.in/eKTV6adx "See Beyond Today's Challenges - Your Business's Future Awaits” As a business owner over 55, facing the prospect of retirement, addressing health concerns, or grappling with economic hardships can feel daunting. The pressures of running a business in today's climate might have you pondering the next steps. Transition 360 Partners is here to illuminate your path forward. With our expertise, we'll navigate through the complexities of selling your business, turning challenges into a hopeful horizon. Let's embark on this journey together." #valueyourbusiness #businessvaluation #businessexit #sellingyourbusiness #SellmyBusiness #SellaBusiness #BuyaBusiness #businessbrokers #manchester #sellyourbusiness #businessesforsale #business #businesses

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*** CHECK IT OUT *** OUR NEW FRONT COVER MAGAZINE PAGE FOR - The Millionaire Networking Social Club - INSIGHT MAGAZINE Front Cover Designed By: Melvyn Goodinson at Gigaflux Regards Shaz Aziz Founder at Millionaire Networking Social Club and Latest Business Offers #businessnetworking #b2b #social #networking #meetup #business #businesses #networkingmanchester #investors #invesments #cars #property #magazine #digitalmagazine Ernold Van Bueren

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Angel investors are the most critical part of the startup and tech ecosystem. Whilst VCs get the attention and publicity, Angels actually support a much larger share of the market and in my opinion choosing the right Angel for your business will have one of the most significant impacts on your chances of success. I’m lucky that I have a network of Angels involved in Brawn Power, they all add unique and tangible value. Some have backed me for the third time, know my strengths and weaknesses and I treat them as co-founders. Are you looking to raise through angel investors? If so, it’s not just a case of choosing an Angel with a big name on their CV, you need someone that knows how to weather the storm and is prepared to back you as a person. (Look at how they earnt their capital and their stripes.) #markets, #products and #strategy will change but the #people stay. They need to understand that and truly believe in you. My advice to founders looking at angel investors- Make sure you have a personal connection with them. They are passionate about the sector, space or problem. That are you aligned on the long term vision. Paul Richardson

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Big news to follow tomorrow... 🎉 Will record it with my life long friend and media man Ben Taylor 📽️ Watch this space 🚀 Make the right Choice, make it Web Choice ✅ #webchoice #announcement #spring #goodnews

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Getting your small business up and running online 📈 Small business, big aspirations? You can thank me later, but for now, here’s the lowdown on what you need to do to kickstart your online presence. Your starting point is obviously a business website. But don’t settle for ordinary. Your website is your most powerful asset. It needs to be well-constructed and easy to navigate. It must showcase your brand personality and tell (and sell) your story. It must attract your customers (that’s where SEO comes in), engage them and give them the answers they’re looking for. Your choice of domain name is crucial (ie easy to remember and original) and you also need a reliable hosting company with good tech support. A WordPress site is the most sophisticated in terms of functionality and generally best for SEO, but Wix and Squarespace are also good options, especially if you’re a novice. Make digital marketing a priority. Remember, aim high. High quality inputs = meaningful results. ☑️ Who’s my target audience? ☑️ What are my key messages? ☑️ How can I engage with my target market? ☑️ How can I convert leads or site visitors into customers? This is what you need to do: ☑️ Set up Google Analytics ☑️ Plan your Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) strategy ☑️ Focus on quality content ☑️ Publish new, original material regularly (at least once a month) ☑️ Every page of your website needs to be unique ☑️ Set up your Google Business Profile listing ☑️ Pay and play with Google Ads ☑️ Use your social media For more detail on how to implement all of the above, read our full blog (link in bio). And if you are keen to learn more about SEO, get started with our self-managed online SEO Course, The SEO School. You can also read our blog post for more information https://lnkd.in/gymH7hKT

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Creating multiple streams of income is the key to long-term business & personal financial success There’s a huge amount of earning potential in exploring new opportunities, innovation & diversifying your efforts to maximise growth for yourself + your clients etc When you diversify, the potential for your business becomes limitless - it can also mitigate a tonne of risk All thriving businesses have this theme in common; looking beyond a single revenue stream Keep pushing forward and stay curious, it could earn you some extra wonga Have a gooden x (P.S - accountants & marketing agencies obviously do a lil bit more than what I mentioned in the vid, but you get the point lol) ETOTO Media #socialmedia #entrepreneur #business

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Here are 8 vital areas of focus that will help you transition from being a business with a bit of growth, to a scale up business with the potential of being exit ready ✅ Have a robust regular reviewed business roadmap ✅ Build a supercharged lead generation machine ✅ Develop an effective sales conversion system ✅ Have a culture of constant innovation ✅ Really love your customers ✅ Solid financial control with real time data ✅ Build a team of people better than you ✅ Be a nice human

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If I could give one bit of advice to anyone raising funding now it would be... Don't forget to productise your funding round. 10x £25k is infinitely easier than 1x £250k. Be mindful investors are buying a share of your business, this isnt a donation and it's competitive out there. So load it with perks, make it engaging. ↔️ Our Funding Round: £250,000 SEIS ↔️ Your Investment: £25,000 ↔️ Your Perks: Monthly 1-on-1 meeting with the founder, Investor Whatsapp Group, Monthly accounts, quarterly board update, lifetime access to our product, events access, gift for family members birthdays... Doing this can demonstrate you are aware of the relationship you want to enter into. #founder #funding #business #VC #pitchdeck #investing #venturecapital #entrepreneur #startup

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My top advice for businesses with large databases of unconverted leads: Use email and SMS remarketing to convert the leads you've already paid for. Look, you’ve already spent hundreds of thousands of pounds generating leads in the last few years. Now, it’s your time to reap the benefits by getting some lower-cost conversions through email and SMS. In our experience, it can cost you 80% less than what it does to convert a cold sale from digital marketing channels like Google and Facebook. The bottom line: Make sure you’re leveraging your database to the best of its ability. So, you start to get back some of the investment you’ve made in building it. But whatever you do… Don’t let an agency or somebody else take advantage of all that money you’ve spent by trying to charge you an inflated fee per sale. 😛

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Most people I talk to get their clients from referrals so the conversation they have is always a response to an enquiry, where the prospect has realised they have a problem and are now looking for a solution. Unfortunately for most businesses there are not enough referrals for sustainable growth, which is why they speak to me. Creating a lead is quite a different game. Do you understand how people buy? You have to understand the people who buy from you - as humans - they buy as humans with all the complexity and issues that they bring with them. They are not sat waiting for you to ring, DM, email etc about your solution. They dont buy in an orderly fashion in one huge reaction to one email/call/post/blog touch. Its actually very messy and they are v distracted and there are loads of contradictory moves and reactions. Its just not how you think it is. There is no one thing that creates the urgency in them to want to know more. That is the work that you have to put in. #leadgeneration #businessdevelopment

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Here's a list of what "Acquiring Businesses" Isn’t; * Looking at business listings 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻 * Avoiding networking opportunities * Keeping quiet about the fact you’re a deal maker * Consuming acquisition content sporadically * Ignoring your gut instincts * Forgetting to prioritise tasks proven to succeed * Lacking an acquisition strategy * Buying without considering your exit * Assuming you’re assumptions will always hold true * 𝗜𝗴𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗵 𝗳𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁𝘀 * Having no external accountability * Letting inaction take years from your progress Is there something you would add? —————— My name’s Brandon. I raise money, buy businesses and manage a portfolio of companies. Each Sunday, I share insights from the trenches. P.S I might swear. You can subscribe here; unreasonablyinvested.com #businessacquisition #deals #buyabusiness #acquisition

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"Listing Optimisation – Here's Why You Need To Do This Now!" Think about it.. you make sure you are smartly dressed and presentable when attending trade shows and sales meetings. Similarly, your listing needs to be presentable online. Your listing is your online sales agent, make sure you dress to impress. Listing optimisations involve a combination of fantastic imagery, SEO-rich text, excellent A+ Content, branding, and consistency. But it doesn't end there! Your brand image and story must also be showcased on your listings too. Customers not only buy the product, they also buy the brand! Here are a few tips to get you started     IMAGES:   Your main image should catch your customer's attention. When customers search for a product, they are presented with a page with a white background with multiple products. You need to make sure your main image is catchy and stands out. Add colour, showcase your selling point and don't be afraid to add your packaging in the background. Use the remaining images to showcase your selling points. Almost every customer will scroll through your images first. Make sure you use infographic images to showcase your product's features or benefits. Keep the text short and direct to the point. MAKE SURE YOUR TEXT IS SEO RICH:   Fill your title and bullet points with SEO data. Use as much SEO as possible, but make sure your content is readable and makes sense. Do not keyword stuff! TELL YOUR STORY: Use your brand story to tell your brand story, showcase your passion, and highlight your values. The brand story is also great for showcasing your top sellers and other products in the range. Use A+ Content as a graphical sales pitch for your product. Keep the colours consistent with your infographic image. These colours should be uniform across all your listings. LEARN FROM YOUR COMPETITOR:   Study your competitor's listings. Look at frequently asked questions. Look at negative reviews. Use this data to answer these questions and concerns within your content. // After building and selling my own Amazon business, I have helped multiple brands grow their sales on Amazon. I am now offering a free 60-minute advice call for anyone who sells on Amazon Vendor/Seller Central. Book yours here -> https://lnkd.in/gerzCJiz #amazonseller #listingoptimisation #vendorcentral #sellercentral #onlineelling #amazonsupport #amazon

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How do you make clients happier so you can get more referrals? Next Thursday 25th of April at 5pm EST, I will share with you what you can do to delight the people you work with. I will get into: - Why does client satisfaction matter? - What makes clients happier? - What can you do to make them happier consistently? The presentation is based on working with ghostwriters, which is why I peppered the notes with writing related examples, but there are bits in there for anyone who wants to listen in over Zoom. Warning: The presentation will include references to and images of 80ties LEGO. (Nostalgia warning over) If you like to attend just DM me an email address I can send the calendar invite to.

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Aaargh! A campaign in a client account we took over last year has been wasting budget by targeting EVERYONE WITH AN INTERNET CONNECTION, EVERYWHERE ON EARTH when it should have been targeting just the UK 😖 How did we spot this? We've recently seen an increase in the number of leads being received from people overseas, for a service offered only in the UK. At first, it seemed like an anomaly. But once a few more came in, it was flagged as being worthy of further investigation. That's when we discovered that whoever previously created this campaign had set it to target Google search users everywhere. We've made loads of great tweaks to this campaign in the past 8-9 months, but hadn't spotted this setup error until now 😟 It's a problem because a portion of the client's budget has been wasted on serving ads and securing clicks from people in geographies that it doesn't serve. According to analytics data in GA4, going back to when we took over, it appears as though 87.5% of traffic has been from UK residents with 12.5% from overseas. That's not as bad as it could have been, and has a lot to do with Google's sophisticated ads algorithm. But it's still a waste. I'm glad we've caught it and can now make sure that 100% of ad spend is focused on just the target UK audience rather than bleeding away to countries our client doesn't operate in. More generally, when your ads are set up to target a very large audience, your budget can quickly get gobbled-up - it's like trying to stir the Pacific ocean with a teaspoon. So, although you might be tempted to think bigger audience = more opportunity, it can actually result in your budget being spread too thinly. It's often better to start with a smaller geography and then expand based on results and as budget allows 👍

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📈 Case Study👉 How YOU Can Make $10,000 Per Month with A Sustainable Clothing Online Store Why do I do this? Simple, To show that a life-changing income is possible with an online business. Read the full case study here https://lnkd.in/esEkTpid Let's Go! 💰

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Go on, be honest with yourself, is your sales pipeline… 1) Healthy! Full to the brim, with fully-qualified prospects all looking to convert soon? 2) Drier than a week old burger? If you opted for option two, Connor van Dijk and I would love to speak with you! Our telemarketing, lead generation, and outsourced sales campaigns are yielding fantastic results for our clients right now, and are turning even the driest of burgers into the juiciest! (Plus, we do have options to help you convert your pipeline if you went for option 1) If your sales pipeline needs some work, be sure to send me a message and we can grab a tea, coffee, or perhaps a cocktail 🍸🍹 #leadgeneration #appointmentsetting #leads

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Clients will always be looking for reasons to discount your services. As we all want to save money where we can. But what if I told you that it is your responsibility to put things in place to stop that from happening? This is why You need to go through this checklist early in the buying process to prime your prospect so they want to spend what you are worth. 1️⃣ Demonstrate ROI ↳ Share case studies with clear results and ROI projections. 2️⃣ Tailor Proposals ↳ Customise proposals to client needs with relevant examples. 3️⃣ Highlight USPs ↳ Emphasise specialised skills and proprietary methods. 4️⃣ Provide Testimonials ↳ Offer positive feedback and references. 5️⃣ Show Transparency ↳ Clearly explain workflow and provide itemised quotes. Which one of these do you usually do in your calls with prospects?

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