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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