Jon Baker

A great benefit Of LinkedIn is that it can help you to get to know people and their business, including prospects for your business. Reading through a well written profile can often help you more than talking to them for 10 minutes. What you do with useful connections is then up to your strategy. How [...]

5 easy ways to find hot prospects on LinkedIn

by Heather Townsend on February 15, 2012 · 3 comments

LinkedIn can help you find new prospects and discover more about them before you even think about “selling”. In a previous article I talked about using LinkedIn groups to get more business. I recommended using groups; commenting on discussions and creating your own discussion threads. These are good ways of letting your contacts know you [...]

How to use LinkedIn groups to win real profitable business

by Heather Townsend on January 25, 2012 · 1 comment

Five great ideas on what to talk about in LinkedIn, so you come across the way you want to. LinkedIn can help you find new prospects and discover more about them before you even think about “selling”. In a previous article I talked about using LinkedIn groups to get more business. I recommended using groups; commenting on [...]

I have a blog but not sure how to use it to win work…

by Heather Townsend on January 12, 2012 · 0 comments

Congratulations, you’ve started writing blogs regularly. You have an audience that are starting to read them, but they’re not bringing in new leads. One article is unlikely to create a mass of work for you – however, a well-written, regularly updated blog which includes valuable content for your target market, over time, will become a [...]

How do I make my blog so that people want to read it?

by Heather Townsend on January 5, 2012 · 0 comments

Many professionals and business owners never quite manage to start a blog. It’s not that they are worried about the time it will take. (Amazingly) In fact, it’s got far more to do with remembering how good or bad they were at English at school, and worrying that their writing will hamper people from wanting [...]

Video: The Networking Speech

by admin on April 5, 2011 · 0 comments

Jon Baker talks us through his great tip to get people to listen to your 60 second pitch when networking.

Networking does not help you sell more

by admin on January 6, 2011 · 2 comments

Jon Baker, of Venture-Now, a seasoned networker explains about the need for trust, strong relationships BEFORE you can aim to sell.

Sell more though (social) networking?

by admin on September 13, 2010 · 3 comments

Jon Baker, of Venture-Now, a seasoned networker, explains how you can improve your rate of return when networking by improving how you talk about what you do, if people like you & making yourself memorable.