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Why the recession could be the best thing to happen to your business?

Life is what you make it, or so the saying goes. This principle can be applied to business as well.There is no getting away from the difficulties many businesses have experienced as a result of the recent recession. Some businesses haven’t…
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Free Public Sector Tender Training

Hampshire business organisation, Southern Entrepreneurs, is offering free public sector tender training to businesses based in Winchester and Eastleigh. The course will help businesses learn how to identify potentially lucrative public sector…
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What is in your marketing budget?

Some businesses complain they don’t have a marketing budget, whilst others religiously put aside an amount of money to allocate towards marketing activities throughout the year.  At TLC Business, we feel that the most efficient way to budget…
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June's Top Marketing Tips

Top marketing tips: Conduct a client survey: - Some businesses are reluctant to undertake a client survey in case they don’t like what they find out. For those that are keen to understand their customers better, it might just be the best…
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Free Marketing & Sales Seminar

"The best way to predict the future is to create it." Peter Drucker. Successful businesses don’t happen by accident, they are actively created. The same applies to marketing and sales. Businesses that excel in this area utilise marketing…
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Gorilla marketing

Gorilla Marketing is TLC Business' new marketing concept for SMEs that want to do something different. Whilst there is always a place for traditional marketing activities, ambitious businesses that are keen to standout from their crowded marketplace…
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Old Spice is back!

Remember Old Spice? We didn't even realise it was still around. Their new viral campaign is making waves on the web and has brought the brand back firmly into the public conscience. Here's why...
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Paul the psychic Octopus and Marketing for SMEs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rv3ZeoHICQ0 We’re sure you’ve all heard of the remarkable tale of Paul the clairvoyant octopus, who correctly predicted the winner in all 8 of the matches he was prompted to, at this year’s World Cup. Whilst…
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July's Top Marketing Tips

We have some great top tips this July: a source of free data, a tool to find out which page on your website your target audience prefer and a free opportunity to review your marketing over the summer. Top Tip 1 – As many of you know, data…
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Want to see something amazing?

This amazing video still blows our minds. If you've got the time, watch it to the end.  
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Great Marketing Seminar Yesterday

Thank you!We wanted to say a big thank you to everyone who took the time to attend our marketing and sales seminar yesterday. It was great to meet such a wide variety of exciting businesses. The feedback has been great and we will be running…
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Guerilla Marketing for SMEs

The concept of Guerilla Marketing has captured our attention this month. It inspired us to create our ‘Gorilla Marketing’ concept and remains a strong influence on our marketing philosophy. We thought it would be interesting to explore the…
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August's Top Marketing Tips

Think ‘Gorilla’! Basically do things differently. Whilst there is no substitute for the tried and tested traditional marketing methods, there is certainly room to support them in your marketing mix through less conventional methods.…
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TLC Business Hampshire Business Awards

TLC Business’ 5 top Hampshire businesses to watch out for The team here at TLC Business has selected 5 Hampshire-based companies that we believe deserve recognition for the way they have gone about their marketing to build successful and…
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Monthly Top Marketing Tips

Want to be more creative with your marketing? Here at TLC we are always searching the web for images to use within our campaigns and we have found a website that might just lend a helping hand. Digital Image Magazine has compiled a list…
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