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Newsletter
from Robert Craven,
Keynote Speaker, Author and MD of
The Directors' Centre
April 2006

 

 

Greetings,

Happy New Website to Us! We're up and running!

30th April is the full launch of our new website at www.directorscentre.com - it has been up and running in (beta format) to iron out any snags and teething problems and now we are ready to formally launch. A big thank you to those of you who pointed out some of the errors that crept into the site.

Please do visit the site and give us your feedback. The prize for the person who spots the best gaffes and mistakes will be announced next month.

In this month's newsletter:

• April 2006 articles
• New Service Offerings from The Directors' Centre
• Free Stuff from the new website
• Newsletter Links

Regards,

Robert Craven

P.S. 21 dates for Let's Talk About... '...More Profit' and '...Bright Marketing' free half-day workshops have just been released. Book in now.

april 2006 articles

• One Minute Intro AKA 'The Elevator Pitch' - An introduction to introducing yourself or your business (Singapore Marketer, 2006)
• Strategy, Marketing, Teams - The three obsessions of successful organisations. (Making Money Magazine, April 2006)
• Pitfalls To Avoid - Robert Craven reveals the top ten issues that inhibit the growth of a business (Making Money Magazine, May 2006)
• What's The Problem? What's The Hurt? - For many of us the problem with marketing and strategy is that it just doesn’t seem to be working as well as it could. (Sobell Rhodes Newsletter, March 2006)
• The Bright Marketing Manifesto - Part One of Three. The unique Barclays Bright Marketing Seminars have changed the lives and fortunes of thousands of the UK’s small businesses. So what’s it all about? (Start Your Business Magazine, 2006).
• Spirituality Sells - Attaching a transcendental or religious dimension to a product satisfies our craving for both God and Mammon, with potentially lucrative results, says Mark Vernon, quoting Robert Craven (Management Today Magazine, April 2006).

New service offerings from the directors' centre

We would like to take this opportunity to introduce to you our new service offerings.

As before, we are delighted to work with people on a bespoke basis, offering consultancy or coaching support to solve and respond to a specific and agreed agenda.

As well as the bespoke services we also offer specific packages:

• Level One: for owner-managers of smaller, growing businesses
  You are making things up as you go along and you are not very familiar with how to run or grow a business. There must be a quicker/smarter way to develop the business!
• Level Two: for owner-managers of growing businesses who need some occasional dialogue with an expert to help them to grow their business
  Things are going OK but you feel that they could be going faster. You still feel a bit like an amateur and you are convinced that there is a magic formula but you haven't found it yet!
• Level Three: for directors of fast-growing businesses that need more direct contact and discussion with an expert to help them to grow their business
  Issues around direction, increasing sales and profitability, as well as some funding and ownership issues are emerging. It is time to get serious about your growth plans.
• Level Four: for directors of fast-growing businesses who want to work with Robert on a one-to-one basis
  You have some form of board but you need some heavyweight outside help to get things moving.

FREE STUFF ON THE SITE

We are especially proud of the Free Stuff pages on the website - but it looks like they won't be free forever! Free stuff includes:

• 70+ free Articles and Reports This site offers you the opportunity to download Business Guides and Direction, Articles and Reports
• Free Telephone Seminars - next one 28 April
• Free Business Surgeries... a particularly powerful way of getting to talk to us in a one-to-one environment - in effect it's a 'Try Before You Buy' (TBYB). 4th May in London; 5th May in Bristol.
• Free Workshops - Let's Talk About... '...More Profit' and '...Bright Marketing' workshops run by Barclays ... dates being released as we write.

Take Action Now - THINGS that won't wait!

If there's one thing we'd like you to do, it is to call us today, on 01225 851044.

As you can see from the list below, there are loads of things that you can do after looking at this newletter, but the best thing would be to talk to us and then we can explain what is best for you.

If you have got a business issue and it needs sorting then talk to us and we can tell you what you can do to get the solution that you want. And if the solution involves our sevices then of course we'll let you know!

I am in the office for most of this week and will be happy to talk to you.

Other actions you could take..

• Book in to a Business Surgery for 4/5 May
• Book in to the next Telephone Seminar, The X-Factor for 28th April
• Check out the free stuff on the site
• Find out about the new service offerings.

NEWSLETTER LINKS

• Kick-Start Your Business and Customer Is King
• Free Business Surgeries
• Free Telephone Seminars
• The New Service Plan

ABOUT ROBERT CRAVEN, MD of The Directors' Centre

Robert Craven works with the ambitious directors of fast growing businesses who feel that they could be doing even better.

• As a keynote speaker his style is challenging, honest and goading; free of business school hyperbole he makes his audience think.
• The Financial Times describes him as 'the entrepreneurship guru'.
  
• Mentoring and Coaching - Robert and The Directors' Centre team work with a select number of Managing Directors to help them grow their businesses. Phone Robert direct to know more on 01225 851044.
  
• Next Free Telephone Seminar: 28 April, 10:00am 'The X-Factor' what is it that the amazing businesses do -how can we emulate them?' - not to be missed. Contact Trish for details
• Next free Business Surgeries - bring us your issues and let's see how we can help you to achieve your business goals with our consulting and coaching programmes

  04 May - Business Surgery, London
  05 May - Business Surgery, Bristol.

  
  
  For more details go to the Directors' Centre website

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Robert Craven, The Directors' Centre, 1 The High Street, Woolley, Bath BA1 8AR, UK - +44 (0)1225 851044 - www.directorscentre.com

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