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Marketing

Understanding Your UK Small Business Customers: Conducting Market Research

May 11, 2023

General

50/50 Challenge: Expanding the 50+ Workforce

May 6, 2023

Small Business

Should your SME be a charity supporter?

April 13, 2023

What are the benefits of a business mentor for startups

February 16, 2023

General

Courtyard shortlisted for FSB Award for Sustainability

February 16, 2023

General

South Yorkshire Chambers and Business Organisations Write Open Letter To Transport Secretary, Calling for Doncaster Sheffield Airport To Be Protected

February 13, 2023

General

Worcestershire Local Enterprise Partnership are Looking for a New Chair!

February 10, 2023

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Blogging for your business – how to begin?

February 10, 2023

General

Members help success of sustainability festival

February 9, 2023

General

Vamos Theatre opens its doors for a special day of play

February 8, 2023

General

Episode 4 of the South Yorkshire PolicyPod Looks at Workplace Training

February 6, 2023

General

Midlands office furniture specialist creates 30 new jobs in expansion helped by Thursfields

February 3, 2023

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Hub8 Sells Majority Shareholding to Plexal, Following HCR Deal

February 1, 2023

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PUBLIC HEARTS is delighted to share its trademark

February 1, 2023

Small Business

How Many People Across Europe Speak More Than 1 Language

January 30, 2023

General

Audits: Remote control or the personal touch?

January 30, 2023

General Discussion

We have passed our ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 Surveillance audits with flying colours!

January 27, 2023

General

Students Learn About Careers in the Civil Service

January 27, 2023

General

Doncaster Chamber Responds to Jeremy Hunt’s Long Term Plan for the Economy

January 27, 2023

General Discussion

Appeal for Sponsors for the Friends of Cheltenham Samaritans Winter Craft Beer Festival

January 25, 2023

General

Local air ambulance responds to more call-outs in Gloucestershire than other regions in 2022

January 25, 2023

General Discussion

After Doncaster Misses Out on Levelling Up Funding, Local Chamber Calls on Government To Choose City As the Home of Great British Rail

January 25, 2023

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General

New Marketing Strategies For 2023

January 12, 2023

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General

Energy Costs Are Rising – Here’s How Small Businesses Can Cope

January 10, 2023

General

Doncaster Chamber Calls for Increased Investment to Support Businesses, After Government Cuts Energy Bill Relief Scheme

January 10, 2023

Small business owners can often struggle to get their business off the ground and start making a profit. We believe that businesses often fail because they have not taken the right approach to marketing – after all we all know it is not because of bad products or services that businesses don't succeed. Often it is a case of not finding the right message to connect with your target audience, or not using the right medium. Some businesses thrive on social media, but definitely not all. Some businesses reach their audience via video (sometimes in multiple languages like here). Yet others need in-depth research to connect with the right people, especially companies like a consultancy firm that needs to demonstrate their expertise in economics consulting, sustainability consulting, IT consulting, HR consulting or any of the other major consultancy areas.

To help you understand the best approach for your business, we provide tips and advice for small businesses (including our accumulated knowledge) on how to get your marketing right, including your digital marketing, search engine optimization and conversion rate optimization. Because you can always learn lessons from other people's mistakes and sometimes it's good just to chat – a problem shared and all that.

We also cover topics such as project management and change management courses to help you run your projects and business more efficiently and occasionally discuss technology as you simply can't run a business without the right tech. We provide training and coaching for business owners that can give you a better chance of succeeding first time round and how to get a blog started - one of the easiest, quickest and most effective ways to promote yourself and your business online.

But a successful small business is not all about the right marketing approach so we also discuss money tips and cost-saving efficiencies particularly when it comes to staff and premises. Too many small businesses take on the big financial commitment of a swish new office and expensive warehousing facilities when there are much more cost-effective options for businesses such as office space in a small business hub or self-storage instead of a warehouse. Equally it is no longer necessary to take on all staff as permanent employees as many people prefer the flexibility of freelance work and remote working.

So join us by commenting on anything that strikes a chord with you – we love to hear other people's opinions and if you have a small business success story to share we would be particularly interested to hear about it.