Author: Quentin Pain
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How To Earn $5 Million In 11 Days From Exploding Kittens
Exploding Kittens is an old school playing card game launched on the crowd funding site Kickstarter. What’s amazing is that it’s attracted over $5 million in funding in just 11 days. It’s become the most popular campaign ever on Kickstarter (i.e. it’s now #1 in terms of the number of funders with a total so…
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Top 50 Business Advisers In The UK
PRESS RELEASE FROM ENTERPRISE NATION A UK business mentor named on the Enterprise Nation Top 50 British Business Advisers is now in the top 10. Quentin Pain who offers business advice to help entrepreneurs, was picked from hundreds of advisers around the UK for his work helping businesses find and attract new customers. Quentin, who…
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The Truth About Word Of Mouth Marketing
Almost every successful business I talk to tells me they get most of their clients by word of mouth. And it’s true. According to Zuberance, Nielsen claim that 84% of sales come in one way or another via word of mouth. The problem for new businesses is how to get enough momentum so that the…
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Of Cafes and Omelettes – A Tale Of Simple Marketing
Michael Rab is the owner of a small and friendly cafe just off the Finchley Road in Golders Green, London. He’s been running his cafe for nearly 20 years and serves homely, honest and simple food to a wide variety of folk. He is particularly famous for his beef pie, but if you’re passing by,…
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Why This? Why You? Why Now?
The most important message you can ever spread about your business is why your prospect needs what you do, why they need it from you and why they need it now. When you have this nailed down, you will have created your Unique Selling Proposition (USP). Most people in business understand the concept, but not…
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The 99 Red Balloons of Business Success
When I started in business I visited every reception of every office building I could find in Cambridge (where I lived) and talked to the receptionist and/or left some literature about my business. That was 35 years ago. I can’t remember how many businesses I actually visited but I do know it was a lot…
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Free Credit Checks For Life In The UK
Having paid in the past to get my personal credit check report in the UK (and they’re not cheap either!), I have just stumbled across a completely free credit rating agency. And it’s not just free for a month (and then you pay through the nose) it really is free for life. The company is…
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How To Get Your Domain Banned And Lose Your Income
In February 2013 I wrote a series of emails to keep a small list of subscribers up to date with a book I was writing (Step by Step Marketing). At the time I was going through a High Performance Coaching certification training class in California (where I finally proved to myself that certification of any kind…
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Reality of Business – The One Per Cent Rule
If you could build a great product for a specific audience, spend some time finding them, and then tell them all about how great it is, 1% (at most) will buy it. Why? Before we find the answer, why are we in any way shocked by such a low figure? Yes, it’s a massive generalisation,…
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Email Open Rates And How To Improve Them
Unless your recipient knows you or recognises your name or brand, your email open rates all come down to your subject line. And even if your intended email recipient does know you, but doesn’t yet entirely trust you, then the subject line still rules. (please bear with me – I realise you probably already ‘get’…