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The Marketing Compass is a community of small business owners. The members learn how to use and apply effective marketing techniques - in order to attract more clients. We share customer attraction tips, ideas, support and advice with our members, via our knowledgebase, teleseminars, meetings, events and more. Join us for FREE and receive our free ebook 101 CATs .

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    chrischallis posted an update 5 hours, 44 minutes ago

    Interested in drving business performance? Here’s an article I’ve written for the iCAEW about Critical Success Factors and KPIs. Principles relevant to smallest to largest businesses. http://bit.ly/DBPkpds

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    Nigel Temple – Founder & CEO posted an update 5 hours, 53 minutes ago

    @chrischallis Hi Chris, Nice to see you on The Marketing Compass website. How is your consultancy business coming along? All the best, Nigel

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    The PA Solution posted an update 7 hours, 12 minutes ago

    Hi Nigel, can you help? I am working hard on my website and am changing content regularly. Why do I seem to be moving down the first page in Google!?

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      Nigel Temple - Founder & CEO replied 6 hours, 24 minutes ago

      It sounds like you are doing all the right things, i.e. adding external (good quality) links, as well as regularly updating your content. Can you please let me know (via The Marketing Compass website) what your primary keyword phrase is? Once I have this information, I can give you some specific feedback.

      By the way, Google results can fluctuate…[Read more]

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      The PA Solution replied 6 hours, 2 minutes ago

      Thanks Nigel, yes the primary phrases are either ’secretarial services bucks’ or ’virtual assistant bucks’.

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    Ben Temple – Director wrote a new post, How to get more likes on Facebook and more followers on Twitter 10 hours, 37 minutes ago

    ThumbnailWe often get asked by our members how to grow their social media following and how to use their pages effectively to grow their business online and get more sales enquiries. Here are a few simple principles to […]

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    Natalie Lewis posted an update 11 hours, 29 minutes ago

    Does anyone have any ideas on how I can get more fans on my facebook page? http://on.fb.me/xpOG5Z

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      Ben Temple - Director replied 11 hours, 7 minutes ago

      Hi Natalie, funny you ask! I’ve just written a new blog on this very subject: http://www.marketingcompass.co.uk/2012/02/22/how-to-get-more-likes-on-facebook-and-more-followers-on-twitter/

      Hope this helps…and of course, please share this on your social networks!

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    Nigel Temple – Founder & CEO posted an update 12 hours, 47 minutes ago

    @jamesinterim Hi James, Thank you for upgrading to Navigator membership of The Marketing Compass. I look forward to providing you with your copy of The Marketing Compass Manual, which contains 50K+ words of structured marketing advice. Ben will provide you with your marketing plan template and full access to our website. I am looking forward to…[Read more]

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    susan leach graphic designer posted an update 13 hours, 1 minute ago

    So much for electronic media…Im working on a project for a psychic clairvoyant, and I cant show her anything on the computer screen, or by acrobat, because the screen and electronic gadgets interfere with her ’all seeing eyes’ and her retina sensitivity. So its back to printing out on paper. Ive never had a client like this before. Interesting.

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      Nigel Temple - Founder & CEO replied 12 hours, 41 minutes ago

      Hi Susan, Wow! What an interesting client. We were talking this morning about scamps and visuals and how well this process used to work (i.e. showing the client three or four alternative designs). Do you usually send designs to clients using PDFs? All the best, Nigel

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        susan leach graphic designer replied 9 hours, 44 minutes ago

        Yes Pdfs always work well for showing client visuals. I usually start the design process with a series of drawn scamps and ideas to get the ideas flowing though. Helps to clarify the mind on your direction and what will work in a given space. Sadly a lot of the ability to be able to draw seems to have been lost by the designers of today. I think…[Read more]

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          Nigel Temple - Founder & CEO replied 6 hours, 16 minutes ago

          I believe that the ability to draw well is one of the key attributes of a good graphic designer. When I went to Plymouth Art College to do my Foundation Year in Art and Design, I realised how well other people could draw. Mind you, I still draw to this day and I find it to be most relaxing. Anything which exercises the right brain must be a good thing!

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            susan leach graphic designer replied 3 hours, 28 minutes ago

            Drawing…always a pleasure,never a chore. 4 years of drawing life models at Chelsea school of Art drummed that one into me.

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    @rotherfield Hi Mike, good to see you back at The Marketing Compass! How’s business going?

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