That’s right, Dremur Ltd has finished a 3rd financial year! The results are in and the accountants need to tidy it all up but, as you’d expect, I have a pretty good idea as to what they will show. At a quick glance, our revenues have dropped compared to FY2, our overheads have increased and therefore our net profitability has dropped. You might read that and wonder if the doors
Customer Relationship Management – the concept doesn’t really need explaining so let’s focus on the why and how. If you’ve not got any system for recording information about your prospects and your customers – you’ve not got a business. If you’re using Excel, Google sheets, Word or some other non-specific CRM software then at least you are storing the info somewhere other than the recesses of your mind! However, what
In a recent expedition commissioned ahead of some potential deep-sea mining, scientists discovered 5,000 new marine species in the Pacific Ocean and, of course, this blog has found a way to link it to some valuable lessons for entrepreneurs and business owners who need to grow their businesses by cultivating a steady stream of ideal clients. Much like the uncharted territories of the ocean, exploring untapped markets & discovering new
A noun supposedly coined by a professional football manager in 2004 but, according to the Wiki bible, it was apparently 1st uttered way back in 1972. The ability to bounce back or recover from bad circumstances Life, at home and at work, is never plain sailing and problem free. Don’t buy into the BS hype you may see on social media – EVERYONE has issues to overcome and, more often
Those who do sales are constantly on the lookout for ways to make their outreach more effective. Unless you live on the moon, you would’ve seen a lot of info about ChatGPT, a powerful AI language model that can help generate personalised messages and engage with prospects in a more meaningful way. This blog explores how best to use ChatGPT in sales outreach specifically in the UK. Research your prospectsBefore
Sales = life for your business. No sales = death for your business. Even though my sons might think otherwise, I wasn’t alive when the 1st businesses were created anywhere between 3000-5000 years ago (depending on what you find online) but I didn’t need to be to still know that they, like all businesses, would not have survived (let alone grown) without a consistent influx of opportunities to sell. If
It doesn’t matter how competitive you are or how great you believe you are at sales – you can’t win them all! Salespeople will hear ‘no’ far more than they hear ‘yes’ and it’s a common teaching that ‘no’ actually often translates as ‘not right now’. It doesn’t matter how great your product/service is, how slick you are with words or how unattached you are from the outcome – the
Sport is a great way to make friends, build discipline, raise standards and develop a competitive streak which will help achieve results not just in sport but life in general! Having played football since the early 90s, I know exactly how being part of a team has created the adult I am and I’m a huge advocate of the various benefits of competing in sport. Up until I found football
November 2022 – a notable month in what I hope will be a long history for this company. Up until last month, I had been flying solo since Dremur’s inception in 2020. From the off, it has always been my intent to grow the business so that it 1) isn’t just me, 2) it can achieve results without me and 3) it provides employment…that vision is starting to really take
“There is nothing more important to any business than sales. Without a sale, nothing else matters.”Billy Holmes, 1970 That is one of many quotes that you won’t struggle to find which iterates the point. Worldwide – a ridiculously high % of new businesses fail within 2yrs and this has been the case for decades worth of research but why?! Do a search online and you won’t struggle to find lots
