Don’t be Bitter; be Better http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4My_ZwYGh4E
Posted on Friday, May 18th, 2012 in the category; Featured
Margaret MacKenzie shares two PG Tips with us today. Not suitable for the feint of heart! http://www.amazon.co.uk/Negotiating-Skills-Virgins-Bob-Etherington/dp/1905736444/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1336576364&sr=1-4 Apologies for the picture quality in advance! http://youtu.be/qJijFiOy44U
Posted on Wednesday, May 9th, 2012 in the category; Blog
Over the years, BusinessXchange has boasted any number of collaborative working arrangements. Here’s a little bit about the latest. Rob Smith of Studio 2 Media… Continue reading…
Posted on Monday, May 7th, 2012 in the category; Blog
Tracy Franklin of Muddy Puddles Dorset was, of course, aware that Margaret Green Animal Rescue existed, but it was thanks to her membership with BusinessXchange… Continue reading…
Posted on Saturday, April 28th, 2012 in the category; Blog
Local business author and BusinessXchange member, Carol Bentley, is celebrating 21 years in business with a gift for business owners. Carol’s first business, supplying computer… Continue reading…
Posted on Monday, April 23rd, 2012 in the category; Blog
Muddy Puddles Dorset, the Blandford Dog Walker and Wedding Pet Chaperone, has been shortlisted for the New Business Award in this year’s Venus Business Awards…. Continue reading…
Posted on Tuesday, March 27th, 2012 in the category; Blog
Open 4 Business has been delivering events and awards in Dorset for 10 years. Born on the back of the MOD moving out of Weymouth… Continue reading…
Posted on Monday, March 26th, 2012 in the category; Blog
Staff and dogs at Margaret Green Animal Rescue are delighted with their new rehabilitation area – made possible through incredible public support. Staff at Lincoln… Continue reading…
Posted on Monday, March 26th, 2012 in the category; Blog
Will Paltridge of Double Exposure Photographic explains how BusinessXchange has helped his business.
Posted on Saturday, March 17th, 2012 in the category; Featured
The Dorset Local Enterprise Partnership has been looking at the way in which the county positions itself in order to attract new business and how… Continue reading…
Posted on Tuesday, March 13th, 2012 in the category; Blog
Rosie Gray from Mosaic Learning Ltd explains why she rejoined BusinessXchange.
Posted on Tuesday, March 13th, 2012 in the category; Featured
The Twins, Gary and Paul Hardy-Brown recently levitated Tony Raybould of Radikls.com on top of Tony’s web design studio. Why? Well; just because they can!  … Continue reading…
Posted on Friday, March 2nd, 2012 in the category; Blog
Posted on Thursday, March 1st, 2012 in the category; Featured
Posted on Sunday, February 26th, 2012 in the category; Featured
It was lovely to see BusinessXchange members past and present supporting the launch of Seeker News on Monday night on the shores of Poole Park… Continue reading…
Posted on Friday, February 24th, 2012 in the category; Blog
Graphic Designer Richard Gregory tells us just why he thinks we should all become members of the brilliant BusinessXchange.
Posted on Tuesday, February 14th, 2012 in the category; Featured
The brilliant BusinessXchange has signed up to be another Mind Your Head Challenge ‘Brain Cell’. This makes 18 in Dorset so far. A brain cell… Continue reading…
Posted on Sunday, February 5th, 2012 in the category; Blog
Having many projects (services) in this current economy is a good thing. If all our eggs are in one basket it leaves us open to… Continue reading…
Posted on Sunday, January 29th, 2012 in the category; Blog
After 20 years of operation from its offices in Ferndown, leaflet and magazine distribution company Tudor Distribution has moved to its own integrated office and… Continue reading…
Posted on Saturday, January 28th, 2012 in the category; Blog
This is what Steve Graham had to say about the brilliant BusinessXchange http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piiphSd8Ncg&context=C4492957ADvjVQa1PpcFOg1W0IV09AZucu-jbA3Y77q1H9dg_LgQg=
Posted on Thursday, January 26th, 2012 in the category; Featured
Business and council leaders joined forces to work together to improve businesses and create new jobs in Dorset with the creation of the Dorset Local… Continue reading…
Posted on Wednesday, January 25th, 2012 in the category; Blog
This is what Emma James had to say about the brilliant BusinessXchange http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pa9EcSdzct0&context=C4e5099eADvjVQa1PpcFOg1W0IV09AZl9tkqGX3DN5SCgpCcytg_4=
Posted on Tuesday, January 17th, 2012 in the category; Featured
Money well spent in Richard Mack’s mind http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EILUvv1YCUY&context=C4a1afd7ADvjVQa1PpcFOg1W0IV09AZinzqUjsCyPDDZGUxbyyrHE=
Posted on Friday, January 13th, 2012 in the category; Featured
What is cloud computing? Here is a neat three minute summary http://www.commoncraft.com/video/cloud-computing. The big benefits of cloud computing is that there are no servers therefore… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Thursday, October 27th, 2011 in the category; Business Tools
Britain is struggling to emerge from the worst recession in living memory and many are looking around for someone or something to blame: Gordon Brown,… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Monday, April 25th, 2011 in the category; Blog
Don’t be Bitter; be Better http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4My_ZwYGh4E
Posted on Friday, May 18th, 2012 in the category; Featured
Margaret MacKenzie shares two PG Tips with us today. Not suitable for the feint of heart! http://www.amazon.co.uk/Negotiating-Skills-Virgins-Bob-Etherington/dp/1905736444/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1336576364&sr=1-4 Apologies for the picture quality in advance! http://youtu.be/qJijFiOy44U
Posted on Wednesday, May 9th, 2012 in the category; Blog
Over the years, BusinessXchange has boasted any number of collaborative working arrangements. Here’s a little bit about the latest. Rob Smith of Studio 2 Media… Continue reading…
Posted on Monday, May 7th, 2012 in the category; Blog
Tracy Franklin of Muddy Puddles Dorset was, of course, aware that Margaret Green Animal Rescue existed, but it was thanks to her membership with BusinessXchange… Continue reading…
Posted on Saturday, April 28th, 2012 in the category; Blog
The ever growing popularity of LinkedIn has made keeping in contact and making new contacts so much easier. It may have made the job easier… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Monday, April 23rd, 2012 in the category; Members Area
Local business author and BusinessXchange member, Carol Bentley, is celebrating 21 years in business with a gift for business owners. Carol’s first business, supplying computer… Continue reading…
Posted on Monday, April 23rd, 2012 in the category; Blog
Thee PG Tips from the humorous accounts that digs out the ‘dodges’ hidden in the budget. Low value consigment relief from the Channel Islands to… Continue reading…
Posted on Thursday, March 29th, 2012 in the category; Youtube Pretty Good Tips
Networking in real life is about building word of mouth referral contacts. Networking isn’t limited to network meetings. You are networking all the time. Talking… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Thursday, March 29th, 2012 in the category; Members Area
Muddy Puddles Dorset, the Blandford Dog Walker and Wedding Pet Chaperone, has been shortlisted for the New Business Award in this year’s Venus Business Awards…. Continue reading…
Posted on Tuesday, March 27th, 2012 in the category; Blog
Open 4 Business has been delivering events and awards in Dorset for 10 years. Born on the back of the MOD moving out of Weymouth… Continue reading…
Posted on Monday, March 26th, 2012 in the category; Blog
Staff and dogs at Margaret Green Animal Rescue are delighted with their new rehabilitation area – made possible through incredible public support. Staff at Lincoln… Continue reading…
Posted on Monday, March 26th, 2012 in the category; Blog
Jane Bodimeade spoke at the Chines BusinessXchange on 17th March 2012 explaining the benefits of using the National Apprenticeship Scheme.
Posted on Monday, March 19th, 2012 in the category; Youtube Pretty Good Tips
Steve Cook doesn’t just read books; he studies them and devours the ideas that spring from books AND audio books, blogs, webinars and seminars. In… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Saturday, March 17th, 2012 in the category; Members Area
Will Paltridge of Double Exposure Photographic explains how BusinessXchange has helped his business.
Posted on Saturday, March 17th, 2012 in the category; Featured
For 24 centuries after his death Socrates is still honoured as one of the widest persuaders of thought, this is somewhat bizarre, as he claimed… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Wednesday, March 14th, 2012 in the category; Members Area
So CSR stands for Corporate Social Responsibility? So what is all that about? Is it just big business speak? CSR is about how companies manage… Continue reading…
Posted on Wednesday, March 14th, 2012 in the category; Members Area
Licensing involves offering other businesses the right to use your intellectual property (IP), corporate image, logo etc to sell a specific type of product or… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Wednesday, March 14th, 2012 in the category; Business Marketing
We’ve all had them haven’t we? The client from hell! Continually changed the spec Didn’t give the information to you on time/at all Didn’t pay… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Wednesday, March 14th, 2012 in the category; Business Insights
The Dorset Local Enterprise Partnership has been looking at the way in which the county positions itself in order to attract new business and how… Continue reading…
Posted on Tuesday, March 13th, 2012 in the category; Blog
Su Cowell from Cobweb Knits spoke at the Shires BusinessXchange on 13th March 2012 explaining the benefits of running competitions on your website.
Posted on Tuesday, March 13th, 2012 in the category; Youtube Pretty Good Tips
Rosie Gray from Mosaic Learning Ltd explains why she rejoined BusinessXchange.
Posted on Tuesday, March 13th, 2012 in the category; Featured
The Twins, Gary and Paul Hardy-Brown recently levitated Tony Raybould of Radikls.com on top of Tony’s web design studio. Why? Well; just because they can!  … Continue reading…
Posted on Friday, March 2nd, 2012 in the category; Blog
Face to face selling is still the most effective sales method you have in your business tool box. So when you are visiting a client… Continue reading…
Posted on Friday, March 2nd, 2012 in the category; Youtube Pretty Good Tips
Posted on Thursday, March 1st, 2012 in the category; Featured
Posted on Sunday, February 26th, 2012 in the category; Featured
It is often the most undervalued page on a company’s website and yet it is the third most visited page on top searched websites. This… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Friday, February 24th, 2012 in the category; Business Tools
It was lovely to see BusinessXchange members past and present supporting the launch of Seeker News on Monday night on the shores of Poole Park… Continue reading…
Posted on Friday, February 24th, 2012 in the category; Blog
The new rare resource is …attention. The problem of information overload has a serious impact on economics. In their book, The Attention Economy, Davenport &… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Friday, February 17th, 2012 in the category; Business Marketing
Jason Routley, owner of Aquarius Learning, speaks on how it’s important to put emotion into your marketing. Brilliant song from Kings of Leon’s album Only… Continue reading…
Posted on Friday, February 17th, 2012 in the category; Youtube Pretty Good Tips
Graphic Designer Richard Gregory tells us just why he thinks we should all become members of the brilliant BusinessXchange.
Posted on Tuesday, February 14th, 2012 in the category; Featured
Paul Hutchings from Toast Masters invites us to a networking event in Dorchester on the 21st March 2012.
Posted on Tuesday, February 14th, 2012 in the category; Youtube
The purpose of this session is to enable you to clarify your power and to share that power more effectively with others. You know how… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Monday, February 13th, 2012 in the category; Business Analysis
The brilliant BusinessXchange has signed up to be another Mind Your Head Challenge ‘Brain Cell’. This makes 18 in Dorset so far. A brain cell… Continue reading…
Posted on Sunday, February 5th, 2012 in the category; Blog
Having many projects (services) in this current economy is a good thing. If all our eggs are in one basket it leaves us open to… Continue reading…
Posted on Sunday, January 29th, 2012 in the category; Blog
After 20 years of operation from its offices in Ferndown, leaflet and magazine distribution company Tudor Distribution has moved to its own integrated office and… Continue reading…
Posted on Saturday, January 28th, 2012 in the category; Blog
How often do you take a good look at your business? In fact how often do you take a good look at your business with… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Thursday, January 26th, 2012 in the category; Business Analysis
I KEEP six honest serving-men (They taught me all I knew); Their names are What and Why and When And How and Where and Who…. Continue reading…
Posted on Thursday, January 26th, 2012 in the category; Youtube Pretty Good Tips
This is what Steve Graham had to say about the brilliant BusinessXchange http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piiphSd8Ncg&context=C4492957ADvjVQa1PpcFOg1W0IV09AZucu-jbA3Y77q1H9dg_LgQg=
Posted on Thursday, January 26th, 2012 in the category; Featured
Business and council leaders joined forces to work together to improve businesses and create new jobs in Dorset with the creation of the Dorset Local… Continue reading…
Posted on Wednesday, January 25th, 2012 in the category; Blog
What are you putting off or avoiding that you know you really should be doing differently in your business? What is it, that seems to… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Friday, January 20th, 2012 in the category; Business Thinking
Posted on Friday, January 20th, 2012 in the category; Youtube Pretty Good Tips
This is what Emma James had to say about the brilliant BusinessXchange http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pa9EcSdzct0&context=C4e5099eADvjVQa1PpcFOg1W0IV09AZl9tkqGX3DN5SCgpCcytg_4=
Posted on Tuesday, January 17th, 2012 in the category; Featured
Money well spent in Richard Mack’s mind http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EILUvv1YCUY&context=C4a1afd7ADvjVQa1PpcFOg1W0IV09AZinzqUjsCyPDDZGUxbyyrHE=
Posted on Friday, January 13th, 2012 in the category; Featured
Those exhibiting at a business to business event are there to build their brand, show off their expertise, their new offers and connect with potential… Continue reading…
Posted on Friday, January 13th, 2012 in the category; Youtube Pretty Good Tips
Carol Bentley shares 11 power words for headlines which is a chapter in her book a Pocket Guide to Writing Profit Booking Sales Letters. With… Continue reading…
Posted on Saturday, November 26th, 2011 in the category; Youtube Pretty Good Tips
To view his slides please click through to Andy Larkin’s LinkedIn profile and scroll down to slide share. http://www.linkedin.com/in/alarkin77 There are 88 insights or… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Thursday, November 24th, 2011 in the category; Business Books
It is very nearly REAL People Solutions fifth birthday. When Rebecca Fordham started out in business five years ago, she knew her HR stuff but… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Friday, November 18th, 2011 in the category; Business Thinking
A clear business vision will ensure that all your goals and actions will align. When you hit an obstacle, your increased focus will help you… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Tuesday, November 8th, 2011 in the category; Business Thinking
What is cloud computing? Here is a neat three minute summary http://www.commoncraft.com/video/cloud-computing. The big benefits of cloud computing is that there are no servers therefore… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Thursday, October 27th, 2011 in the category; Business Tools
A written contract drawn up by a well briefed solicitor is still the street smart way to go … however, if funds are tight …… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Friday, October 21st, 2011 in the category; Legal Considerations
Word of mouth marketing for most businesses is the single most effective part of their marketing plan. It’s why most of us go networking. However,… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Tuesday, October 11th, 2011 in the category; Members Area
1. When someone says I saw you in the paper. The fact lends credibility to your story. The fact that the story is reported by… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Thursday, September 29th, 2011 in the category; Members Area
This September, Suzannah Brade-Waring has been trading as Aspirin Business Solutions for exactly one year. Not only did she set herself up as a freelance… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Friday, September 16th, 2011 in the category; Members Area
When Laura McHarrie asked Jon if he’d like to do a presentation at BXC little did know that he was about to present from a… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Tuesday, September 13th, 2011 in the category; Business Books
Say more with less or in other words brevity is beautiful! [Ops! There’s another!] Top tip number 1. Don’t over use the exclamation mark ……. Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Friday, July 29th, 2011 in the category; Business Marketing
How to accelerate your business success and enjoy it. The reason why many people fail to achieve as much as they would like is down… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Wednesday, July 20th, 2011 in the category; Business Insights
Lee Taylor started his business 12 months ago this July. He left corporate life having left university with a marketing degree and took a job… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Thursday, July 7th, 2011 in the category; Members Area
Presenting our business is something that all of us in the room do when we are business networking. Some will take the courage and present… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Wednesday, June 29th, 2011 in the category; Members Area
It has been widely quoted that fear of death is of less concern than the fear of public speaking – but what about picking up… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Saturday, June 18th, 2011 in the category; Members Area
The Art of the Networking ‘Conversation’ You would never walk into a sales meeting where you would be expected to pitch without having prepared your… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Saturday, June 11th, 2011 in the category; Members Area
If gold could be found lying on the surface, everyone would pick it up. The fact is that you need to dig for it, sometimes… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Friday, May 27th, 2011 in the category; Members Area
So how do you challenge, provoke and educate without arousing fear and hostility? One way is provocative questioning. According to the oracle at Delphi, Socrates… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Tuesday, May 17th, 2011 in the category; Members Area
As a young chap I was stationed in Germany protecting the west from the rampaging hoards of the red army. I serviced tornado jet bombers,… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Tuesday, May 10th, 2011 in the category; Members Area
Britain is struggling to emerge from the worst recession in living memory and many are looking around for someone or something to blame: Gordon Brown,… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Monday, April 25th, 2011 in the category; Blog
We make decisions every moment of our lives from getting up in the morning to what to wear and whether to come to a brilliant… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Wednesday, April 13th, 2011 in the category; Members Area
If you make yourself indispensible you’ll never be promoted. So Steve set about making himself dispensable and then got made redundant. ) He bought the… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Sunday, March 20th, 2011 in the category; Business Thinking
Juggling what needs to be done and what should be done and what is fun to do can be tricky. The fun stuff can start… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Tuesday, March 8th, 2011 in the category; Members Area
The aim of this presentation is to demonstrate that it is possible to give an interesting and informed presentation without using a computer and without fear. … Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Sunday, February 27th, 2011 in the category; Members Area
There are some very successful and established businesses that use the network marketing model to distribute their products. Kleeneze for example was established in theUkin… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Sunday, February 20th, 2011 in the category; Business Thinking
The Forum 21 Model The following has been lifted from the Forum 21 website: http://www.forum21.co.uk/forum21model.htm Developed and refined over years of consulting and professional development… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Saturday, January 29th, 2011 in the category; Members Area
“Events… are opportunities for you to talk with buyers… Events offer time and common experiences – two key ways to develop relationships with people you… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Saturday, January 29th, 2011 in the category; Members Area
Don’t worry about your competitors. They are who they are and will be who they will be. Ignite your sole. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ev2duJejO3o All you need to… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Friday, December 10th, 2010 in the category; Members Area
Here are the 7 Secrets of the ‘Triple S’ Structured System of Selling that helps you close deals without ever having to sell. It is… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Tuesday, November 30th, 2010 in the category; Members Area
I’d like to start with a question. Who are you, who are you being today, right now, this morning? We are asked this question frequently,… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Tuesday, October 26th, 2010 in the category; Business Marketing
So often ‘scorecards’ rely on measuring the outputs of systems and processes (the hard stuff) but most small businesses know that it is how we… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Wednesday, October 13th, 2010 in the category; Members Area
Visiting a website is a bit like going on a first date. If the website talks about itself all the time then it tends to… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Sunday, September 26th, 2010 in the category; Business Marketing
To put this into context; this presentation is not about marketing, PR and lead generation, it assumes that you already have an abundance of enquiries… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Tuesday, June 16th, 2009 in the category; Business Analysis
Credibility is about adding professionalism to the products and service, which may mean admitting what you cannot do. This might seem like acting against self-interest… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Monday, April 6th, 2009 in the category; Business Marketing
Blog – short for web log – an online diary of sorts, but it’s also just a website too – just a different way of… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Tuesday, December 16th, 2008 in the category; Members Area
Procrastination is the art of putting things off with the absolute thought that the task will disappear. Of course it does not, and the more… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Monday, March 26th, 2007 in the category; Members Area
‘IT’ is an unforeseen event causing disruption or interruption to your business.  This presentation is not describing the sensational but instead, simple technological disruptions that… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Monday, March 26th, 2007 in the category; Members Area
A few statistical facts: 25% of all business failures are a direct result of cash flow problems. 90% of business owners say they would pay… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Monday, February 26th, 2007 in the category; Finance
What is a difficult employee; a bully, a liar, a moaner/complainer, or the office Romeo? One who is off sick again, who never gets the… Continue… Continue reading…
Posted on Sunday, February 26th, 2006 in the category; Legal Considerations