SUCCESS STORIES

Business Smiths has provided expert help where it’s needed for many different small businesses. Here are just a few of our success stories.

“Working with Business Smiths changed my life”

Hayley recently won the Rural Business Competition we ran in Country Homes and Interiors Magazine for her vintage ice cream business www.VintageScoops.co.uk.

We helped Hayley address several fundamental areas including a prioritised marketing to-do list that she could work through, introduced terms and conditions to protect her business, developed elegant stationary in a simple word format, a professional photo shoot, re-developed her web site, setup email services, developed a professional A4 brochure which she can edit herself and helped her focus and develop a bigger brand vision with six Business Coaching sessions and finally wrote a professional press release.

“I now look completely professional, have a completely new outlook and feel completely focused on taking my business forward – it’s changed my life!”

Click here for the full article: Country_Business_Winners_2010.pdf

A great start on a limited budget

Little Miss Sew and Sew is a home based start-up business hand making some wonderful gifts but not knowing how or where to sell them, to add to the challenge she had a very limited budget.

We looked at a range of options and finally found two online partners to stock products and very cost effective space in an antiques centre where they display your products and staff it and take a small percentage commission – both low cost and low risk opportunities.

Our client couldn’t initially afford a website so we suggested a free flickr page as a temporary measure just to enable people to see the products which could be replaced with something more appropriate as sales developed.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/LittleMissSewandSew

We also produced a compelling press release, so watch this space...

Positioning, Marketing and Publicity helps you grow

Glenn wanted to start a new garden landscaping business, but didn't want another me too business.

After researching the market, Business Smith and marketing expert Amanda focused on how the company could differentiate itself.

She matched up the market's needs with Glenn's skills and aspirations, and developed a compelling positioning for the company: ‘The Garden Designers - Delivering Great Outdoor