There is always ‘A HARD’ in life. It’s hard to lose weight. It’s hard to become great at sport. It’s hard to pick up the phone and make sales calls. It’s hard to start a business. It’s hard to do marketing that creates leads and it’s hard to find the time to grow your business instead of working in it …
Small Business Coaching – You cannot manage, what you do not measure
Small Business Coaching has been around for a relatively short period of time, with business coaches often coming from corporate companies where they have either been made redundant, or sometimes they get sick of the ‘rat race’ and decide to work from home and become a coach. The problem with this is that these people often do not understand what …
Best Marketing Advice for 2021 – Announcing The Launch of my Inner Circle
Best Marketing Advice for 2021 – On 12th April 2021 I am proud to announce the launch of my Inner Circle. This celebrates my 26 years in business providing sales and marketing advice to small businesses. During this time I have had my share of ups and downs and sometimes in between. I have spent over £50,000 of my own …
Business Advice UK – What is the key to business success?
Business Advice UK – What is the key to business success? I was asked this recently during an online seminar with the Canada UK Chamber of Commerce. I thought about it, then a came up with just two words… There are many keys to becoming more successful and they include managing the finances, creating sales, managing your business operationally etc, …
My RESULTS Podcast – The No.1 thing you need to do to grow your business
There are clearly many reasons why business fail and 8 out of 10 do so in the first 5 years and of the 20% remaining over 90% of those fail in the next five. Why is that? It is because they focus on their own expertise and because they do not focus on the very thing that will make them …
Marketing Advice for Small Businesses – What a load of Marketing BS…
Marketing Advice for Small Business – Have you ever heard a marketing advisor tell you something that turns out to be sales, or marketing BS? If you are like me, then you know most of them are full of it. Not to mention business owners who also talk a load of marketing BS. I think I work in an industry …
Get a Marketing Health Check – Don’t take my word for it…
Get a Marketing Health Check. That was the first thing Michael Brook of My Expertise Online did. Michael decided to take his business to the next level working with me Steve Mills. This was over 10 years ago and Michael and I have been working together ever since. Listen to what Micheal Brook the Managing Director of ‘My Expertise Online’ …
Marketing advice for 2021 – Why your marketing is not working
Marketing Advice for 2021 – There are many things that could be wrong with your marketing, but in my experience, which dates back over 25 years, and having worked in thousands of businesses in hundreds of industries, I think that 99.9% of the time the reason(s) your marketing is not working is one, or multiple of the following: Your marketing …
Small Business Advice Forum – Think marketing is a waste of time? Think again
Small Business Advice Forum – Steve is interviewed by Annemarie Cross – The Podcasting Queen from Melbourne, Australia. In this interview, you will learn the true cost of not marketing your business. Steve provides some great business advice and tips on how to increase sales by improving the lead generation and lead conversion. Steve and Annemarie also discuss how to …
Steve’s keynote talk at the Canada UK Chamber of Commerce
Canda UK Chamber of Commerce – Steve Mills Keynote Talk – Steve was invited to speak to members and guests of the Canada UK Chamber of Commerce online conference on 4th March 2021. During Steve’s talk he spoke about the power of video and how video is an essential part of marketing in 2021. Below is the recording of the …
