New mentoring group - BUSINESS GROWTH

Mentor - Bio – John Astley along with wife Patricia founded Astley Bryden Associates following retirement from Corporate Britain where they worked for MITIE Group plc. Over the last 25 years, John has lead the charge in developing innovative service solutions for businesses in cleaning, catering, security, waste management, facilities management, mechanical and electrical maintenance to name but a few. He has recruited, trained, developed and become a friend to over 25 top flight Managing Directors and Business Owners and seen over 68 millionaires created during his watch. Three years in the making, the new program takes the best of what works for the successful Companies they researched and rolls in new innovation from social media and cloud computing.

Details of 1st Business Growth group meeting is:
28th Feb 2012, TIME: 9-11.30am
VENUE: At the Chamber, Glasgow Airport Business Centre - free parking / breakfast rolls & refreshment provided

Find us
The Renfrewshire Chamber of Commerce offices and the Glasgow Airport Business Centre are located within the admin building at Glasgow Airport at Bute Court, St Andrews Drive, Glasgow Airport, Paisley PA3 2SW. To reach our offices, simply head right within the Glasgow Airport roundabout, following the signs for the admin building. We are located directly across the road from the Holiday Inn Express. Parking is available within the admin building car park - press the control button at the barrier and say you have a meeting at the Chamber - they will let you in. Parking is free. More info here

First group session to discuss:
When Entrepreneurs “stop growing” in difficult economic times, this is what they do. They Use “Attraction Based Business Marketing” to explode profits and revenues”. By the conclusion of this group of highly focused sessions , business owners and operators will be able to double net profits and increase revenues in the coming year using just 10 of our 56 cutting edge, marketing techniques.

1. Position you and your business: Become a respected authority and influencer in your industry ensuring prospects seek you out and customers spend more each time they buy.
2. The Language of Attraction: Attract customers rather than pursue them getting more for your advertising and marketing spend transforming your business and strengthening your profit growth.
3. Improve Communications: Create stunning, irresistible and highly profitable marketing messages across all types of media that convert skeptics into customers, competitors into quivering wrecks and peers into friends and ambassadors.
4. Attract More Traffic: 7 Simple, cost effective ways to attract more prospects to your website who become enthusiastic customers spending more and more often.
5. Win Free, new customers: Create a never ending stream of new, profitable customers who need no convincing of your credibility and are ready to spend regularly.
6. Have Fun Marketing: Become a multi-channel marketing organization with an ever increasing flow of new customers who spend more and more often.
7. The power of referrals: Introduce 12 ways to create new customers from old and do it for free.
8. Customer Relationship Management: Set up a fool proof, profit generating system guaranteed to place you at the forefront of digital communications and a pioneering expert in direct marketing
9. The power of Story Telling: Use 12 simple steps to forming a powerful story about you and your business and how to transform customer testimonials into the best sales person you’ll ever employ.
10. Make Events your driving force: Turn the fear of presenting into a strength and convert even the most difficult prospect into a willing customer who will spend more and tell others of your value proposition.

These sessions are delivered under the Business Mentoring Programme – a partnership between Scottish Chambers and Scottish Enterprise. European funding allows us to offer these sessions to you at no charge, provided you meet the eligibility criteria, which are:

• in business for 1 year with plans to grow
• turnover of £100K or plan to achieve that level
• not involved in the programme on a 1-2-1 level for the last year (but can move into a 1-2-1 from a group)
  

Book  / More info
For further information contact Linda Perry, Mentoring Exec' at Renfrewshire Chamber of Commerce

E Mail lperry@renfrewshirechamber.com or phone 0141 847 5458

Click here to download Business Mentoring Application Form

Click here to download Business Mentoring Guidelines

More info on John....
He gained wide acclaim for introducing an innovative Supplier Relationship Program whilst leading the World Federation of Building Service Contractors resulting in over £500,000 of sponsorship for a bi-annual Young Industry Entrepreneur Award.

A leading influence on the MLM scene, he has overseen four Global launches from Panama, USA and Gibraltar open for business in UK and continues to consult for household names.

Recently, he and Pat invented, designed and brought to market a window blind safety device, funding the whole project themselves www.windowblindsafe.com from start to market and is now back with Attraction Based Business Marketing