January Talk with Martin Baines

We're half way through January and we're beating the blues by sharing positive tips and thoughts from business owners. Today we're talking to Martin Baines who is known as 'The No Nonsense Sales Coach' who runs Wiltshire-based company Martin Baines Learning Solutions Ltd offering sales and management development for SMEs and business owners.

What are your top marketing or PR tips for 2022?
-       Be consistent
-       Have a marketing strategy that attracts your ideal prospects
-       Stay front of mind

And your top financial tip for 2022? 
Start with the end in mind! If you haven’t got a financial target to aim for, how will you know you’ve been successful …?

Who are your top business buddies in your corner this year? 
-       Fiona Scott of Scott Media to help me with visibility 
-       and a large group of supportive friends in business who I network with on a weekly basis. 

What are your ethics this year? 
-       Be humble
-       Help others
-       Use emotional intelligence more often

What are the top attributes you are looking for in staff/suppliers?
-       Honesty
-       Transparency
-       No nonsense communication

What will you be investing in this year? 
-       Increasing my knowledge, so me!
-       Automation within my marketing

What will you be doing differently in 2022? 
-       Focus on raising the profile of my business in the Swindon/Wiltshire area
-       Developing my on-demand sales coaching programmes
-       Revisiting my website to update it

For more information visit https://www.mb-ls.co.uk