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Everything You Need to Know to Ace Your Next Presentation

If the mere thought of standing before an audience makes you break out in a nervous sweat, know that you are not alone. The fear of public speaking is real and affects a large number of people. In some cases, it can also cause severe anxiety and stress. Yet presentation are an inevitable part of the modern workplace, and effective presentation skills are essential to career growth.  

If you are practising your first presentation or simply looking for tips to make a good presentation ‘great’, you are in the right place. Walkerstone takes a close look at some of the most important do’s and don’ts for giving a great presentation in their latest infographic. 

Presenting infographic

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The Key to Ranking in Search Engines

“Hold on, I’ll Google it…” Admit it, you Google. It’s nothing to be ashamed of — everybody does it. That little phrase, “Google it!” was unheard of not so long ago and today it echoes around offices, classrooms and homes all over the world. It’s testament to the way the internet has established itself as an integral part of our daily lives. (more…)

Internet Video Marketing Strategy

Video marketing is a powerful strategy to promote your website, services or products. It helps build credibility, trust and brand awareness. When internet video marketing is done well, it has the power of reaching huge numbers of people at no additional cost to you. For this reason, it can be one of the most efficient and effective strategies to grow your business. (more…)

Why Small Business Must Take Branding Seriously

Branding is crucial for any business including small business. Small businesses don’t have the huge budgets and manpower that larger competitors do however, successful branding doesn’t have to cost the earth and doesn’t require a huge team of people to make it happen. Small businesses tend to be more flexible and responsive so it’s about creating a strategic branding plan and sticking with it. (more…)

8 Elements of Branding & Logo Design

Your corporate identity and branding is a visual representation to the world. A tired, unimaginative, dime-a-dozen logo design reflects a tired, unimaginative, dime-a-dozen business. You want your branding to reflect your unique personality, and speak to your customers about your credibility, experience and trustworthiness. In a nutshell, you need a graphic designer to design your logo. (more…)

4 Marketing Strategies to Increase Website Traffic

Most business people who have a website want more traffic. They want more products or services to be sold and more brand exposure. It is imperative that you not only generate traffic but high quality website traffic that is interested in your product or service. This kind of traffic is what will make your business flourish. Here are some marketing methods that could increase website traffic that you may not have considered. (more…)

Marketing Foundations for Life Coaches

If you want to build a long lasting, strong and secure life coach business you must build it on a strong foundation. Life coaching as a business won’t run by itself without the help of a great marketing plan. If you have an outline of the strategies you need to promote your business, you will be able to develop ways to make your practice a success in a shorter time-frame. Be specific, include the exact kind of service that you offer, your methodology and a clear description of the kind of clients you want to work with. (more…)

Reciprocity and Reward

Reciprocity is an intriguing human behaviour that can be used as a means to market your company more effectively. It is a common human trait that works with a person’s sense of obligation. It is natural for people to feel indebted to someone who has been generous towards them, and is common for people to feel the need to repay kindness in some way. (more…)

How Websites are Indexed – Understanding Search Engines

The indexing of your website is one of the most important aspects of search engine optimisation (SEO). Before trying to grasp how indexing works, you should have a firm understanding of what SEO is and is not. In a nutshell, if you are creating a process to generate traffic to your website from search engines, then you are doing SEO. To be more effective, there are three key aspects of SEO you should understand. (more…)