Your ability to value yourself, coupled with strong negotiation skills, are crucial when it comes to negotiating in the workplace. Whether it’s for a pay rise or the opportunity to work on new or bigger projects.
If you’re forever downgrading your skills, ability and experience, it is costing you more than you know. Here are four tips to help you value yourself:
Forget about all the reports in the media that say companies are freezing pay increases. Do you believe everything you read in the papers, anyway?
The fact is, for a good employee an employer can often set a precedence and do what it takes to keep you. And a promotion can be gained even if the odds of getting one look like one in a million.
This video tutorial will show you how to ask for one.
Offline marketing methods are still important to small businesses. Even with all the hoo ha about social media, if you’re trying to target a local audience, then things like flyers, brochures, business cards etc still work, and they should be an integral part of your marketing and promotion.
When it comes to brochures, bigger doesn’t mean better. It’s about the quality of the design and, more importantly, what you have to offer. If you package it correctly, you will grab attention and start to see an increase in enquiries and sales. Get it wrong, and your efforts will end up in the bin.
However, the best-produced brochure on the planet is going to be useless unless it is distributed effectively. So what is the key to effective distribution? Here are some tips:
