We had a Great BBG Gala Event with Dale Beaumont… who gave generously of his knowledge and time and shared with us technologies hacks that can help you grow your business.
Technology is the bomb in business - if you don’t embrace it you don’t survive.
The speed of technology advancement has been doubling every 5 years… If you
have not kept up to date in the last 5 years… you are so behind the 8 ball
As my mentor Allen Pathmarajah says…
When the rate of change on
the outside is greater than inside the end is near
Many of these tools will be invaluable to SME Business Owners and
Leaders… the key is for them to identify the ones that are applicable to you,
download them and have a play.
Dale is one of the most successful business coaches in Australia, and
has created the “Business Blueprint”, where people are coached on how to grow
their business. He has created a Business Portal of 1000’s of videos to help
you grow your business. (see www.bizversity.com ) (currently free) . Dale is
successful because his whole focus and reason for being s to add value to
people that engages with him.
SO without further ado… here it goes
1. BIZVERSITY
2. BSI HEALTH CHECK
This was not included , as we have not yet released this to market…. But
you can download this very cool piece of technology
BSI has created a business health
check, with 75 strategies on how to grow your business https://bsi.skillsoptimiser.com/BusinessHealth/
.
It has 3 simple tools for you to get a clear understanding on where your
business is
1.
The growth equation
2.
A cash flow calculation tool
3.
A breakeven analysis
Bizversity is a must have for peole who want a library of content to
help them grow their business. ( I used snagit to create a little video about
it… click the picture below
3. Placeit –
your images can load within other quality images -
customising images with your product. This is a great way to promote your
website on social media.
- Screenshot of website - promote on social media
- $1- $100 per image
4. Giphy image –
image that moves - extra increase in click thro rates - Giphy image
5. Snip.ly
infuses a link with a call to
action – that navigate back to your site .
SO you can take any site, share it on a blog, and get them to click your
link that is a call to action!!
6. Headline analyser
7. About.me –
photo , bio, link and call to action
You then rank in google search engine - mobile responsive
Watch this space with
8.
Referron!!!
This will be gold!!!! Download referron, and upload
your profile. Enables you to refer and
get referred within 3 taps of the phone. Also enables to send your business
card and for your business card to be searched very easily.
9. Shakr
Making professional video ads within minutes
10. Google Sites
A good company intranet - wiki -
is key to upload anything that needs to be known or shared by your team . Put
videos and your induction videos and manuals on google sites… and you can track
who has opened them and whether the staff member has opened the email
11. Expertential
Project management software - Was
not mentioned – but an amazing task scheduler and enables repetitive tasks to
be done efficiently and effectively in a fraction of the time… this is a
precursor to have your business AI enabled
Save as template - simplify things - others include - teamwork, , trelio,
expertential
Cuts out back and forwards
12. My Recruitment Plus
On boarding and automated recruiting tool . Freemium model and will save
you thousands in the recruiting process.
13, an intelligent crm/emarketing system is essential
Automated so much -
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Activecampaign
Dale runs workshops on upskilling you on these CRMS
14. Snagit
draft up stuff on video – I have been using this – its amazing… cutting
and commenting on your screen and even taking a video on what you are doing in
the screen… and recording your commentary… its fantastic . The app costs $350 (I bought it today) but will give massive value to you.
15. Dialpad –
turns mobile into landline - phone system on your mobile -
$30 per month per person - synch s tonoffice 365
16. Fiverr
Creating content and art and designs at a fraction of the cost but as
professional
17. Remarketing
this is seriously a must have, and we will having a worldwide expert
join us in April , sharing his knowledge re remarketing and Facebok hacks with
us
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3pc will buy on website first
exposure - 50% on 5-12th
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Set up Facebook or google tracking pixel - when someone lands – this
creates a cookie on persons computer -
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Show his ads on Facebook - -
marketing to people who reached your website – with great calls to action
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This enables you to Follow up those
people who are looking at your website
18. Check website speed –
if more than 2 seconds to load -
not good - and you will be knocked off front page of google - google speed test critical
19. Answer the public –
what people are looking for searching for about your particular topic
66 most commonly answered questions
20. REFERME2
An ability to increase your referrals from your network 100 fold…. Watch
this space!!!