Once upon a time we were asked to create a workshop for independent consultants.

They needed to get better at selling themselves.

You need a story that you have to tell often enough to the right people in the right way to get the orders you need to keep yourself in business. The more system you put into it the better and the more intelligence you use in the way you go about it the better.

Most people set up in business to practice their profession or carry out something they’ve always wanted to do. Many have never had to do any sales and marketing before and if you’re in that situation you know how scary it can be.

You need something simple that steers a middle course between telling you about every marketing trick and tool known to man and the non-existent single magic bullet that will solve all your problems.

Research shows that life’s not like that. If you’re like most of us you spend 12-15 hours a week on your sales and marketing. That’s everything. Twitter, blogs, web sites, face to face selling, and those strange bed-fellows, social media and networking. So we built a workshop to help you - you can register here.

So you have to be pretty smart about how you go about it. You need up to date information. 1Man Brand is kept up to date through research programmes carried out with the management schools at Brunel, RHUL, Southampton and Kingston Universities and with Business Networking International (BNI). Over 1000 small companies, some of which are really at the cutting edge of using new media to promote themselves, have contributed.

You'll find out about some psychological tools to help you understand yourselves and your customers better – so that you can come up with a story that connects you to them.

You''ll review your business and establish the right balance between on line and offline activity. And you'll go away with a clear vision of how on line and face to face marketing work together for the best results.

So you can do this face to face – a three hour workshop will cost £77 – or you can do it as a distance learning package at the same price. The choice is yours. All attendees will get a Free copy of our e-book 21 Business Stories which covers most of what we’ve found out from running businesses for the last 25 years.

To find out more you can telephone us on 0845 094 0407 or if you're already sold on the idea of working with use you can buy the products directly through the site here.

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We look forward to working with you.