Comments on: Thriving or surviving in a recession? http://jimsmarketingblog.com/2009/02/05/thriving-or-surviving-in-a-recession/ Marketing advice & marketing tips for small businesses & entrepreneurs. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:35:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: James Toovey http://jimsmarketingblog.com/2009/02/05/thriving-or-surviving-in-a-recession/comment-page-1/#comment-4203 James Toovey Fri, 20 Feb 2009 11:03:22 +0000 http://jimsmarketingblog.com/?p=1159#comment-4203 I couldn't agree more, here at Langley James IT Recruitment we made a plan over two years ago to grow and take more market share and we have stuck to it. In fact recently is has been easier what with so many of our competitors focusing cutbacks and spreading doom and gloom within their organisations. We have just spent the last 3 months launching a professionally built website which has been professionally copy written (thanks to Jim Connolly) working with an excellent Web Development Company and Search Engine Optimisation specialist (Mass Media Design.) <strong>The results have been amazing!</strong> Keep positive, as Sean McPheat says " it’s the state of mind that often makes the difference between success and failure." James Toovey I couldn’t agree more, here at Langley James IT Recruitment we made a plan over two years ago to grow and take more market share and we have stuck to it.

In fact recently is has been easier what with so many of our competitors focusing cutbacks and spreading doom and gloom within their organisations.

We have just spent the last 3 months launching a professionally built website which has been professionally copy written (thanks to Jim Connolly) working with an excellent Web Development Company and Search Engine Optimisation specialist (Mass Media Design.) The results have been amazing!

Keep positive, as Sean McPheat says ” it’s the state of mind that often makes the difference between success and failure.”

James Toovey

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]]> By: The Sales Jedi http://jimsmarketingblog.com/2009/02/05/thriving-or-surviving-in-a-recession/comment-page-1/#comment-4004 The Sales Jedi Thu, 05 Feb 2009 15:40:10 +0000 http://jimsmarketingblog.com/?p=1159#comment-4004 Never before has there been an opportunity like this to excel and to take the lead in your industry. One of my businesses delivers sales training and a lot of the clients we are getting at the moment are saying: "Well, our competitors are doing nothing so we want to improve the way that we sell to grab their market share!" The business is out there. Ok, it's not as much as it was but you've got to do everything in your power to out-market, out-smart and out-sell your competition to make sure that what business is left out there comes to you. It's a state of mind. Is doing nothing an option? Of course it is but it's the state of mind that often makes the difference between success and failure. Sean McPheat Never before has there been an opportunity like this to excel and to take the lead in your industry.

One of my businesses delivers sales training and a lot of the clients we are getting at the moment are saying:

“Well, our competitors are doing nothing so we want to improve the way that we sell to grab their market share!”

The business is out there.

Ok, it’s not as much as it was but you’ve got to do everything in your power to out-market, out-smart and out-sell your competition to make sure that what business is left out there comes to you.

It’s a state of mind.

Is doing nothing an option? Of course it is but it’s the state of mind that often makes the difference between success and failure.

Sean McPheat

]]> By: Marketing Specialist - Jim Connolly http://jimsmarketingblog.com/2009/02/05/thriving-or-surviving-in-a-recession/comment-page-1/#comment-4001 Marketing Specialist - Jim Connolly Thu, 05 Feb 2009 12:30:38 +0000 http://jimsmarketingblog.com/?p=1159#comment-4001 Corey, The truth is, we tend to get what we expect from life. People who go through life expecting the worst, are seldom disappointed. Corey,

The truth is, we tend to get what we expect from life. People who go through life expecting the worst, are seldom disappointed.

]]> By: Corey Freeman http://jimsmarketingblog.com/2009/02/05/thriving-or-surviving-in-a-recession/comment-page-1/#comment-4000 Corey Freeman Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:26:08 +0000 http://jimsmarketingblog.com/?p=1159#comment-4000 I like the way you've spun things here. People often focus on the negative and take measures detrimental to success for fear of failure. I personally try to focus on what's going to happen next in terms of the positive. Bad things happen, and moving on is an important skill. I like the way you’ve spun things here. People often focus on the negative and take measures detrimental to success for fear of failure. I personally try to focus on what’s going to happen next in terms of the positive. Bad things happen, and moving on is an important skill.

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