Accelerate!
The essential guide to growing your trades business
By Dan Matthews
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Accelerate! is for anyone who wants to turbo charge their trades business.
Whether your business is plumbing, electrical services, roofing, locksmithing, gardening, landscaping, painting and decorating or kitchen-fitting this book will help you get ahead and achieve REAL success.
Smart, punchy and filled with no-nonsense advice from trades people JUST LIKE YOU who have taken their businesses to the next level, it covers the fundamentals of growth, including:
– marketing techniques online and offline
– tactics to build a workforce without putting a strain on cash flow
– borrowing to invest
– developing a sophisticated sales strategy
And all while fulfilling your legal and financial obligations.
Filled with REAL-LIFE experiences and inside tips from a huge range of businesses at every stage of the growth curve, Accelerate! lets you see for yourself exactly how people in the UK are developing their trades businesses – so you can too.
With digital innovations such as Checkatrade shaking up the market, there has never been a better time to accelerate your growth. Accelerate! is the ultimate guide to get you going – fast.
Contents
Foreword by Richard Harpin
Introduction
Chapter 1. The Secrets of Success
Chapter 2. Getting Your Name Out There
Chapter 3. Marketing Online
Chapter 4. Building Your Sales
Chapter 5. Getting the Most out of Technology and Systems
Chapter 6. Taking on Employees and Building Your Team
Chapter 7. Dealing with Money
Chapter 8. Keeping on Top of Legal Stuff
Chapter 9. Nailing Strategy and Planning Expansion
Chapter 10. How HomeServe Accelerated
Chapter 11. The Checkatrade Story
Conclusion
With Thanks
Published: | 30/09/2018 |
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Edition: | 1st |
Pages: | 194 |
Formats: | paperback - ISBN 9780857197283 ebook - ISBN 9780857197290 |
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