Newsletter
from Robert Craven,
Keynote Speaker, Author and MD of
The Directors' Centre
August 2006

Greetings...

In this month's newsletter:

• Three new articles for August 2006
• An articles which is only available to Website/Newsletter subscribers: Bright Marketing #2
• Stop Press! - Directors' Centre's Robert Craven wins contract to run 20 more 'Let's Talk...' workshops - you can attend for free!
• Free Stuff from the new website

Regards,

Robert Craven

P.S. 'Let's Talk' continues to be my motto... Let's Talk... do give us a call on 01225 851044 - more specifically give Lesley Bees a call - she's started working with us and would love to hear from you.

STOP PRESS!

Robert has been awarded the contract to deliver 20 'Let's Talk...' workshops across the UK. Delegate fees should be £225 but you can attend for FREE by signing up now.

These events are a unique opportunity for you to see Robert live, and meet up with him afterwards. 'Let's Talk... More Profit' and 'Let's Talk... Bright Marketing' are interactive, practical half-day events. 100% of delegates said that they would recommend the event to a colleague.

Robert will be in: Reading, Caernarfon, Swansea, Plymouth, Milton Keynes, Cheshunt, Warrington, London, Docklands, Brands Hatch, Maidstone, Birmingham FC, Wellingborough, Peterborough, Slough, Leeds, Dudley, Preston, Scotch Corner, Edinburgh, Bournemouth.

Book early - visit the webpage, contact Lesley on 01225 851044.

Want Your Life Back? - Take Action Now

The reason why many of our clients work with us is because we help them to run the business they want to run... and for others because we help them to get their lives back! Fancy growing your business and getting your life back? Ask your partner and kids what they think! Call Lesley on 01225 851044 and she will tell you how we can help.

Other actions you could take...

• Check out the free stuff on our website
• Book a free business surgery - an opportunity to talk to one of our consultants about what you are trying to do with your business, and what's holding you back.
• Book in to see Robert at one of the Let's Talk events.

August 2006 Articles - on Women as consumers

Marketing To Women: What Women Really Want! - Are women different from men? Do they behave differently when they are buying? And if they are different, should we be marketing to them in a different way? (CriticalEye).

August 2006 Articles - on Strategy

Strategy Sucks! - Strategy is one of the most over-used and yet misunderstood words in business. As a result, managers and consultants have struggled to 'do' it properly (European CEO).

August 2006 Articles - on Corporate Social Responsibility

Corporate Social Responsibility Is Immoral, Unfair And Damaging To The Health Of Your Business…(?) - it is tantamount to signing a death warrant for your employee’s job security - the final proof (CEO Magazine).

Article for Newsletter Subscribers Only - Bright Marketing

The Bright Marketing Results - Part Two of three. The Bright Marketing Manifesto and the Bright Marketing Seminars have changed the lives and fortunes of thousands of the UK’s small businesses. So what’s all the fuss?

Growing Your Business - FREE STUFF ON THE SITE

We are especially proud of the Free Stuff pages on the new website - but it looks like they won't be free forever! It includes:

• 70+ free Articles and Reports This site offers you the opportunity to download Business Guides and Direction, Articles and Reports
• Free Business Surgeries... a particularly powerful way of talking to us in a one-to-one environment - in effect it's a 'Try Before You Buy' (TBYB).

NEWSLETTER LINKS

• Kick-Start Your Business and Customer Is King
• Free Business Surgeries
• The New Service Plan
• Let's Talk... webpages and testimonials

ABOUT ROBERT CRAVEN, MD of The Directors' Centre

Robert Craven works with the ambitious directors of fast-growing businesses who feel that they could be doing even better.

• As a keynote speaker his style is challenging, honest and goading; free of business school hyperbole, he makes his audience think.
• The Financial Times describes him as 'the entrepreneurship guru'.
  
• Mentoring and Coaching - The Directors' Centre team work with a select number of Managing Directors to help them grow their businesses. Phone Robert direct to know more on 01225 851044.
  
  
  For more details go to the Directors' Centre website

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Robert Craven, The Directors' Centre, 1 The High Street, Woolley, Bath BA1 8AR, UK - +44 (0)1225 851044 - www.directorscentre.com

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