Talk Business Magazine September 2014 | Page 11

CONTENTS WIN INSIDE 13 Editor’s letter 14 Contributors 17 News & events 20 Question of the month Do you haggle? TALK SUCCESS 22 22 On death’s door How Charlotte Roach went from the operating table to successful businesswoman 30 Take one company Easy Lock - pensioner, Bob TALK MONEY 37 The funding expert Achieving crowdfunding success 39 Take the fear out of chasing debtors 40 Six ways to increase your profit legally 43 A day in the life Amy Barker of Monks and Co. clothing 45 Perils of rising interest rates Adam Aiken TALK STRATEGY 47 Ebola, Lego and drama queens Rich With 49 Self-service selling Adam Caplan 54 Don’t bank on it How a £3 million deal spelt trouble 57 60 When the going gets tough How to beat the recession Animal instinct Discover your inner animal management style 65 Don’t let ‘no’ get you down Dealing with sales rejection TALK MARKETING 67 Eat, sleep, advertise Coca-Cola Kimberley Davis 69 What makes a great giveaway? 73 10 steps of Twitter Step 10: keep your enemies close 75 Gone in 60 seconds? Exterion discuss dwell time 79 South West Expo Join in on 18th September TALK PEOPLE 81 Lee McQueen Why you need a proper HR policy 83 Dealing with divorce 86 Secret diary Cause4 hits the Big Apple 89 Fired for being five minutes late Why you should set the tone of your Fitzjohn proves age doesn’t matter 33 Up and coming Therapy Box 35 Book reviews A TOSHIBA PORTEGE Z30 BUSINESS LAPTOP 90 93 95 WORTH £900 See page 112 everyday objects? 112 Error: does not compute W