A Business Angel is an investor that provides development capital to growing companies or new companies. More and more investors are realising that becoming a business angel can be an attractive alternative investment with the additional benefit of becoming involved in an exciting growing business. A business angel is a wealthy investor who is willing to risk investing in a startup in exchange for a stake in the company. A business angel with the right skills can strengthen your business by adding skills or experience that you lack.

Angels expect you to have a clear idea about what the funds you ask for will be used for. Angel investors understand the needs of a new business through their own experience and are able to advice and aid the companies in many ways. Angel capital fills the gap in start-up financing between “friends and family” (sometimes humorously called “friends, family, and fools”) who provide seed funding, and venture capital.

Angels seek profit, but they also enjoy the excitement of being involved in early-stage companies in trendy fields. Angels take a vested interest in the business and an active role as they are taking a risk by investing in them. Business angels are usually former entrepreneurs or executives that have past experience and business skills which can help provide capital and business advice often in return for shares in the business. Angel investors or Business angels can be a great way to finance your business; they will often be entrepreneurs that have successful businesses of their own.

Businesses are unlikely to be suitable for investment by a business angel unless certain conditions are fulfilled. However, being a business angel is not just about providing a source of finance, they add to the overall business mix and can offer guidance and mentoring to the companies in which they invest. To attract a business angel you need a solid business plan. But just as important is guidance and encouragement from a business mentor. The fundamental difference between a business adviser or consultant and a business mentor is that the adviser will work to find a solution for the client, whereas the business mentor provides a different point of view and acts as a referral point, encouraging the client to assess and explore options, develop new skills and make informed decisions.

Rob

Davison Consultancy

Have you a product, service or a PR story that you want to promote?

Write an article and submit it to the following sites for free. Yes, it takes time but it’s worth it if you position your product/service correctly.

Publishing articles on the popular content sites can have a dramatic effect on your web traffic. Ok, it’s not an overnight sensation, but every little helps to build up your page ranking!

Try these links:

http://www.pressexposure.com

http://www.ezinearticles.com

http://www.dropjack.com

http://goarticles.com

http://www.articlecity.com

Enjoy. 

Rob

http://www.davisonconsultancy.co.uk

Business mentoring is about getting advice and direction from a specialist who is wise in a particular area.
Business mentoring is where a small business operator is matched up with an experienced and trusting advisor.
For these reasons, and many more, business mentoring is increasingly popular as a solution to a multitude of business challenges. Mentoring is a highly interactive process and requires strong commitment from both the mentor and the business directors/management team. If interested in researching or learning more about business mentoring, please look at the Davison Consultancy website for more details.
The most critical component in mentoring, most professionals would agree, is being able to listen. The key differences between coaching and mentoring are: Mentoring invents a future based on past experience whereas coaching invents a future from an individual’s own suggestions and input.MentorMentoring is one way in which small businesses can advance business development rapidly by drawing on the experience, skills and knowledge of successful business managers and business professional service providers. Mentoring covers everything from help with planning and researching your business and assistance with your business plan through to the sharing of contacts and encouragement to help you reach your goals. Mentoring is designed to uncover talents and enhance skills in a supportive and open relationship. Mentoring has been used successfully in the workplace for years.Business Mentoring is designed to give you the tools, knowledge and resources to accelerate your business. For these reasons, and many more, business mentoring is increasingly popular as a solution to a myriad of challenges. Business mentoring is an enduring relationship that helps you realise your potential and achieve your business goals.

Internet Strategy is more than developing web business strategies and a web design strategy. As a business, the ultimate objective of an Internet strategy is to convert a looker into a client. An internet strategy is a plan for how your business will use the internet.Strategy

Project management is simply guiding a project from inception to successful completion, making coordinated use of processes and systems to guide and encourage people to successfully perform a project’s work.Management

So what do you think of recruitment agencies?

Ok, Estate Agents and Solicitors fall into the same category, but are a necessary service that we must use. Therefore, I was pleasantly surprised to come across a recruitment agency that operates in a cost effective way, whilst actually doing what I think an agency should do, namely: get the right person as quickly as possible and only send good candidates, also, don’t charge a fortune for doing it.

right click is at the forefront of a new generation of recruitment businesses that utilise the internet to deliver high quality, high speed and highly cost effective recruitment services.

Have a look at this rapidly expanding recruitment agency, I think it will create quite a stir with the traditional agencies.

RightClick Recruitment

Rob

http://www.davisonconsultancy.co.uk

Business Mentoring 

Starting or growing a business requires money, so a good Business Plan can help you gain that extra finance. However, once the funding is in place it is so easy to get carried away with that huge marketing spend, new office equipment and increasing the headcount.

Ensuring the money is put to good use, and more importantly the business is kept focused on it’s real goals and not get side tracked is of paramount importance. A lot of businesses do not only require extra finance, but some would benefit from business mentoring so that business improvement is sought and achieved far quicker than learning by mistakes.

Business coaching can be a useful way to have a sounding board for your ideas and clarify that strategy that gets dusted down now and then. By utilising a seasoned business professional who has started and grown businesses means you can learn from someone who knows what it’s like to manage that bottom line, personally.

So if you feel money isn’t everything that your business needs just now then consider a business review, it only takes a day and can be the best investment you make to maximising your business effectiveness.

Rob

http://www.davisonconsultancy.co.uk

I read one of my old books the other day that may be relevant to businesses that may have experienced a downturn.

For those who have not come across it, then I would recommend it as a good business read.

If you are interested the details are:

Who Moved My Cheese
Written by Dr Spencer Johnson
ISBN 9780091816971

Have a look at registering your Blog with blogrush.com as it will improve your traffic ranking. It’s free to sign-up and the site is very easy to navigate and understand. .

Full non-technical instructions are available to help you install BlogRush into your own Blog.

Rob
Davison Consultancy

Adwords needs careful selection of the keywords you are going to be using, be they individual words or phrases. Exact matches is always preferable but sometimes difficult to warrant paying a high PPC bid price.

Have a look at Web CEO tool, it’s a start and will guide you through how to research your words. If you fancy paying for the ‘knowledge’ then try wordtracker.

Always ensure your html filenames, page titles, page content, tags, Adword advert and Adwords all use the same keywords in order to maximise the impact. If the page position is less than 10, then up your price or try some other words.

Hope that helps to drive more traffic to your site.

Rob
Davison Consultancy