BUSINESS  MENTOR
 

        Small Business Mentor, New Forest           

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Louise Kingshott

* 16 years in Blue Chip Marketing & Management
* Experience of running own successful businesses
* BA 2.1 Degree
* Coaching Diploma from the Coaching Academy

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Business Packages

* Planning for Growth
* Profiting from the Internet
* Business Coaching
* Marketing Review
* Product Launch
* Business Start Ups
* Recession Survival

and many more tailored to YOUR business needs

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Small Business Mentor, New Forest

CASE STUDIES

       

 

   

Business Mentoring - Soft Furnishings

Over the course of a year I worked with CB - an established high end soft furnishings company - monthly on various aspects of business including staffing, increasing sales via identifying new income streams, improving marketing focus and getting a better handle on profitability of existing lines via better monitoring of time per job etc. Feedback was that time spent had been invaluable in allowing business owners to stand back from the daily tasks and develop a new clarity on direction to take to grow the business to the desired level.

 
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Business Mentoring - Florist

I helped this shop based Floristry business to review and analyse the viability of taking the business online and closing the shop over the course of three sessions. Issues relating to the lease and staffing were also debated and I helped the owner to plan an exit strategy to minimise costs.

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Business Mentoring - American Diner

Just one session was required by the owner of this business in the pre launch stage - overwhelmed by his burgeoning list of tasks I was able to help him complete a timeline chart and action list getting all the related actions into priority order and significantly reducing his stress levels!

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Business Coaching - Sky Writing

PM came to me with a concept for a business but the time pressures of his existing role had meant he'd not got round to making a start. By asking questions along the lines of the GROW model we worked together to define the desired goal (G) , the reality of what progress had been made to date (R) , helped him brainstorm many options for taking things forward (O) then prioritised these down and examined the will (W) and motivation needed to tackle the next steps. Together we produced a detailed action plan as well as a timeline and PM felt he'd made more progress in 3 coaching sessions with me than he'd made in a year alone.

 
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Product Launch - Breast Pad

CP having worked in the textile industry and then become a mum of 2 had noticed a gap in the market for a more high tech breast pad. Whilst she had the expertise needed to consult with manufacturers, suppliers etc and create a fantastic product, she lacked the knowledge of how to go about marketing/ packaging and presenting her product to retailers. I helped her with market research and hence product positioning & pricing. We also worked together on a trade marketing presentation covering all elements of the proposed marketing plan, market share forecasts vs existing products and full market review. I then role played a typical buyer meeting with CP to give her confidence in her first sales meeting with a major retailer which she found extremely helpful in ironing out potential pitfalls in her sales approach.
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          Louise Kingshott              Tel. 07931 350642                    E mail   louisekingshott1@gmail.com                          Website by Liquid Web Design
       


Areas Covered:

Bournemouth
Poole
Southampton
Portsmouth
Fareham
Winchester
Andover
Ringwood
Wimborne
Salisbury
New Forest
Wiltshire
Hampshire
Dorset

       


Areas of Expertise:

Product Development
Retail Marketing
Retail Buying
Brand Marketing
Trade Marketing
Traditional Marketing
Web Design
Internet Marketing
Web Marketing
E Mail Marketing
Search Engine Optimisation

       


Also experienced in:

Project Management
Event Management
TV & Radio Advertising
Packaging Design
Graphic Design
Interior Design
Recruitment & Interviewing
Book keeping & accounts
Basic Video Production
Photoshop
People Management
Financial Analysis

       


Industries Worked in:

Healthcare
Pharmaceuticals
Snack Foods
Soft Drinks
Entertainment
Tribute Bands
Entertainment Agency
Interior Design
Architecture
Web Design
Search Engine Optimisation
Coaching