Posts in Financial Sustainability
5 valid reasons why you want to make more sales + revenue in your social enterprise

If you're feeling shame around wanting to increase your sales and revenue in 2023, please don't. There are lots of very valid and important reasons why you, the social impact business owner / social entrepreneur want to generate more money.

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6 things to check you have in place to scale

So you’re so ready to attract more clients and generate more sales in your social enterprise or purpose-led business? Here’s 6 things to check you have in place so you can grow to your next level.

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This isn't what sales should be....

Sales doesn't have to be pushy, persuasive, manipulative, aggressive, dishonest, cloak & dagger, excessive, or overwhelming. It gets to be what you want it to be....with integrity, transparency, honesty, respect and equality.

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Let's stop doing sales this way....

There’s so many ways we hear about how sales should be done but they often don’t align with us as purpose-driven entrepreneurs passionate about social impact, so why not try another way….

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Where to find funding for social enterprises (in the UK)

If you're starting a new social enterprise or looking for financial support, you shouldn't necessarily jump straight to grant funding as a long-term plan. Here’s what I recommend instead of grant funding or crowdfunding when you’re just starting out or are looking for some support or investment within the UK.

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The benefits of starting with a trading income as a social enterprise

All too many social enterprises start their business by applying and eventually securing grant funding. Some also try crowdfunding or asking for donations and sponsorship. I’m not opposed to any of these methods of generating income per se, however I do think there’s an issue if this is the only way new social enterprises think about how to generate income and don’t have an income strategy or business plan to generate the income they need on a sustainable business.

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4 reasons social enterprises struggle to generate the income they need

Why do so many social enterprises struggle to generate the income they need? It’s a question I’ve been answering ever since I started as a social entrepreneur back in 2013, and one of the main reasons why I set up my business Share Impact, to help social enterprises create sustainable trading incomes. In this blog I share the 4 most common reasons I’ve seen from working with hundreds of social enterprises.

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Selling to corporates vs asking for sponsorship

It was one of the most significant shifts I had when I started out as a social entrepreneur - “start SELLING to generate income and STOP ASKING for money” . In this blog I explain why you need to start selling and stop asking for sponsorship as a social entrepreneur.

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How much can I earn from selling to corporates?

If you’re thinking about offering a service to corporates but wondering how much income you could actually make, this blog answers it all. It’s probably a lot more than you realise. It’s something my social enterprise earns £70k plus a year from, and my clients up to £90k in a single pitch!

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How to get started selling to corporates

If, like me 7 years ago, you don’t have experience of working in corporates; don’t have any links to anyone in corporate and have never sold anything to corporates before how do you get started? This is what I cover in my free webinar: How to get started selling to corporates? And in this blog I’m giving you a little taster of what we cover.

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