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.
Read MoreHow do you feel about selling and sales? If you're a social entrepreneur feeling deeply uncomfortable about the need to sell your products and services to actually generate revenue, know there is another way to think about sales.
Read MoreSales 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.
Read MoreThere are often times in business when we feel the pull to increase our revenue and profit but how do we do this and what options do we have? This blog shares eight ways of increasing your revenue as a social enterprise.
Read MoreThere’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….
Read MoreGetting your pricing right can be a real game-changer for any business, so I wanted to share with you the key pricing choices you have and share the key things you need to consider, depending on which one(s) you choose.
Read MoreIf you're wondering how to generate a trading income in your social enterprise, here I share 10 different revenue streams to consider in your business, so you don't have to rely on grant funding.
Read MoreAll 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.
Read MoreWhy 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.
Read MoreIt 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.
Read MoreIf, 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.
Read MoreSustainable social enterprises often have multiple income streams and selling to corporates is a great way to increase your trading income your social enterprise. It’s how I got started as a social entrepreneur, selling our education programme to corporates in the energy, utility and construction sector. I now teach social entrepreneurs, like you, to do the same because with more income you can create more social impact.
Read MoreWhen I started as a Social Entrepreneur back in 2013, I knew we had an incredible vision for what we wanted to deliver but I honestly didn't know how we we're going to generate a trading income. Now I teach social enterprises how to create their own unique income and sales strategy, that aligns to their values and uses the power of the impact they create to attract and connect with customers.
Read MoreIf you’d like to sell to corporates but you’re wondering “What would they want to buy from me? What do I have that’s sellable?” I’m sharing some ideas and helpful questions in this blog to get you started.
Read MoreThere’s this super simple approach I take each month to make sure I achieve my monthly income goals in my social enterprise and help my clients do the same. Watch the video to find out how.
Read MoreMost people just setting up and starting their social enterprise assume grant funding is the best way to get started. I don’t think this is the case in most situations. It’s my belief that if you’re planning on being a viable, sustainable business (albeit it with a social purpose) then you should start as you mean to go on and start trading from day one.
Read More...without a business model that works for you and your social enterprise you may find you're often struggling to make enough each month to pay the bills; you often feeling like your chasing your tail; you're not sure if you can carry on; and you never have quite enough to deliver the impact you really want to make.
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We all know the importance having consistent, regular income to making our vision a reality but do you know all the elements needed to building a successful and sustainable social enterprise?Six unique ways I’ve seen my own clients and other social entrepreneurs pivot their business over the last couple of weeks due to Covid-19, and found new ways of selling so they can continue generating income and creating social impact.
Read MoreHere’s my very simple guide to how you can generate an income in your social enterprise, no matter what kind of business you are or your social impact. It’s all covered here.
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