Sally runs Worktaster, a platform for young people aged 14 to 19 to find the work experience they need to get started on their career journey.

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It's time for episode 31 of our podcast, the Small Business Sessions.

Lying exhausted after tackling the New York marathon isn't the obvious time to come up with a business idea, but that's what happened to Sally Tomlinson.

, a platform for young people aged 14 to 19 to find the work experience they need to get started on their career journey.

The service helps schools to monitor what they're up to and report their findings to Ofsted at the same time as giving businesses a hassle free way of engaging their local community.

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Sally Tomlinson's one-stop solution for work experience – Small Business Sessions podcast (S1E31)

Worktaster is a platform for young people to find the work experience they need to get started on their career journey.

I&apos;m a sales, marketing, and SEO specialist. I&apos;m also a copywriter. I have worked in the digital sector for over 20 years. I believe that good planning is pivotal for sales success.
I help start-ups and SMEs devise affordable sales and marketing plans to help them grow. This includes planning strong sales foundations and well thought out sales and marketing strategies (offline and online).
I also help people gain a better understanding of the sales process. In addition, I provide sessions to help people improve their sales skills and their business networking skills. I take a hybrid approach and look at both offline and online sales activity. Often there is an overlap.
My high level of expertise and experience across traditional sales, and the different elements of digital sales, should make me a good choice for those who want to grow via sales and marketing.
Digital is such a complex and competitive area that you need to stand out from the crowd! Getting the right message in front of the right audience is key, as is doing the right form of digital activity at the right time. There is so much digital choice that you can&apos;t possibly do everything, but knowing what to do and when is important. This is why working with someone with experience across many different areas of digital can be extremely beneficial.
I have been involved in all sorts of digital development, digital sales and marketing, and digital advertising throughout my 20-year career in the digital sector. I have also held some very senior level SEO/marketing and sales related roles for several well-known brands.
For the past 7 years, I have worked within the small business sector. I have gained a very good understanding of the various sales and marketing challenges faced by SMEs. I also have in-depth knowledge and understanding of most of the different types of sales and marketing opportunities available.
My USP is that I have extensive experience and expertise in lots of different areas of sales, marketing, and digital. I am also an SEO / inbound marketing specialist. This should make me a very good person to speak to in the first instance.
I always look at sales, marketing, and SEO from the angle of how these things can be done most effectively and also cost effectively.
I run a small planning agency called <a href=&apos;https://brandplanning.co.uk/&apos; target=&apos;_self&apos;>brandplanning.co.uk</a> . Through this, I provide sales, marketing, digital and SEO consultancy to start ups and SMEs. My company also provides a range of competitively priced, sales focused digital and website planning services. My company is extremely well connected with several small, specialist digital/ marketing agencies, so I can also work with clients to help implement strategies cost effectively.
My key areas of specialism are listed below:-
Brand planning, traditional sales, traditional marketing, digital sales, digital marketing, keyword research and planning, website planning, website development, content strategy &amp; planning, copywriting, PPC, SEO, local search, social media (2 platforms), social selling, PR, advertising and digital PR.
I can also provide presentations/ speeches to small businesses and/ or at small business events on the areas outlined above.

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Adviser of the Month: Emma Meheux

Congratulations to our Adviser of the Month for October, Emma Meheux, founder of Brand Planning Ltd.

Natalie is a performance marketing consultant, with extensive experience in the D2C &amp; subscription space. Most recently she worked as Head of Performance Marketing for Tails.com, joining the start up at an early stage and being part of the team that drove 5x revenue growth. Her experience includes launching and scaling across a range of marketing channels (digital &amp; offline) &amp; countries, leading on site conversion projects and using CRM to increase customer retention.
In addition to her in house experience she has a search agency grounding, and an entrepreneurial spirit which saw her launch an award nominated blog and led to her writing for Timeout &amp; GroupOn.
Natalie is also a mum of 2 mum and yoga teacher, so she understands the small business owner’s challenge of having to wear many hats.
If you want to work with Natalie to increase your customer growth and create content that converts, get in touch now.

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Sally Tomlinson's one-stop solution for work experience – Small Business Sessions podcast (S1E31)

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