Black Diamond Marketing is constantly adapting our strategies so your business can stay ahead of the latest market trends. Our biggest focus is helping small business owners understand the power of online marketing by helping your team find ways to align marketing activities with your business goals. Digital Marketing is complex, but when done right, it can transform your business. We'll help you define your audience and create a marketing strategy that speaks to your customers no matter where they are in the sales cycle.We'll keep you on the market pulse and give your voice authority. We'll promote your company in the search engines so that your brand gets priority in search results. We'll help you automate repetitive marketing tasks, freeing up your sales team to interact more personally with prospects. Finally, we'll help you quantify results with analytics that tell you what is working and what isn't.

B Solar Energy Installations is always looking to use the most cutting-edge technology within the renewable energy industry.B Solar Energy Installations has been providing expert renewable energy solutions based across the UK. Based in Essex we are one of the leading providers in the South East. We provide solar panel installations to domestic and commercial properties. Our team has over 50 years of shared experience in engineering and electrical installations, which allows us to provide a high-quality service. We also have a sister company, B3 Scaffolding, which means we can provide all necessary services in-house and don’t have to use subcontractors. This allows us to maintain a high level of quality control and offer competitive prices.

QNX Direct is an export management and sourcing company based in Quy Nhon, Binh Dinh, Vietnam. Our location offers us direct access to a wide range of high quality, handmade and unique locally manufactured products. Our offices are within 5km of Quy Nhon’s international shipping port (some of our manufacturers are even closer!) which means we can be directly involved in each stage of the manufacturing and shipping process, ensuring the best quality service throughout. QNX Direct also has access to warehouse and storage facilities.QNX Direct understands how business works in Vietnam and our mission is to get the best product at the best price. With over 10 years’ experience selling into the international market place, you know you are in good hands. We pride ourselves in offering fast and efficient delivery through our network of shipping partners. Our main distribution routes are to the EU, US, ASEAN and Australia. Our multilingual team (fluent in both English and Vietnamese) work tirelessly to ensure you get the best quality product, price and customer service from start to finish. *Update - This business was sold I January 2019.

Selling advertising packages to new business accountsBooking and attending my own face to face appointments (15 + a week)Working from my company car 4 days a week so highly self-motivatedCold calling both on the phone and face to face with owners of SMERegular conference calls with management to keep track of performance Completed 2 week residential intensive sales training courseMade redundant in August 2013

I was responsible for advertising sales, administration and coordinating editorial and featuresThis role is a mixture of developing already existing accounts and creating new business by cold calling and visiting clients face to faceDealing with a mixture of clients and different budgetsI always reached and more often than not exceed my monthly targetI was promoted in March 2011 to Senior Sales Executive to launch and manage a new consumer facing magazine – Fine Foodies.Since launching Fine Foodies I am now in the process of launching two more magazines.

• Dealing with customers face to face and over the phone. • Qualifying customers needs and matching with appropriate products. • Communicating with a wide variety of people. • Organising collection of vehicles and making sure car is ready for collection (high levels of organisational and time management).• Selling a wide variety of additional products such as paint protection• Working towards and regularly exceeding monthly targets.

• Create new business by cold calling customers. Selling both on the phone and face to face, an average of 10 appointments a week.• Managing existing customer base and keeping regular contact with accounts.• Based in London, my ‘areas’ were the SE postcodes, E postcodes and Essex.• Responding to customers needs and suggesting possible solutions.• Managing the database and updating it as necessary.• Working under pressure to meet KPI’s.• Meeting and exceeding weekly and monthly targets. • Dealing with and closing face to face and over the phone managing directors, financial directors, purchasing managers, facilities managers on a daily basis.

• Calling existing customers and selling consumables for their machines. • Cold calling customers to create new business, whilst in this employment I secured the business of companies such as Barclays Bank, The BBC, and Northern Rock.• Liaising with customers face to face to secure orders and up sell and cross sell from a wide range of products.• Managing accounts on a daily basis, building relationships with key decision makers and ensuring all customers had enough stock. • Closing business with MD’s and other levels of management.• Following up from new installs of machines to arrange meetings to discuss potential envelope orders.• Meeting with my sales managers and taking international conference calls on a weekly basis to discuss sales figures, profit and possible strategies for increasing sales.• Dealing with customer queries or problems over orders and machine malfunctions in a timely and effective manor.• Working towards and exceeding weekly, monthly and quarterly KPI’s.• I always met and regularly exceeded my targets and in May 2006 I was the 3rd best sales rep internationally, achieving 298% of my quota.• Working closely with clients to ensure the design of the envelope, the size and layout is going to be effective for its intended purpose.• Making each deal as profitable as possible.• Working under pressure and high levels of multi tasking.