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Practical guidance and advice from real-life business experiences for business leaders (3) --- ** # Vistage UK Blog ** Category: All categories Uncategorized Business Leading, Not Managing Getting Ahead Strategy Work/Life Balance Issues Employee Motivation Life At The Top Sales Vistage Members Speakers HR Economy Marketing Recruitment Vistage Change Management Being a new CEO Vistage Chair Exit Planning/Strategies Family Business Technology Vistage Staff Time Management Vistage Open Days Mental Health Brexit Negotiation Scaleup Business Cybersecurity Raising finance 28 Results [Business](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/business) July 31, 2015 [![](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hubfs/Blog_Images/pixabay_images/daffodils.jpg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/marketing-for-ceos-and-the-4-not-so-great-expectations) ### [Marketing for CEOs and the 4 Not-so-Great Expectations!](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/marketing-for-ceos-and-the-4-not-so-great-expectations) It never ceases to surprise us when CEOs confide that they don’t have stellar expectations of what marketing can do for their business. “Sure it can make a.. [Business](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/business) November 27, 2014 ### [95% of Companies Get Their Value Proposition Wrong - How Does Yours Compare?](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/wrong-value-proposition) 95% of all companies do not even know what their competitive advantages are. Much less are able to communicate a clear reason for why customers should choose.. [Marketing](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/marketing) October 22, 2014 [![](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hs-fs/file-1930006776-jpg/Blog_Images/pixabay_images/social_media_for_smes.jpg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/smes-use-social-media-just-because-their-competitors-do) ### [26% of SMEs Use Social Media Just Because Their Competitors Do!](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/smes-use-social-media-just-because-their-competitors-do) Practically every company uses social media, but some business leaders are using it for no good reason at all. According to Social Media Examiner, 97% of.. [Business](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/business) September 23, 2014 [![](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hs-fs/file-1688501575-jpg/Blog_Images/pixabay_images/verbal_education_in_business.jpg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/why-verbal-education-only-does-half-the-job) ### [Save Your Breath: Why Verbal Education Only Does Half the Job](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/why-verbal-education-only-does-half-the-job) If you’re in business, chances are you spend a good portion of your day delivering verbal education. You may not know what that means, but it doesn’t mean that.. 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[Business](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/business) July 10, 2014 [![](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hs-fs/file-1204098145-jpg/Blog_Images/pixabay_images/Social_Media.jpg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/what-ceos-need-to-know-about-seo) ### [What CEOs Need to Know About SEO](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/what-ceos-need-to-know-about-seo) Before we go too far down the rabbit hole, this article isn’t intended to make you an expert in online marketing techniques. It is hoped to give you an.. [Business](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/business) June 30, 2014 [![](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hs-fs/file-1133080140-jpg/Blog_Images/pixabay_images/what_you_need_to_know_from_marketing.jpg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/what-you-really-need-to-know-from-marketing-at-the-board-meeting) ### [What You Really Need to Know From Marketing at the Board Meeting](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/what-you-really-need-to-know-from-marketing-at-the-board-meeting) It’s funny. Finance, production and sales present spreadsheets, sometimes in great detail at the board meeting – and then there’s marketing. Marketing is the.. [Marketing](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/topic/marketing) June 13, 2014 [![](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/hs-fs/file-1005373422-jpg/Blog_Images/pixabay_images/twitter_facebook_social_media_SMEs.jpg) ](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/smes-dont-use-social-media-properly-and-its-the-mds-fault) ### [83% of SMEs don’t use social media properly – and it’s the MDs fault!](https://blog.vistage.co.uk/smes-dont-use-social-media-properly-and-its-the-mds-fault) If your organisation is using social media without a proper plan, you could be missing out on opportunities to engage and build relationships with your.. 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