It's good to know people

What an interesting day!
Dave Grooms of HMA Business Growth Solutions held a very informative free seminar in Eastbourne today. As the company name suggests, it was all about growth and marketing. I went to the morning session and was very pleased I did. Nowadays, Jim'll Fix It runs very smoothly. Most of my work comes from referrals of satisfied customers, and new work comes in at a comfortable level. Because of that it's very easy to get complacent and fall into a rut. I'd realised that I was "too comfortable". I wanted to have a look at what I'm doing, and what I ought to be doing. Hence the seminar came along at just the right time. Sure enough, during a two hour presentation Dave hit several "aha" buttons. One of the thing I picked up was to remember to stay in touch. It's easy to forget that clients can loose phone numbers too (and I thought it was just me!). It made me wonder how many good clients I may have temporarily 'lost'. By the end of the session I decided one of the things I'll be doing is to distribute my cards more frequently. So be warned - you may be getting a visit!

All seats at the session were taken. Many businesses were represented: builders suppliers; marketing companies; insolvency practitioners; bespoke kitchen manufacturers; solicitors; meat distributors; pie makers and me. A real cross section of people. One of the attendees on the seminar was Sam of Elsby Solicitors. Now this is one interesting guy to know... If you have, or you know someone who has suffered a personal injury, I reckon you would want to be in touch with this guy. I've taken the following from his website. Sam Elsby is a thoroughly professional, sympathetic and approachable lawyer who qualified as a solicitor in 1984. He has undertaken personal injury work exclusively since 1990 and has been a member of the Law Society’s specialist Personal Injury panel for more than 10 years. His firm was one of the first to be Accredited by the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) in 2005.
He formed his own law firm in early 2003 to provide a highly specialised and personal legal service dedicated to assisting accident victims. Since then, he has recovered compensation for clients ranging from a few thousand pounds to £2.7 million.
He represents clients throughout England & Wales although most are from the south east of England including Kent; Sussex; Surrey; Essex; Herts as well as Greater London. However he has travelled as far apart as Yorkshire and South Wales for cases. Every client is offered at least one home visit. Many of the claims result from accidents at work or road accidents and he has particular experience in both child and adult head injury cases. He regularly represents families at Coroner’s Inquests in fatal accident cases.
Visit his website, read the testimonials, and make your own mind up.
It's good to know the right people!