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About Me

Jonathan Sharp

Business Advisor
Ripple Marketing
https://www.ripplemarketing.com.au/
Brookvale, New South Wales
0403 877157
Owner and Managing Director of Ripple Marketing Australia. Ripple Marketing is a unique multi-location agency without the jargon, nasty surprises and hidden costs.

Franchises now available in multiple areas.

Local businesses can take advantage of hourly, daily or project rates or make use of a $100k marketing resource only when they need it. Some businesses use me only for a block of time, some on a regularly scheduled basis.

Specialist in: Online (Effective websites, striking social media pages, online ad campaigns etc), Graphic Design (Logos, flyers, adverts etc), Presentation training, Strategic planning and much more.

My Activity

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Q: Hi,
I’m looking to begin writing a blog. Not sure where to start, how to set it up, what to include etc.
Can anyone recommend a good site that can give me information to get me started. I don’t want to make silly mistakes or reinvent the wheel unnecessarily?
A: Hi Jess

It depends on what you want to gain from the blog. Sounds like a silly question but bear with me.

A blog has two aims - one to simply gain a following and readers and two to gain more exposure or visits for your brand / website. If you have no desire to build a brand or expand in any way then you can use an external blog site but I would always build a blog on my own site and use it to communicate my services, brand or whatever.

AN external blog site usually has a subscription cost to pay.

Setup your own site: Buy a domain (about $12 per year - www.jessf.com.au or whatever), hosting (about $50 per year) a simple wordpress template (about $20). The setup is more involved than using an external service but as you say - get it right from the beginning).
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Q: Hi, I am setting up an online fashion and cosmetics business and interested to get people thoughts on CRM's they use for marketing purposes – which one's work best and are cost effective, thank you ?
A: Hi Elsie

Good advice from the previous two answers. I can only mention what I use and why.

I use Zoho. The free version is fine to begin with then its quite cheap to go up to a couple more users. I also use the Zoho SalesIQ add on which allows me to get real time website visitor details and live chat with them. I don't use the marketing part of the CRM however as ZOHO and Mailchimp integrate which means anyone I add to my CRM goes into my Mailchimp list and can be marketed to from there. Mailchimp is also free to begin with.

The other nice thing about Zoho is there is an iphone app that scans business cards as I get them and uploads them into my crm automatically.

Hope it helps.

Jonathan
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Ripple Marketing - our services

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Q: I am in the planning stage of a large national charity event with a launch date of October and the actual event March next year. One of the prizes for a club to participate i am looking at is leasing a mini bus for the winning club for 12 months. Advice?
A: I guess that’s the questions I am after. Basically the sponsorship for the event will pay for the mini bus so essentially my company would pay the monthly lease. It’s more about the short term - 1 year. From tax and risk point of view I am weighing up short term lease vs rental. Hoping someone has an ingenious idea!
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Q: I am in the planning stage of a large national charity event with a launch date of October and the actual event March next year. One of the prizes for a club to participate i am looking at is leasing a mini bus for the winning club for 12 months. Advice?
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TEDx Live at Ripple Marketing Brookvale
Welcome to our 4th year of Ripple Marketing hosting a live (satellite) event streaming the talks live from TEDx Sydney
It is a great opportunity for networking, however, there are limited numbers.&am ...
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Why we are different - Ripple Marketing

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Q: I am a franchisor. New franchisees need to pay between $20k and $35k to join the group. What's the best way to arrange to finance this fee as a new franchisee?
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Q: I am self employed and while my income has been good in the last few months, things were a bit tight before. I am keen to grow the business but have no security available. What options do I have to obtain a loan?