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3 steps to securing votes for Fund101

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 Yesterday we launched Fund101 and, 62 applications later, it's off to a strong start. Now it's time to secure votes so payment can be made to put your ideas and plans into action. Plans such as 

 who need Â£453 to purchase a sound card that's expected to double productivity or 

 who need an oven so the specialist cake making business can expand. There are 60 others like this; great ideas or businesses with plans for expansion. To get there, a little capital is required and this month, with support from fund partners Intuit and PayPal, we'll be giving Â£5,000 to applicants who meet voting targets.

So, fund applicants, here's a 3 step process to ensure you hit your target number of votes and payment. 

 So voters can get a feel for you and your business, upload a picture or logo to bring your application to life. You can do this by clicking 'change avatar' in your profile. 

 Think of your profile as a mini business pitch. Tell us about you and your business, why you are looking for the money, and how it will help the business start or grow ie give me a complete picture in a few words. Good examples of this are 

. At the end of the profile consider linking to your website, if you have one, so potential voters can click to find out more about you. 

 Now it's time to have some fun! Promote your application so people know to vote for you. Make the most of social sharing to tweet about your application, share on Facebook etc and encourage your networks do the same. 

. You could include a link to your application page in an email sign-off, on business cards, promotion materials, on your website or mention it to people you meet. Promoting your application will improve skills in marketing and social media so it's all good for business. With the picture uploaded, profile complete and promotion underway, the final step will be getting paid. We hope as many of you as possible will be reaching that payment point soon!

&lt;p&gt;Hi. We’re 24 fingers, an award-winning digital marketing agency.&amp;nbsp;We help small business owners&amp;nbsp;who are all fingers &amp;amp;&amp;nbsp;thumbs with their&amp;nbsp;marketing to grow their brand. Founder Emma Goode is the&amp;nbsp;proud Local Leader for Enterprise Nation in Essex.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Whether it’s getting more leads from social, increasing brand awareness or engaging with your customers, our fingers can help add extra digits to your bottom line.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We work with start-ups and companies both big and small, as well as individuals who need a helping hand navigating the ever-changing world of social media. We know how difficult it can be for businesses to keep up with all the algorithm updates.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Coming from a copywriting and publishing background, our expert team of content creators also know just how powerful great content can be. Just ask the 26 million people who saw our ‘Nostalgia’ campaign for one of our clients. That was achieved without spending a penny on paid advertising too. Powerful stuff, eh?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Whether you need an SEO strategy,&amp;nbsp;help with social media management, advice on what to blog about,&amp;nbsp;how to get more sales from social, or you fancy coming along to one of our practical social media training workshops, our hands are here to support you and your business, whatever stage you’re at.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Click here to book your&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://calendly.com/24fingers"&gt;free Strategy Session&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

Managing Director

business.connected: Create highly effective landing pages

Watch back: Insight into creating highly effective landing pages for your business

<p>As Enterprise Nation's small business community manager, my role is to guide our members through every stage of their user journey, developing and improving their experience within the Enterprise Nation community, and arming them with the knowledge and resources they need to start and grow their business.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

<p>I have over 20 years of experience working in customer and B2B support. Having also managed a small business for many years, I understand the struggles that they face am passionate about helping them grow. I love to hear member success stories, particularly those in the food and drink sector.&nbsp;</p>

Small Business Community Manager

Mental health and wellbeing

This is a group dedicated to small businesses operating in the health, mental health, and wellbeing industries. Whether you’re just starting out, or if you’re already on your journey to business success, this is a meeting place for you to connect and share knowledge with like-minded founders. Please join, introduce yourself and get the conversation started. 

If you’re a business adviser looking to expand your network, and you can help small businesses in the health, fitness and wellbeing sector

Creative Director

Bringing Your Brand to Life

&lt;p&gt;What will you get?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Your business will have&amp;nbsp;a fabulous looking and fully functional website along with other assets you need to bring your brand to life*.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;What you cover&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;What are the critical elements your website must have?&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;How to implement your foundations, business and marketing plan, and brand identity into your site.&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Functionality - what is the user journey a

&lt;p&gt;Accounting is our superpower. We are your new secret weapon in the battle to evolve your business. With our team of experts at your fingertips, all your accounting worries, from receipts to compliance and advisory, are a thing of the past. The team at Finance Box are able to take on whatever it is that you need. We can take on the simple bill processing through to all the compliance and further still to advisory services. Each service can be switched on or off as you need. Our pricing is super-transparent and you only pay for what you need at each service level.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'm Steve, CEO - but more commonly known as 'The Mechanic' as I am often building automations to make busines easier.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

Steven Case

&lt;p&gt;Accounting is our superpower. We are your new secret weapon in the battle to evolve your business. With our team of experts at your fingertips, all your accounting worries, from receipts to compliance and advisory, are a thing of the past. The team at Finance Box are able to take on whatever it is that you need. We can take on the simple bill processing through to all the compliance and further still to advisory services. Each service can be switched on or off as you need. Our pricing i

3 steps to securing votes for Fund101

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