In our series of Go and Grow Online interviews with e-commerce entrepreneurs, Andrew Dennison advises aspiring entrepreneurs to start on a budget, make the...

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In our series of Go and Grow Online interviews with e-commerce entrepreneurs, Andrew Dennison advises aspiring entrepreneurs to start on a budget, make the most of marketplaces and show website visitors what you do in 4 seconds

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No - it's just me but I now have two employees and relief staff over the busy Christmas trading period who help us try and get some sleep! I do a bit of everything and no job is too small. My two employees are relatively new but are making great strides in running the core business on a day to day basis.

We now have premises which is very exciting! The business started at home.

I've always had a creative spark in me and wanted to design some artwork for our kitchen. Friends and family loved them so I did some for them and then decided to start up the business. We've now evolved naturally from prints into homewares such as aprons and tea towel textiles.

Did you use a template builder or hire a developer to create your website?

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A lot of thought went into the website design. We did originally get a quote from a developer who was offering a bespoke build for Â£5,000. It costs far more money to drive traffic to a website than it does to build it. So having an all flashing and singing website is great but not great if you don't have any traffic visiting it. It becomes very expensive real estate and is a huge opportunity cost on other activities you could do with your online business. We therefore opted for an off the shelf web trading platform called shopify. It was great as it was very click and play and they had some fabulous templates at an affordable price.

Has being online enabled you to enter new (and international) markets?

Yes it's been great - we regularly get customers from America who love our products and the fact that we're British.

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Please share your three top tips for online success:

We have experienced rapid growth in 3 years and we need to keep the momentum going. We are working heavily on product development for 2015 and are really focusing heavily on building and developing our CRM database to leverage our current customer base.

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&lt;p&gt;I started my career in journalism and was lucky that the content marketing revolution meant my particular skills - storytelling, audience engagement, creative idea generation&amp;nbsp;and so on - were soon in demand in the business world.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;From drawing out the heart of a brand&amp;#39;s message to creating powerful headlines and calls to action that drive... well, action... I help businesses stand back and ask the question, &amp;quot;So what?&amp;quot; It&amp;#39;s what separates indulgent copy from copy that hits the mark with target customers / clients and actually achieves a business goal.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Quality and precision are central to everything I do and&amp;nbsp;I have brought together a team of skilled professionals who have the same&amp;nbsp;level of commitment to doing their jobs to the best of their ability every day.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#39;m also passionate about flexible working and wellbeing in the workplace and am 100% committed to making sure that I do everything in my power to ensure that Rin Hamburgh &amp;amp; Co is a great company to work for as well as with.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;The online coaching and course creation industry is so vast and still growing, and so there's a huge opportunity for you to create&amp;nbsp;impact in the world by sharing and monetising your expertise.&amp;nbsp; I work with ladies all over the world, helping them to build a powerful online brand to support their business and enable them to attract clients with ease and confidence.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I help my clients to;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;- Build a business model to start, grow and scale an online coaching business&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;- Create a profitable online course, program or membership and launch it successfully&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;- Attract new clients through the use of magnetic social media and online sales systems&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;- Design high conversion funnels to achieve reliable enrolment into your programs and courses&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;- Set and achieve high ticket income goals and build a passive, evergreen strategy for growth&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;- Scale up their business, embracing a CEO Mindset and outsourcing for long term success&lt;/p&gt;

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

&lt;p&gt;Here's some of the programs I offer;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;??????? &lt;a href="https://www.subscribepage.com/authentic-sales-success-school-membership"&gt;Authentic Sales Success School&lt;/a&gt; - a sales-focussed membership&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;???? Online Sales Confidence Accelerator - 5 week program&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;If you're a coach or cousre creator with big ambitions, I'd love to speak with you.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Here's a bit more information about me as a person;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;MY VALUES&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;? Control the controllables, let go of the noise&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;WHO AM I REALLY?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;??????????? Collaborator &amp;amp; Community Builder&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;?? Always learning &amp;amp; growing&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;I'd love to meet you - you can book a &lt;a href="https://calendly.com/mysalesmentor/personalbreakthrough30mins"&gt;Personal Breakthrough Call here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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Rachael Howourth

Hi, I'm Rachael and I'm on a mission to help coaches, consultants and online course creators to build and scale their business, so that they can celebrate sellout program launches and create passive income streams.
As a sales mentor and business strategist (with 25 years experience), I get so much joy from enabling fellow online entrepreneurs to scale to 6 figures and beyond through strategy, training and coaching.
The online coaching and course creation industry is so vast and

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