"He has helped us implement our social media & marketing strategy with unbelievable results. Paul’s in-depth understanding of social media has been a key factor in all our marketing efforts. We are now extremely busy and have had to take additional staff on to cope with our increasing and profitable workload."
- Graham Hunstone – Managing Director


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"Paul has restored my faith in business advisors – he quickly grasped the issues relating to my business, made me look at the business from a different perspective and gave me great, commercially-minded, advice. We are continuing to use Paul to review some new business ideas and, without a doubt, consider his time and input especially around social media and social networking to be invaluable."
- Lesley Pashley – Managing Director - Redlime Marketing

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"The world is full of offers to help you grow your business. Those that make a real impact are few but just sometimes a real gem of a person comes along and makes a difference.  Paul Parkinson sits in this category and has a great balance of skills that can really prise the best from your business."

"Approachable and friendly, Paul uses his many years of experience to assist in guiding businesses, encouraging them to focus on the key topics and fertilising their ideas. Software Europe has worked with Paul over the past 12 months and this engagement has been without doubt beneficial to all departments."
- Neil Everatt – Software Europe

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"I invited Paul to run a guest session for my international Master’s students on using online technologies and applications to develop new business ventures, as part of the Accelerated Entrepreneurship program I run. Here is a typical response from one of the Chinese students:"

"‘Paul Parkinson showed a perfect example of how a business could begin in few clicks and then grow. Through him, my view on business and entrepreneurship changed. I realised how much the world has advanced, that businesses can make good use of the technology like online tools and information and integrate those with the business.’"

"My experience is that Paul has a very acute understanding of the role of social media and online applications for developing business opportunities, especially how to use SEO and keywords to drive Internet traffic. He has a refreshingly practical approach which avoids either being too technical, jargon-ridden or theoretical, so it works really well at a business level."
- Professor David Rae – Director of Enterprise and Innovation

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"We first met Paul at a speed networking event. From first meeting we were struck by Paul’s enthusiasm and his countless ideas for developing our business. From that meeting Paul invited us to participate in a programme he was running. Since then we have never looked back and Paul has provided us with ongoing support gave us the opportunity to focus on our business, the strengths and weaknesses and to refine our approach to market."

"Throughout our time on the programme, Paul was there to guide us and advise us, particularly in areas such as how to optimise our website and marketing. As our business is not just focussed on one activity, (bearing failures analysis as well as business process, HR and safety management), Paul helped us recognise the parts we needed to keep separate and which elements of the business could be integrated effectively and how both could be expanded and improved."

"With Paul’s extensive network of contacts he was able to suggest other companies we could talk to and collaborate with; he was also able to help us access other coaching and advice that has helped us enormously in areas we had not recognised could be improved."

"Paul is very dynamic, knowledgeable and fun. If you need to know something, it will be rare that Paul doesn’t know the answer. However, if there is something he doesn’t know, you can be sure he’ll be able to put you in touch with someone that can help." "We would highly recommend Paul as someone who is very knowledgeable about the small business community and how to develop and expand a small business. There are certainly areas of our business that have improved to a point we could never have achieved without his help and advice."
- David & Jane Riley – Directors  JAD ASSOCIATES

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"We first met Paul in early 2010 following our enquiry about the Robust Futures courses being held at Lincoln University Business School. Immediately, we felt we had a lot in common with Paul and found him very down to earth and easy to engage with. It was also very clear from the start that Paul is somewhat of an expert when it comes to starting and developing small businesses (especially on the web) but more importantly, he has a deep understanding from an entrepreneurial/business owner perspective having started and developed several of his own enterprises."

"Paul got us to answer a lot of searching questions to make us look closely at our business model and operations with our plans going forward, this helped us to identify 2 key potential problems and adapt our business plan and strategy accordingly."

"In an age where networking both offline and more importantly online is becoming a key part of growing a business, there’s no question Paul is very well informed and connected. He has a vast array of useful resources at his disposal to bring to the table. In addition, he is a guy who can add huge potential value to any aspiring business along with plenty of enthusiasm and encouragement. Paul is undoubtedly a good all round decent guy to have on your team."
- Dave Orrey – Director CREDIBLE INVESTMENTS (UK)

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"Due to Paul’s knowledge of social and online marketing plus his extensive network of contacts he was able to help us take our business to another level. Paul is very dynamic, knowledgeable and fun. If you need to know something, it will be rare that Paul doesn’t know the answer. However, if there is something he doesn’t know, you can be sure he’ll be able to put you in touch with someone that can help due to his extensive network."

"We would highly recommend Paul as someone who is very knowledgeable about both the online environment and the small business community and how to develop and expand a small business via the use of social media. There are certainly areas of our business that have improved to a point we could never have achieved without his help and advice."
- Adam Carter – Managing Director - ADAM CARTER SOLUTIONS

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"As a go-ahead SME looking to enter a new phase of growth, we have had a very positive experience of dealing with Paul and his team."

"We needed a structured short-cut to analysing our current market position and creating a strategic plan to achieve a significant increase in sales volume."

"With Paul’s help and guidance, this has been achieved in a remarkably short space of time partly through the effect of social networking and social marketing – but with the valuable add-on that his advice is still available to us as we prosper and grow."
- Jeremy Heath & Helen Burlefinger - Greens Water Systems
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"When Paul and I first met I knew I had a good product to sell, but had no idea how to get myself to market, I was down, really down and my business nearly gone. I joined the robust futures and found myself under the expert care of Paul Parkinson, it may sound like a bit of a cliché, but I could almost feel Paul pulling me up and setting me on the road to success. The song that comes to mind is ‘when you need me I’ll be there’. He was always on the end of the phone or e-mail and it was great to feel the support and have the good feel factor of knowing I was no longer alone. Paul’s vibrance and bubbly nature meant that it never really felt like work, he has lots of really good ideas and the drive and motivation to see them through. Thanks Paul."
- Lucille Sheppard – Managing Director FOOD SFETY TRAINING (UK)