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<!--Generated by Squarespace Site Server v5.11.81 (http://www.squarespace.com/) on Thu, 31 May 2012 04:37:37 GMT--><rss xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Blog</title><link>http://www.wlassociates.co.uk/blog/</link><description></description><lastBuildDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 14:57:27 +0000</lastBuildDate><copyright></copyright><language>en-GB</language><generator>Squarespace Site Server v5.11.81 (http://www.squarespace.com/)</generator><item><title>WLA launches Worldsource for rental companies</title><dc:creator>Will Leftwich</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 14:52:54 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.wlassociates.co.uk/blog/2011/3/1/wla-launches-worldsource-for-rental-companies.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">466253:5276143:10638817</guid><description><![CDATA[<p>We're pleased to announce that we've launched a new product sourcing service, called Worldsource, for rental companies. It will locate the best new products, components and consumable items worldwide.﻿</p>
<p>You can read more about it by clicking on the image below and on our Worldsource pages within our website.</p>
<p><span class="full-image-block ssNonEditable"><span><a href="http://www.khl.com/magazines/international-rental-news/detail/item62187/Rental-consultant-offers-global-product-sourcing-service/?nltr=rw" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.wlassociates.co.uk/storage/wla-irn-page-blog.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1298991388932" alt="WLA launches Worldsource for rental businesses" /></a></span></span></p>]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.wlassociates.co.uk/blog/rss-comments-entry-10638817.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>See us at Vertikal Days</title><category>Vertikal Days seminars</category><dc:creator>Will Leftwich</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 17:01:26 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.wlassociates.co.uk/blog/2010/5/24/see-us-at-vertikal-days.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">466253:5276143:7765026</guid><description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Come and visit us at </strong><strong>Vertikal Days in Haydock Park on 16 and 17 June -</strong><strong> we'll be at Stand 7, the Market Place.<br /></strong></p>
<p>If you are a rental company, fleet owner or lifting professional Vertikal Days will give you an unobstructed view of the lifting industry's latest products. This is a specialist event with its core centred firmly around Lifting &ndash; you can see the following equipment at Vertikal Days 2010.<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; * Aerial Lifts<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; * Mobile Access Towers<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; * Mast Climbers and Hoists<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; * Mobile Cranes<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; * Tower and Trailer Cranes<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; * Loader Cranes<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; * Telescopic Handlers<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; * Safety Equipment<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; * Training Centres<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; * Components &amp; Accessories<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; * Affiliated Trade Associations</p>
<p>Will Leftwich Associates will be holding two seminars on both days in the Newton Stand Bar:</p>
<ul>
<li>&lsquo;Surviving the recession successfully?&rsquo; presented by Peter Thomas and Richard Mason</li>
<li>&lsquo;CE marking lifting equipment &ndash; impact of the new machinery directive&rsquo;, presented by Nick Williams, Conformance Ltd, in association with Will Leftwich Associates/Synchronised Business Solutions.</li>
</ul>
<p>Please <a href="http://www.wlassociates.co.uk/contact-us/">contact us</a> for further information or click here to access the <a href="http://www.vertikaldays.net/" target="_blank">Vertikal Days website</a>.</p>]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.wlassociates.co.uk/blog/rss-comments-entry-7765026.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>New website in progress</title><dc:creator>Will Leftwich</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:43:18 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.wlassociates.co.uk/blog/2009/11/25/new-website-in-progress.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">466253:5276143:5911751</guid><description><![CDATA[<p>After nearly 4 years as an independent business consultancy and 2009 probably being one of the most challenging years in business history we thought it time to create a new website. One that would better reflect what it is that we can do for our customers.</p>
<p>When you do this you sit down and have a look at other websites in the same line of business as you, some of them are really good, interesting and some are nothing more than a business card with a couple of pictures and a contact us page.</p>
<p>Planning and deciding what you want to look like to &ldquo;the World&rdquo; is actually a really useful and searching thing to do. I use the &ldquo;the World&rdquo; because as it turns out potentially &ldquo;the world&rdquo; really is your oyster! Sometimes it&rsquo;s some not so interesting Spam!</p>
<p>But more interestingly the really exciting thing has been that people in business different parts of the world have been getting in touch and asking us to help them face &rdquo;the world&rdquo;. We have of course been delighted to do so. It is not that we haven&rsquo;t already been working in other parts of the world it is just how much the marketplace has become so accessible globally.</p>
<p>With good optimisation and some thought you can move your positioning in the &ldquo;Google search&rdquo; to be at the top in your field, you can make that search success as local, national, or global firstly as YOU want it to be, but also pick up all the services and products that you want businesses to know that you can do? Don&rsquo;t forget that inviting people&rsquo;s confidence has to be backed up by &ldquo;what you CAN do!&rdquo;<br /><br />The difficult bit is being concise so perhaps its time stop my blog for now but the key message is, recognise your business potential, do not over promise and under deliver, do the job well, on time and on budget. <br /><br /></p>
<p><span class="full-image-block ssNonEditable"><span><img src="http://www.wlassociates.co.uk/storage/WLA-current-site.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1260808854715" alt="The previous WLA website" /></span><span class="thumbnail-caption" style="width: 400px;">The previous WLA website</span></span></p>]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.wlassociates.co.uk/blog/rss-comments-entry-5911751.xml</wfw:commentRss></item></channel></rss>
