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STANDARD BANK KZN TOP BUSINESS AWARDS NEW DATE

Vote for the
27 July 2022, Durban KZN TOP BRAND The 2022 categories are:

ZN has experienced the SMS ‘KZN’ ■ ■ Business Innovation
Entrepreneur Resilience
worst flood in its history to 33808 ■ Digital/System Implementation
Kand has been declared a 24 July 2022 at 8pm KZN
national state of disaster. This TOP BRAND voting ■ Employee Wellbeing
closes
catastrophic event has impacted ■ Small Business Start-up
the lives of many people, and ■ Community and Social
the leadership of Standard Responsibility
Bank empathise with each and ■ Family Business
every one who has experienced ■ KZN Top Brand
the devastation. Lives were ■ Business Personality of the Year
lost, homes and businesses You may enter your own
were destroyed and roads and organisation for an award or
infrastructure damaged. nominate a third party. Entries
As a consequence of the impact close on 1 July for written
and devastation of the floods submissions. The Top Brand
in KZN, Standard Bank has award is based on public SMS
decided to postpone the annual vote only and voting for this
KZN Top Business Awards category closes on 24 July 2022
event to 27 July 2022. The Top L–R: Reggie Gambushe, Head of Local Market Consumer Clients, eThekwini Catchment Standard Bank; Grant Adlam, CEO at 8pm. To vote SMS the letters
Business Awards are a highlight KZN Top Business; and Fiona Ebrahim, Head ofLocal Market Business Clients, eThekwini Business Centre, Standard Bank KZN to 33808 and follow
of the annual business calendar the prompts.
and are open to businesses and and households that lost property immense resilience through the their contribution to the economy
organisations of any size based or suffered destruction. We are Covid 19 pandemic as well as and society.” The award proceedings on
in KwaZulu-Natal. All entrants aware that many businesses the July unrest last year, and we Grant Adlam, CEO of KZN Top the 27 July at the Radisson Blu
are required to send in a written and households are busy trying remain confident that together we Oceans Umhlanga Hotel will be
submission explaining what their to rebuild their businesses, will bounce back from the recent Business encourages all qualifying live streamed to ensure greater
company has achieved against a infrastructure, and properties,” floods and rebuild our beautiful businesses to enter the awards. opportunity for participation
set of key criteria as appropriate said Reggie Gambushe – Standard province to what it once was,” He said, “The Standard Bank by all stakeholders. For more
e.g., benefits for the company, Bank KZN Head: Local Market added Gambushe. “Standard KZN Top Business Awards are information on entering visit
employees, or community. Consumer Clients. Bank and KZN Top Business are undoubtedly a fantastic way to www.kzntopbusiness.com. 
“We would like to convey our “At Standard Bank we remain cognisant of the fact that there share your story and showcase If you have any questions about the
deepest condolences as Standard committed to assisting our clients are many businesses who have the calibre of the work you’re awards, entry process or event, please
Bank KZN, to all the families that and communities to rebuild what performed phenomenally well, undertaking in the province. email gayle@mweb.co.za
have lost loved ones due to floods has been lost, by supporting under extremely challenging The emphasis is on what makes
and rains. Our sincere sympathy humanitarian relief initiatives. As conditions, and these businesses your business standout in the For more information: Gayle Adlam
T: +27 (0)83 653 0465
goes to all business communities a community we have displayed deserve to be recognised for category selected.” E: gayle@mweb.co.za

GENERATE MORE BUSINESS USING LINKEDIN

s of December 2021, other. They then invited their effectively then you are missing weak, unprofessional and of 2. Your strategy. What you are
the number of connections to do the same and MASSIVE opportunities no interest to them. going to do on a weekly or
ALinkedIn users so it has grown virally. to grow your sales and daily basis to find, connect
reached 9.46 million in You have probably heard of your businesses! I have, in the files section of with (in the right way –
South Africa. the general principle of “The As a Business Coach I started my free Facebook group, my have I already mentioned
Most people have heard of Six Degrees of Separation” that to use LinkedIn to gain business “9 Points to Creating a this? ) and engage with your
the on-line networking says we are no more than six for myself in 2010. It quickly Powerful Personal Profile” ideal connections.
platform, used by businesses people away from anybody in became my main marketing, document (+ a heap of other Connect with Andy on LinkedIn
resources) which we will delve
and professionals, called the world and there have been communication and networking into more, in future articles. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/
LinkedIn. I know this a number of studies to prove tool. I have had a profile on andygwynn/), start utilising it
because there are now over this. It is now recognised LinkedIn since 2003 but only You can join the group here: more effectively and set yourself
www.facebook.com/groups/
9.5million personal profiles that, with LinkedIn, it is ever really used it to connect linkedinmasterywithandy
in South Africa alone and nearer three steps away from with colleagues and often only apart from your competition!!! 
over 800 million globally!!! anyone. Your ability to find when they had asked to connect
and connect with whoever with me. I had never proactively
LinkedIn has been around you want in the world is now used it to gain business. KZN TOP BUSINESS
since 2003 and yet has exploded greater than it has ever been!
to these numbers in just the last It is the most powerful way
few years. There has also been You know that people source to find, connect (in the right M ASTERCL ASS
a massive explosion of usage contacts through word of way) and engage with your
since Covid. mouth referral – how many ideal contact. All this from the on using LinkedIn to generate more business
times have you recommended comfort of your laptop or smart
People have a profile because your lawyer or web designer?
they think they should but the How many times have you phone anywhere in the world!!! FREE WEBINAR
vast majority of people don’t had business referred to you There are really two parts to on Tuesday,
know how to use it effectively through people you know? LinkedIn: 21 June 2022
to gain business. That’s because at 10am
what LinkedIn was created to People are now using 1. Creating a powerful
do and what it can do now are LinkedIn to find and connect personal profile that gets Gwynn is considered
poles apart. with their ideal business found, gives value to the as one of the most sought
contacts. They are also reader (a point that is after LinkedIn consultants,
From my understanding, checking you out on LinkedIn missed by so many people!)
LinkedIn was originally set before contacting you. Your and proves your credibility. Join us with... trainers and speakers in
up by a few guys who decided LinkedIn profile even gets There is no point going out Andy Gwynn the UK and globally.
to share their personal and found by Google so if you to try and network if, when
business networks with each are not on it or utilising it people see your profile, it is To register visit: www.kzntopbusiness.com
on LinkedIn

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