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Anne Noonan, Qld


Chris and Robyn Marsden, NSW

Sandhan
Sandhan, NSW

It has been wonderful working with Annette. She really knows what she is talking about as far as Marketing is concerned. more...

John McKenna
John McKenna, ACT

Annette has the hands on experience to guide your business, either on line or off line, through the marketing and business mine field more...

Success File

A small sample of some of our successes . . .

and Testimonials from happy clients . . .

Co-authored and Launched Best Selling Book
growing tomatoes
 

Annette and her colleague Lucia Grimmer wrote How to Grow Juicy Tasty Tomatoes, a book which has been hailed in several countries as the most comprehensive guide to growing tomatoes, ever published.

Annette completed the research, the editing, the graphic design, publishing and all the offline and online marketing.

It has been featured on television and radio and in leading gardening magazines around the world.

The book and related product range is purchased by home and gardeners and farmers in 49 countries.

How to Grow Juicy Tasty Tomatoes

Developed World's First Online Style University
 

Owned by Commonsense Marketing, Become Stylish is a wonderful collaboration of style advice from a selection of the world's most successful image consultants, etiquette consultants and personal development coaches. Personal style and self confidence is an important key to successful marketing.

Since it's launch in 2008 many women in Australia and overseas have joined the program and enjoyed a major boost to their self esteem and understanding of style.

The site is promoted by Image Consultants and other people in the fashion and beauty industry and provides an excellent source of ongoing passive income. become-stylish.com

Launched Exclusive Mentoring Program for Trade Business Owners
 

After years of helping countless tradies and construction industry related businesses to market themselves professionally, Commonsense Marketing took the decision to leverage their experience and skills and provide a mentoring program to help thousands of tradies simultaneously.

www.tradiemarketingsecrets.com is the first program to provide tradies with tailored marketing training. Theory and jargon has been dropped to make way for straightforward training in low cost, effective marketing strategies for this sector. Forms, tools and templates provided.

Managed Design, Development and Growth of over 70 Membership Sites
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Working closely with business partners Andrew and Daryl Grant, Commonsense Marketing has developed and launched 70+ membership sites to provide valuable coaching and support to members.

Subjects include business coaching, personal development, health and various hobby and social sites.

We provided help with the market research, website planning, graphic design, SEO and online and offline marketing strategy development and implementation.

Many of the sites have grown to develop a large membership base which provides partners with a healthy passive income, month after month.

Increased Profitability and Market Share for Fertiliser Manufacturer
 

Annette designed and implemented channel and end user promotions for an Australian based international liquid fertiliser manufacturing company. Her marketing strategies increased sales of several products by 35% and improved gross product profitability of the entire range by 10%.

She project managed and edited the production of a range of high quality crop nutrition technical manuals which assisted with specialist training and raising the company's expert status in the marketplace.

She also brought the PR function inhouse and achieved a 30% increase in press coverage over previous PR Agency results, and at the same time reduced costs by $25,000 pa.

Increased Revenue and Market Share for Customer Service Company
Customers For Life
 

Commonsense Marketing was the driving force behind expansion into  new market sectors for a small customer service agency who was totally reliant on the automotive industry. Market diversification strategies facilitated new product initiatives and reduced risk by expanding the client base.

Annette personally increased annual revenue by 15% by securing contracts with a major Real Estate franchise, gyms, nightclubs and other SMEs for the provision of customer loyalty programs and customer service/ sales training services.

Developed and Launched International Product - Over $1m in 12 months
TNT Mailfast
 

Having a postal and direct marketing background, when Annette joined TNT in the UK in a marketing management role, she saw an opportunity for TNT to move into the direct mail market by making it easy for direct marketers to do business internationally. She developed and launched the TNT Mailfast international reply product which netted $1.2m sales within 12 months.

She also worked in several marketing management roles within TNT in the UK and helped the company to achieve their enormous growth rate (over 100% per annum).

She received a team award for best marketing campaign in annual UK Transport Awards and was selected by the UK Industry Year Committee to tour UK and motivate students on industry career opportunities.

Developed Database Which Saved Qld Health $2.4m
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  An interesting systems project involved Commonsense Marketing designing and implementing a comprehensive database system for Qld Health. The database system streamlined the fit-out process for 8 consultants for 1200 rooms during the build of the new Royal Brisbane Hospital.  Project Managers and Builders were able to identify duplication and wastage and reduce costs by $2.4m.  Following commissioning, the system was used by Qld Health as their FFE procurement and asset management tool.

Testimonials

Sandhan

Sandhan, NSW, Australia

 

It has been wonderful to work with Annette. She really knows what she is talking about as far as mentoring us in Internet Marketing is concerned. The thing that she has needed, and has displayed, in abundance, is above all patience, as some of us have found it particularly hard to step into another mindset and become internet marketers ourselves.

Annette is always available emotionally and physically, incredibly knowlegeable on not just the what to do, the technical skills and the how to's but also the WHY to's, which are a critical ingredient of the whole experience. The critical thing is that she has also done the whole thing herself for her own projects so she is teaching from her own experience and saving us some lengthy and costly mistakes.

She is also particularly humble and modest in her approach to teaching and always willing to listen to other points of view and learn from them herself. This for me is the mark of a great teacher and in fact I feel rather like I have been coached by a great friend. ... who was also brave enough to kick my butt sometimes when needed to get results! Thank you Annette.

     

John McKenna

John McKenna, ACT, Australia

 

Annette Welsford is among the very few people I have met that truly understands how the internet, entrepreurship and small business can go together. While other people talk about the theory, methods and processes, Annette has the hands on experience to guide your business, either on line or off line, through the marketing and business mine field.

Annette has been a source of inspiration since we met in early 2006, and more importantly, as I was getting ElectricalBusinessSecrets.com of the ground. the person who always seemed to be there when I was struggling with learning a new task or marketing method, who would come to my rescue just before my deadline was due.

I would recommend Annette and her team at Common Sense Marketing to any business owner regardless of the size of your business. - John McKenna Founder www.ElectricalBusinessSecrets.com

     

Jenny Marshall

Jenny Marshall, Sydney, Australia

 

I have grown from a reluctant, absolute beginner, to launching my website thanks to Annette’s patience and expertise. She has shown me, through working one-on-one, and phone conferencing, and talked me through the many aspects of building a website and creating the reality of my vision.

She has given clear, sequential instructions as well as giving me so many tips and ideas along the way and has always been willing and ready to help in a professional manner.

I’ve spent many months trying to understand and figure out how make my website work by myself, but when I began working with Annette I suddenly began making progress. I now feel confident and excited about my website thanks to Annette’s encouragement and invaluable coaching.

Jenny Marshall Sydney NSW

 

 
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