Jim Tuffin

Current

Founder & Advocate at Business Advocates
Member at Ecademy BlackStar

Past

Advocate at Fleetzone Limited
Direct Sales Coordinator at Waterside Books Limited
Founder & CEO at Jamparii

4 more...

Education

University of Life

Recommended

51 people have recommended Jim

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Outsourcing/Offshoring

Websites

Jim Tuffin’s Summary

I've a long history in business management, especially within the IT sector, marketing services, business development and even some retail. I'm a firm believer that as time progresses we will see more and more small businesses offering specialised services to each other, but more specifically to the larger SME and corporate market.

These larger businesses are having to become even more sophisticated at what they do, increasing profits and especially reducing costs. They are learning that they can do a lot of these things by outsourcing a lot of what they do to the smaller, less expensive, specialist. They are realising that having their own specialist on the staff, costing $100,000 per year is an expensive waste of time, especially if they are not fully employed. Using outsourced experts have the advantage that they only pay for what they use, and have a much larger and varied range of experts, experience and knowledge to call upon.

I operate a business which advocates a number of innovative services and products to companies that turnover in excess of £1 million up to the very largest. Unlike most, we really understand the products and services we represent, we know the people behind them and also some of the people who use them. Our services are only charged out to the seller when a sale is completed. We are growing the number of advocates we have, and always looking for new innovative products and services to add to our portfolio.

On a more personal basis, I enjoy working with small businesses, startups and those which approach the market in new ways. I have acted as a mentor for a number of business now, and also served in both and executive and non-executive positions. I believe that experience and knowledge, linked with skills and talents are essential for the success of every business.

Jim Tuffin’s Specialties:

Creation and development of web social businesses for the modern web savvy entrepreneur. Speaker on this and associated subjects. Specialist in business and personal networking, passionate about other people and a catalyst for business ideas and concepts. Advocate of great products and services. Business and Executive Mentor. Experiences business director in both executive and non-executive roles. Always pleased to connect with others!

Jim Tuffin’s Experience

Founder & Advocate

Business Advocates

(Marketing and Advertising industry)

January 2008 — Present (1 year 7 months)

I head up a new exciting partnership that brings together people of a like mindset, to understand a series of innovative products and services and to advocate them to the middle to larger business market.

I am looking to build upon the number of advocates, to grow a network of contacts who can provide leads and introductions and reward them for doing so. We are aware of the increased costs of marketing and advertising and the reducing returns on that expenditure. Business Advocates, is a new and improve guise for the age old networking concepts carrie dout in the local golf club.
Member

Ecademy BlackStar

(Outsourcing/Offshoring industry)

2004 — Present (5 years)

Additional Information

Jim Tuffin’s Websites:

Jim Tuffin’s Interests:

Interested in all things to do with the Internet, Email Marketing, especially involving the retail and B2C marketplace. Deeply into mastermind groups, think tanks, mentoring, brainstorming etc to achieve excellence in both my business and personal life. Also interested in all projects to do with helping community revival in the UK and also projects involving those who have retired, voluntarily or compulsory!

Jim Tuffin’s Groups:

Federation of Small Businesses.
BusinessXchange
Federation of Email Club Operators.
Genius Mastermind
Ecademy
The British Business Club
Business Scene
Network South (Http://www.networking-south.co.uk)