Awards! What are they good for?
Being able to describe your company as ‘award winning’ is a great way to grab people’s attention, boost your reputation and attract new business.
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Marketing
12 marketing insights
It probably won’t surprise you that many businesses have little or no way of measuring the effectiveness of their marketing activities. If you don’t measure how do you know what’s working and what’s not?
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Why small businesses need a marketing strategy
The simple fact is doing whatever is easy and buying cheap marketing, counting on a few people to spread the word might get you minimal results, but are they the results you want to build a long-lasting business?
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Marketing is no ‘magic wand’ for businesses
There’s no doubt that marketing is an extremely powerful tool for businesses. When done right, it can elevate your business profile and brand to prospects, show your products and services as the solution to their needs, and drive enquiries and increase sales.
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Are you using social media to add value to your business?
Social media has been a lifeline since March 2020, so why is it that social media is being deprioritised now that we could really use it to our advantage?
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What’s the cost of delaying your marketing?
Taking an excessive amount of time to source marketing agencies and, therefore, preventing getting your marketing campaigns off the ground accumulates unnecessary expense.
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How to use content marketing to attract your ideal clients
You’re probably already producing content. But when it comes to converting content into sales, you need a thoroughly researched and targeted approach.
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Are you focused on zero budget marketing?
It sounds too good to be true…effectively and powerfully promoting your business without spending a single penny on marketing. But any company in any sector regardless of their size can do it.
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Insights into marketing a small business
Marketing for smaller businesses can be a real struggle , especially in the early stages. Having to ‘get the word out’ on a limited budget can be hard when you must try to understand what the best-value techniques are to attract new customer.
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Stop obsessing about your ideal customer!
By thinking about just one type of ideal customer you are immediately closing your mind to other possibilities. Unless you have an incredibly niche product with very limited sales opportunities, then you’re going to want to sell to more than one type of person or business.
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Direct mail … isn’t that a dead marketing channel?
One of direct mails great strengths is to help build up a localised brand as part of a wider marketing strategy attracting and engaging with targeted audiences.
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Marketing vs sales – which is more important?
In the world of business, there has always been a noticeable divide between the roles of sales and marketing and until late, the two have always been recognised as two separate entities that work one after the other.
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Strategy needn’t be a scary word!
Think of the strategy as laying the foundation. Imagine marketing is like building a house. If you go straight in for the roof or doors, they’re just going to fall down!
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Marketing: if you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it
The ultimate goal of any marketing strategy is to produce a return on investment in terms of increased sales for your business. Reporting on marketing, then interpreting and applying that data to achieve real results for businesses should be at the heart of any business.
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Let’s talk tone of voice!
So…what is your tone of voice? In its simplest form, it is how you sound to others. It’s how you talk to people online, in meetings, pitches, over the phone, in your literature, on packaging – basically everywhere!
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Making the most of an uncertain world
Whilst you might think this is a reasonable thing to do and save money while sales revenue is a little scarce, scaling back on your marketing completely is not recommended, after all what’s a business with great people, products or services if no one knows about it?
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Why isn’t my marketing working?
The question I’ve heard most during my 30 or so years in the marketing industry is … ‘Why isn’t my marketing working?’ Is that a question you’ve asked recently? If yes, then I guess the scenario is not enough traffic to your website, the phone isn’t ringing enough, and not enough people are buying?
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Know your target market
Knowing who your customer is and what they want to buy is crucial to the success of any new venture. Yet so many business owners get caught up in the “excitement” of new markets and customers, without really thinking through a proper plan.
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What is Public Relations….?
Marketing, Public Relations, Advertising …… a common misunderstanding is that these terms are interchangeable; they are not. When I meet a prospective client for the first time they are often confused by these terms so I thought I’d use this article to explain the differences between each of these terms.
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