by lesley | Jul 29, 2024 | Press & Media
When you have a marketing budget the issue of PR is often something you start thinking about. Dreams of making the headlines in the national dailies drift through your mind – in a positive way, of course. The national dailies are hard to crack – unless you are...
by lesley | Jul 19, 2024 | Marketing
John Wanamaker, a 19th century retailer is accredited with the quote: “Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is I don’t know which half.” Many businesses say similar things about their marketing – along the lines of ‘I know some of my...
by lesley | Jul 9, 2024 | Newsletters
Strictly speaking a business newsletter doesn’t fall into the category of ‘news’. Most business newsletters are more promotion than news. The nearest they get to news is the launch of a new product or service. Information about what’s going on in your company really...
by lesley | Jun 28, 2024 | Social media
Engagement gets tougher as there’s just so much content on every social platform that it would be a full-time job to try and keep up with it all. People flick and scroll too quickly to stop and like, share or comment. That doesn’t mean that they’re not reading your...
by lesley | Jun 19, 2024 | Reputation
The most valuable information your clients can give you is how whatever you do for them makes a difference. This is one of the reasons I give people a 3-question formula for getting testimonials. It’s: What did we do for you? What was it like working with us? What...
