What is marketing?

What is marketing?

I go to networking meetings regularly and so I often get asked ‘What do you do?’  It’s hard to explain it in one word or a short phrase, so it can end up being more of a list.  Many people are surprised at some of the things we do – and that led to this blog! Our team...
Newsletter nurturing

Newsletter nurturing

Your newsletter is a powerful tool.  It’s a direct route to more business, if you use it well. Let’s be honest, nobody wants another newsletter, so people won’t just ask to be on your list (with a few very rare exceptions).  You need to offer an ethical bribe to...
Social strategies

Social strategies

Social media is powerful – even people who ‘hate’ social media, can’t avoid the fact that it has an impact on their business and on them personally. The secret of successful social media is to know: Who your audience are Where they’re active What they engage with best...
Uncharted territory …

Uncharted territory …

With a lovely new shiny year to explore, most people see the months ahead as uncharted territory.  Most of us measure the year by the calendar – you hear phrases like “I hope this year is going to be better than the last one,” or “Last year was amazing – now we just...
Web logs made easy

Web logs made easy

That sounds soooooo boring – but that’s where the term ‘blog’ came from.  It was originally a sort of online diary – think ‘Captain’s log web date …’ from Star Trek. These days a blog article is so much more than a diary post, but if you remember the origin of the...