A book or a business card?

A book or a business card?

If you’re having a business meeting with a potential supplier and, instead of a business card, they put a book in your hands, what does that say to you? Most people perceive a book as having value, outside the materials it’s printed on.  So it has a more positive...
Downloaded!

Downloaded!

If you’ve been building your list based on a free download in return for getting an email address, you may be wondering where you stand in relation to the new General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR).  Can you still offer a free download document with valuable...
Won an award lately?

Won an award lately?

If you’ve won an award what can you do to leverage that?  It’s all very well to announce it on the day you win and for the few days following, but then what? Here’s my suggestions to get the most marketing from the award without people getting fed up with you banging...
Automated communication

Automated communication

If you have a form on your website that gather names and email addresses you’ve got a valuable trigger to build a relationship with a potential client.  It doesn’t matter if this is an enquiry form, a newsletter form or a free download form – if people provide their...
How clean is your list?

How clean is your list?

If you’re in the UK you’ve probably heard of the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR).  This is the legislation that will replace the Data Protection Act on 25th May 2018. The big issue for business people is that they need to be able to PROVE that any marketing...