by lesley | Mar 1, 2021 | Websites
This is not some deep and thoughtful question about the meaning of life – it’s the question you should be asking every visitor to your website. Of course, that’s not possible, but when you’re revamping your website your web designer should be asking you what...
by lesley | Feb 22, 2021 | Social media, YouTube
If you want to really leverage the power of YouTube you need to get your videos to reach as many people as possible. Assuming your videos are full of great and engaging content, let’s look at the other things you can do to get your videos to rank on the first page of...
by lesley | Feb 15, 2021 | Email marketing
If you’ve ever signed up to one of those American internet marketers’ lists, you’ve probably been alarmed by the at least daily emails you’ve received. You definitely don’t want to do that to your list – do you? The answer is – that depends on the content...
by lesley | Feb 8, 2021 | Business, Lead Generation, Marketing
People talk about sales funnels – and how they will effortlessly fill up to generate leads. But it’s never as simple as it looks! A good sales funnel needs planning. You need to consider every step with a goal for each step – and then build a robust...
by lesley | Feb 1, 2021 | Press & Media
Press releases are hard work! Small businesses can rarely find issues that are actually newsworthy every month, let alone every week. If your business is in an area that features in the news regularly then that might help, but a good press release has to tick at...
by lesley | Jan 25, 2021 | Newsletters
If your inbox is anything like mine, you really don’t need another newsletter. If you are asked to sign up for a newsletter list, you probably won’t. Yet people are really successful in growing massive email lists – so what’s their secret? The answer is VALUE!...
by lesley | Jan 18, 2021 | Social media
One of the questions we get asked most frequently is ‘What should we post on social media?’. It may seem like an ‘obvious’ question, but it’s hard to find or generate good quality content that establishes your reputation and engages potential clients. Also, different...
by lesley | Jan 11, 2021 | Marketing, Reputation
You hear the cliché ‘Content is King’ frequently, but why? Content increases your online profile and that’s important for a number of reasons. Content is attractive to search engines If you have a website it’s the content that gets you found when people are searching...
by lesley | Jan 4, 2021 | Blogging
Some people ‘get’ why blog articles are important; others think it’s a waste of time. Writing articles to publish on your website is part of your marketing. In pre-www days, PR companies would charge a premium to get press coverage for a company – in fact, they...
by lesley | Dec 28, 2020 | Blogging, Business
It’s been a ‘mare of a year with the pandemic, lockdown, people out of work, companies collapsing, so, if you’ve kept your head above the water – take a bow, you deserve it. We’ve got a new vocabulary with ‘lockdown’, ‘furlough’, ‘pivot’ and ‘PPE’ all becoming...
