by lesley | May 22, 2011 | Marketing
When you decide to use direct mail as a means of contacting prospective customers you need to ensure you get your message on target. Unlike email, direct mail has costs attached, not least the list with all the names and addresses of the groups of people you want to...
by lesley | May 16, 2011 | Readability
I’ve just read a blog about using colour on your website and, whilst I understand that different colours convey different feelings and also have varying ethnic impacts, there was a lot missing! These are my thoughts on websites and colour – all focused on...
by lesley | May 13, 2011 | Marketing, Writing Skills
So many people I meet at networking events have acquired a pull up banner stand to promote their business. They use them at their own events and exhibitions too and they’re often missing a trick in making this highly visual marketing aid deliver potential leads....
by lesley | May 9, 2011 | Blogging, Writing Skills
Last month I blogged almost every day and I chose to use the blog to share my knowledge and hope that readers found that useful. I’ve had a week or so ‘off’ and now I’m back on a slightly different tack. The next batch of blogs will be my...
by lesley | Apr 29, 2011 | PR
Getting an award, whether locally, regionally or nationally, is a great boost for your business. Sometimes you are nominated by other people, but often companies can simply enter themselves. This means that the written application is a document that you really need to...
by lesley | Apr 28, 2011 | PR
Having a story is only half the battle (although probably a big ‘half’), the next step is delivering something that an editor will notice. There are a number of things that help to get your press release read and published. One – a good headline....
by lesley | Apr 28, 2011 | PR
Getting your name in the press is a great way to promote what you do, but how do you go about getting a high profile in the local and national media? The first and most important thing is to have a good story. People aren’t interested in the things that are...
by lesley | Apr 26, 2011 | Newsletters, PR
This is very subjective – everyone has a different view of what they want in a newsletter, but we all get so many these days that those that are read consistently have to offer real value, consistently and repeatedly. If you’re like me, you’ve signed...
by lesley | Apr 25, 2011 | Blogging, PR
The best known microblog is Twitter, but there are others such as identi.ca. and jaiku. If ‘blog’ is short for web log, then a microblog is a very short web log. Twitter launched itself based on asking people to answer the question ‘what are you...
by lesley | Apr 24, 2011 | Marketing
Online marketing is part of your overall marketing strategy and social media play a leading role. The secret of success is to have a strategy that identifies what you want to achieve, the resources (time/money/people) needed and the means of measuring your success....
