by lesley | Nov 21, 2022 | YouTube
You may not have dreamed of being a film star, but if you’re running a business you would benefit from creating video material to raise your profile. If you hate having your photo taken, you’re probably not enthusiastic about appearing on camera, but the good news is...
by lesley | Nov 14, 2022 | Email marketing
People often steer away from email marketing because they think it’s ‘spammy’. But that’s missing a huge opportunity. Of course, nobody wants to receive spam and you certainly don’t want to be the sender of anything that would be categorised as spam. But you do want...
by lesley | Nov 7, 2022 | Lead Generation
If you haven’t heard of a lead magnet, let’s start with the simple description: it’s an item of value to your target audience, that you offer free of charge in exchange for their name and email info. It’s a way to build your marketing list using reciprocity as the...
by lesley | Oct 31, 2022 | Press & Media
The good old press release is far less effective than it used to be. Editors have access to massive amounts of information and are no longer reliant on what their reporters dig up and what businesses send in. A couple of clicks and they can get gobs of information...
by lesley | Oct 24, 2022 | Newsletters
If you send out a newsletter, regularly or irregularly, what is the purpose of it? There are lots of answers to this: To remind people what we do To keep people up-to-date with what we’re doing To introduce new team members to our list To let people know about new...
by lesley | Oct 17, 2022 | Social media
I commented to one of my clients that their social media needed revamping as the posts they were scheduling weren’t really effective. They pointed out that I had originally written these posts – five years ago! They hadn’t considered how much social media has...
by lesley | Oct 8, 2022 | Reputation
There is an argument that you can’t put a price on your reputation, but what happens when something happens to dent your reputation? You don’t want negative feedback on Google or TrustPilot or any other platform – because it influences what people who don’t know you...
by lesley | Oct 3, 2022 | Blogging
If you’re not a writer the idea of producing content regularly can be daunting – and prone to slipping off your to do list in favour of other tasks that you feel more comfortable doing! So what can you do to keep up with producing articles? Brainstorm your schedule...
by lesley | Sep 26, 2022 | Writing a book
Every author has to make a start and each writer has different experiences of getting their book out of their head and into a manuscript. Even if you find writing easy, organising and developing a whole book can be daunting. If you have lots of great ideas, but...
by lesley | Sep 19, 2022 | Websites
Keeping your business website up-to-date is important to preserve potential customers’ perception of your business. Out-of-date website = outdated services (in their subconscious). The regular tasks are things like ensuring the links all still work – that’s basic...
