Help people to buy

Help people to buy

Most small business owners find selling hard.  They don’t want to be thought of as ‘pushy’ and yet worry that if they aren’t, their business won’t thrive.  I was talking to a business colleague who used to be in sales – and he said “The days of cold calling and sales...
5 social media questions answered

5 social media questions answered

As we manage many of our clients’ social media content generation and distribution we get asked lots of questions about social media.  While we’re not the guru of all social media, these are our take on social media. 1: How often do I need to post? That’s a bit of a...
Shiny, happy people

Shiny, happy people

With a lovely unsullied year ahead, now is a great time to give your reputation marketing plan either a makeover or a shiny polish. You can never underestimate the power of what people are gossiping about – and, while the public seem to focus on the negative, it...
How does email marketing really work?

How does email marketing really work?

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...
Does social media still work?

Does social media still work?

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...