by lesley | Feb 4, 2013 | Marketing
There are so many people for whom their website is an afterthought. They don’t visit their own site and just assume that it continues to work for them in promoting their business – but, often, the site hasn’t been updated for many months (sometimes...
by lesley | Jan 21, 2013 | Marketing, Social media
A few people have questioned my use of Twitter as a marketing tool – they see it as lightweight and trivial. “Isn’t it just for kids to chat with their friends?” they query. Yes, kids do use Twitter to chat to their friends, but it’s...
by lesley | Nov 5, 2012 | Marketing, Social media
I use social media quite a lot and people are always asking me how I manage to be so prolific – and find time to work too! The secret is to have a system, use the tools that are available and set time aside to manage your posts. I’m not going to review...
by lesley | Sep 17, 2012 | Marketing
I recently had two conversations with two different people about branding. One of them thought branding was about the logo and it was astonished to discover that there was more to it than that. The other saw branding from a much more academic perspective and was...
by lesley | Aug 20, 2012 | Marketing
So many people get confused about these two – is Sales part of Marketing or does Marketing lead to Sales? Or is Marketing just another way of saying Sales? I can’t blame them for getting confused. I used to work in a marketing department and even I was a bit vague...