Marketing is more than a few posts

Marketing is more than a few posts

Many moons ago when I did my professional qualifications, I was astonished to discover that the label ‘marketing’ covered far more than advertising and promotion. It starts with market research – know your market place Companies that offer a similar product or service...
Reputation planning for SMEs

Reputation planning for SMEs

Big oaks from little acorns grow. Big corporations started life as an SME at some point. This means that you need to start as you mean to go on; it’s really tough to change the way people do things once they’ve got into a habit. This means that – even before you start...
What’s in your marketing toolkit?

What’s in your marketing toolkit?

Marketing is not just posting on socials and writing the odd blog.  There’s so much more to it than that! First you need to know who you’re trying to reach – and that will help you to choose what tools to use and where you need to be visible. Then there are the tools...
Style it out

Style it out

Everyone can write, but not everyone can write well. What’s the difference between copy that is read and copy that never gets read?  The obvious answer is the headline.  And renowned copywriter king, Ted Nicholas, recommended that you spend 80% of your writing time on...
If your book doesn’t fit the standard size

If your book doesn’t fit the standard size

Let’s start with what is ‘standard size’ – that’s simple, there isn’t one! Look at your bookshelf, I’m confident that, while many books will be a similar size, there will be quite a few that don’t ‘fit’ that same height and depth formula. When I published my first...