Research your market place

Research your market place

When you have an idea for a book, or you’ve been told ‘you should write a book’, it’s easy to get focused on the book subject, what you want to share and start working out how long it’s going to take and how much writing time you can carve from your busy schedule. ...
Do you track your reputation?

Do you track your reputation?

The challenge about your reputation is that you don’t always know what other people say about you. Friends and close business associates may report what they’ve heard, but there are very, very few people who will be brave enough to tell you if it’s not good news. I’ve...
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...