• How to Make Your Company a Zebra Among Sheep

      How do you decide on the approach your marketing content will take? Do you look at your business, its ‘personality’, the way you want to be viewed by your customers? Or do you take a peek at what your competitors are up to and base your decision on that? If you fall into the […]

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  • Why You Need One Chief and a Cast Iron Copywriting Brief

      Every business needs content. That’s a given. Whether it’s for your website, brochures, newsletters, emails or case studies, the voice and words you use will have a huge impact on your brand image and bottom line. For most companies, finding the right voice and approach is quite easy. You know your customers well, you […]

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  • Why You Need an Editorial Calendar

      When it comes to your marketing strategy, what’s one of the biggest headaches you face every week or month? I reckon it’s fairly safe to say it’s coming up with new content ideas for your blog. To maintain and drive engagement you have to generate a constant stream of great content that’s going to […]

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  • What is an Omnichannel Experience and Do You Need One?

      The marketers have been at it again. Over a coffee one morning they created a new buzzword – omnichannel. There are numerous articles about it, telling you how important it is and that you must have one. But how can you be sure you need one if you’re not 100% certain what it is? […]

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  • Using Hashtags the Right Way in Your Marketing Strategy

      A few days ago I headed out on my usual early morning journey to the gym. My companion for this relatively short trip was Nick Grimshaw (Grimmy) from Radio 1’s breakfast show. He was talking about one of his pet hates – the hashtag. I nodded silently as he ranted about how he was […]

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  • SME Marketing – Plural and Singular?

      This is one of the questions every small business owner will ask, especially when they work alone. Is it best to create marketing materials that use ‘I’ or ‘we’? Let’s take a look at the pros and cons of each approach. Taking the singular path There are a lot of businesses out there run […]

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  • 6 Reasons Why Your Business is Failing

      Starting up your own business is exciting and scary in equal measures. All too often you dive in without a second thought (especially if you’re working freelance or provide a service that doesn’t need a huge start-up investment), which is a recipe for disaster. Jumping in without thinking, or getting caught up in things […]

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  • How Important is Your Company’s Name?

    How much thought did you put into naming your company? It’s not something I’ve really considered before, but a recent question on a Facebook group got me thinking. Everyone wants a name that’s memorable, but is that the only way to get your business noticed? I don’t think so. Granted, a catchy or clever name […]

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  • The Art of Subtle Self-Promotion

    Being a business owner means putting aside your British reserve and bigging yourself up. Every tweet, Facebook update, forum comment, brochure, website, email and newsletter is aimed at boosting your profile. But, how you go about that self-promotion will have an impact on how you’re perceived by others.   I am a God Don’t be […]

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  • Why is Your Business Unique?

    Ever business is unique. Not necessarily in what it does, but in how it does it. That’s why it’s essential you stand up and shout about what makes you so different to your competitors – not literally though. So what is it that makes you one of a kind? Finding your uniqueness The best way […]

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