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SEO (1)
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POSTED ON Mar 06Back in August, last year, Alison posted a blog article on Sharing your knowledge versus giving away your trade secrets and it got me thinking (probab...
Presentation Skills (1)
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POSTED ON Aug 04So what is your greatest fear? Flying. Spiders. Heights. Accidently calling your boss ‘dad’ ... well what about public speaking? If the mere mention ...
PR (1)
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POSTED ON Mar 23In a financial climate where every penny of marketing spend counts, I am always surprised at how many small businesses fail to utilise one of their ch...
Blog (2)
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POSTED ON Jan 31Blog is word we have all heard but many people don’t really know what it actually involves. When creating a website for a client I will often recommen...
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POSTED ON Jan 26Most businesses, whatever their size are realising just how important a company blog is. It provides a hub for your other social media activity, allow...
Marketing (17)
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POSTED ON Feb 20We’ve just had the biggest seasonal event of the year but many businesses have seasonality in their business to a greater or lesser extent. At the ext...
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POSTED ON Dec 12As yesterday was the 12/12/12 I thought a little themed blog wouldn’t go amiss. So here is my 12 days of Xmas ‘Marketin’ Style’. If you consider one ...
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POSTED ON Sep 28It may sound counter-productive for a marketing an design agency to be giving away trade secrets about low cost ways of promoting your business, but a...
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POSTED ON Aug 07Recent meetings with clients who run SME business and have responsibility for their marketing has made me realise the challenge that they face as oppo...
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POSTED ON Jun 29We have all heard the business adages ‘ It costs five times as much to win a new customer than to keep an existing one’ or ‘80% of your business wil...
Design (10)
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POSTED ON May 28Colour is something that is hardwired into our psych. Some of it relates to natural world but some is cultural. Then there are colour trends and fas...
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POSTED ON Nov 08Someone told me today that Christmas was only 7 weeks away, and before you all groan I am not going to blog about how you need to start planning you C...
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POSTED ON Nov 22Logo design, usually the first piece of marketing a company does, often one of the things that can cause the biggest problems if not done right at the...
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Who to give your design and marketing to? 5 tips for making the relationship with your designer workPOSTED ON Sep 19The marketing material you use in your business can make or break your business. In some cases it’s the first impression a potential customer or clien...
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POSTED ON Aug 15Networking is one of the main ways we build contacts and gain new business. It is not an easy option and takes time and dedication, but the pay offs c...
Social Media (6)
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POSTED ON Jan 23If you make and keep one New Year’s Resolution for your business it should be to make this year the year you really get stuck into social me...
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POSTED ON Dec 15As someone involved in marketing no one can ever accuse me of being shy of using the odd buzzword and it can be very difficult to avoid certain terms ...
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POSTED ON Oct 28With Halloween fast approaching and all sense deserting us as we decide that severed fingers and dodgy fancy dress outfits are appropriate purchases, ...
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POSTED ON Aug 31One of the biggest impacts social media has had on how businesses market themselves is not about low cost routes to market or the ability to ‘engage’ ...
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POSTED ON Jan 04How Vodafone's social media campaign turned into a media disaster. The big brands have long recognised social media as a fantastic way of building&nb...
Pricing (2)
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POSTED ON Feb 21VAT, we all have to pay it and if you are a business (whether you are VAT registered or not) you have to pay VAT from your suppliers if they are VAT r...
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POSTED ON Aug 24Working with small and medium sized business who are facing challenging times and increased competition I often hear the view that they need to be pri...

