As the year draws to a close, not only is it a time to look forward to the new year, but a time to reflect on this one. And while, in our personal lives, this may mean more exercise, less drinking and more saving money, in our business lives it’s about considering what worked and […]
Author: Ash
The Rise of Micro Influencers
We’ve all heard of influencer marketing by now. If you haven’t then seriously, where have you been? It’s all about using prominent social media users to advertise your products or business in a more subtle way than a paid advert. Its effectiveness is based on the trust that these users’ followers have and the way […]
The wildly popular BBC show has been running for 14 years now, with a progression from the prize pot being a six-figure-salary job with Sir Alan Sugar, to a £250,000 investment from Lord Alan Sugar. Not only is the show loved for its entertainment value and its often wild characters, but it’s also appreciated for […]
Content marketing is all that any of us are interested in right now and one of the most engaging forms of that is video marketing. But as we all know, recording and editing equipment and software can often be expensive, adding a costly price tag to working video into your marketing strategy. But it doesn’t […]
Marketing in a Post-GDPR World
Earlier this year, back in May, the UK was swept with new GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) laws. These new laws were all about how you were allowed to obtain, store and use personal identifiable information, protecting consumers and giving them more control over who had access to their personal data. And while it may […]
Whether you’re just starting out or have a whole team of sales and marketing professionals, ready to tackle the heavy subjects, it’s important to consider the big ideas and concepts in marketing, as well as the day-to-day social media scheduling and paid advertising. From a strategic standpoint, here are a few things you should be […]
They’re terms that we hear banded around a lot but what do “B2B” and “B2C” actually mean, and how do they affect your marketing strategy? Well, B2B stands for “business to business”, which means that your target audience is other businesses. So you might be a professional services company, looking to provide financial support to […]
Starting a business can be expensive work but while you’re trying to start a new business, it’s important to be as frugal as you can and to try to keep the deficit between in-goings and out-goings high. Here are a few ways you can do that. Run your business from home There’s no need to […]
5 Marketing Trends from 2018
Seasons come and go, and so do trends, ideas and key principles of marketing. It’s an ever-changing landscape and one that you need to evolve with in order to keep up. Here are a few of the biggest trends from this year. The Sales Pipeline Is a Wheel, Not a Funnel Previously, we have always […]
How to Develop a B2B Marketing Strategy
There are, as you may know, many different kinds of marketing but the easiest way to define the styles is in to two distinct categories; B2C (business to consumer) and B2B (business to business). And depending on whether you’re selling to a business or a consumer, you have to approach the two very differently. If […]