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4 places where you might find your target customers for your business

Finding customers is one of the hardest tasks that any business has, though not only this, but also finding repeat customers; essentially fans who want to come back and experience your product(s) or service(s). Understanding where businesses might find the right customers comes down to a number of different elements, especially since marketing has become […]

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Marketing

5 Reasons why your business competitions fail

Marketing, especially competitions can be hard for businesses without having the right tactics in place to ensure that enough awareness is spread and to the right people. As a result, most businesses, especially small or start up companies often tend to run competitions in order to try and generate interest and while this can be […]

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Marketing

How can Businesses make the most of the Festive Period?

For many businesses, Christmas represents a great opportunity for some creative marketing, however, like with any good PR campaign, planning is key and ensuring you have launched it early enough. Arguably the most consumer driven time of the year (especially from a B2C – ‘business to customer’ perspective), there are plenty of opportunities for companies […]

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Marketing Startups

Does being your own boss improve your work/life balance?

Working for yourself has many perks, depending on the type of work you do or business that you run, which can make all the difference to a many number of things in your life, not least your physical and mental health. Either turning self-employed and or starting a business requires a lot of thought and […]

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Gurus

How important are social media influencers to brands?

Highly successful businesses and companies often adopt social influencers with a large following to help brands grow and getting to this point is essential if you want to dominate your niche. There are a number of ways that you can grow your business to this point and utilising social influencers can be a highly effective […]

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Marketing

5 Reasons why you should outsource your Customer Acquisition Campaign

Getting customers or clients for your business is one of the hardest tasks there is unless you are already well-known through your personal brand or you have a product or service that simply sells itself. Depending on the type of business that you run, the difficulty level in growing your business can differ enormously. There […]

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Marketing

Five cost-effective ways that businesses can improve their customer acquisition strategy and how we rate them

More for less. That seems to be what everyone wants these days, businesses in particular. But, just where do you define a line that combines quality and cost-effectiveness? Indeed, how do you measure cost-effectiveness? Ultimately, most businesses derive value as return on investment (ROI). Generally they will pay for a service because that will generate […]

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Startups

Zero to hero: Global technology companies which came from nowhere to have an impact on the world

Every big technology company was once just a simple startup with a vision to affect change for the better with their service or product offering. While some may not have had an idea how they were going to achieve their end goal, each one were driven by their mission; their ‘why’. Let’s take a look […]

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What can we learn from how offers ruined Thomas Cook?

Everyone likes a good holiday deal and ever since the 1950s post-war holiday boom which saw one million Britons travel abroad, the industry has been thriving, with operators selling package holidays ever since. However, package holidays actually started long before that – especially for one of the leading luminaries in the industry; Thomas Cook. As […]

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Marketing Startups

4 ways that deals and offers can help drive businesses to new heights

Deals and offers can form the launchpad for any business (new or old) to help it really take off or progress to the next growth stage and with the widespread reach of social media, they can be a great strategy in order to boost your customer base. Everyone likes to feel special and being made […]