So, you have perfected your product or service and you have a created a value proposition to a very specific target market! Now all you have to do is sell it (which will require a route to market)! Sometimes so much passion and time is spent on the first bit, it is easy to overlook which are…

The majority of SME businesses are very wary of spending money, which is completely understandable. Some of the more forward-thinking business owners realise that marketing is an investment and that, in order to grow, they need to invest. However, even those who have set a budget aside for marketing want to make sure that it…

Continuing the series of ‘The Seven P’s’ this blog focuses on a key element which is often overlooked but can be the difference between marketing success and failure – your people! A couple of recent TV shows have recently come back on our screens which hammer home the message of how important people are within the…

Continuing the series of ‘The Seven P’s’ this blog focuses on a key element which can potentially undo all of the hard work of the rest of your marketing! You will often find me ranting on about how marketing is not just about promotions and communications…….and this is what this series of blogs is designed to highlight.  However it always amazes…

Continuing the series of ‘The Seven P’s’ this blog focuses on a key element which can make or break any product or service – Price! Price is an issue which many companies struggle with – too expensive and not enough customers will buy their products and services (although margins will be good).  Too cheap and…

‘Marketing’, as a term, is radically overused in the business world. There are many companies out there who claim to be experts in marketing and yet they really fail to understand exactly what marketing is. If companies who are offering ‘marketing’ services are getting it wrong then its no surprise that there is a general confusion of what…