What’s your strategic plan for acquiring new business? If you’re like many small businesses, you may have one that’s loosely formulated and articulated, and that may be because you simply do not have the time or resources to give to it. But you also may not know how to go about it. Perhaps acquiring business…

Strategic marketing, or marketing strategy, is a term that you may hear quite a lot, but perhaps not quite understand it fully.  It is sometimes dismissed as only being of relevance to larger enterprises. But, in actual fact, strategic marketing thinking should underpin every marketing activity that an SME business undertakes.  This article will explain what it is,…

A Marketing Plan is one of the most important business tools for any company to utilise.  If you are looking for funding to start up a business, a bank will want to understand your marketing plan.  If you are looking for investment to take your business to the next level, and investor will want to…

Customer centric marketing is pivotal when creating a successful sales and marketing strategy.  When it comes to growing your business and improving your bottom line, nothing is more important than knowing what makes your customers and prospects tick. Whatever industry or sector you operate in, understanding and creating semi-fictional characters (more commonly known as personas) that personify…

Email is still a great marketing channel. It consistently outperforms social media and online ads- generating impressive ROI, brand awareness and helps to grow customer loyalty. It’s easily segmented, flexible and allows a brand to reach every customer directly. Even better, email can achieve an impressive $42 for every $1 spent. But while this can be the case, not…

Sometimes it is hard for business owners to understand the value of utilising a marketing professional to assist them.  Today we are going to look at just one area of a company’s marketing communications.  We are going to look at the website and demonstrate the impact a marketing professional can have on its performance. In the…