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…

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…

When you think of marketing techniques for your business, if you drill all the way down, all you are really looking for is more people to buy your stuff, or the same number of people to buy more of it (or both).  So how can you make that happen? What marketing techniques can you use?…

Marketing is a huge discipline that spans more than just the marketing team and is often one of the most misunderstood activities in any business. Most people consider marketing to be the tip of the iceberg that is poking its head above the water that the customers see  (those in yellow), however in order for…