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With the summer holidays now over, many parents will have spent much of the last six weeks trying to juggle work with entertaining children not at school. With the normal routine abandoned, the [...]

With numerous major sporting events having taken place over the summer, many businesses will have used these as an opportunity to raise the profile of their own brand. Linking marketing campaigns [...]

A mention in the news is the ultimate marketing goal for many companies, but small businesses often can’t afford a big PR budget to achieve media attention. However, you can promote your business [...]

Marketing can be a tricky process to get right and campaigns can go either way. It can be interesting as a marketer to delve into what makes a successful advertising campaign successful. Here we [...]

Marketing is not always black and white. Quite often you come across advertisements that were not well thought out, the marketing team misjudged how the public would receive it or, negative [...]

Word-of-mouth marketing is the oldest and most effective marketing technique to date. After all, we all like sharing our opinions with the people around us and WOM may have more of an impact on [...]

What is the first thing you do when you wake up in the morning? What is the last thing you do before you go to sleep at night? Yup! First thing I did was check Facebook and Instagram to see [...]

  The Chartered Institute of Marketing defines marketing as “the management process responsible for identifying, anticipating and satisfying customer requirements profitably.” And the [...]

Idiots guide to marketing terminology As a profession, Marketing tends to wrap itself up in jargon and terminology that sometimes appears to deliberately confuse. During my 20+ career I have [...]

The sometimes arduous task of marketing planning can seem to some a step that can be avoided. But if you want your business to thrive, this essential business planning process is an imperative. [...]

Picture the scene: Its the New Year business planning session with the CEO. White board, Post-its and Sharpie pens are all at the ready. There are jelly babies, water and M&M’s on the [...]

Whenever I start working with a new client the first piece of work I do will always cover off Values, Vision, Mission and Objectives. I don’t believe in just spending marketing money for [...]