In the A – Z of Marketing, M is for … Market Research
In the A - Z of Marketing, M is for ... Market Research Are you trying to develop a new service or product to sell? In business one of the best ways to understand what current...
Do You Speak the Language of Your Clients?
Last week I was invited to an SEO webinar. It was only an hour long but still I got some useful tips out of it. Whilst on the call the speaker gave a few business stories...
How Not to Network ? Common Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
Once you?ve learnt some of the skills of networking, you?ll find that it gets easier to do. However, there are plenty of things that can go wrong and affect the results of your networking efforts. Here...
Good Websites really are Written for Customers, not Search Engines
Good website copy writing has never been about keyword stuffing. During April, Google announced its latest updates: Penguin and Panda. These updates are designed to allow Google to more easily identify those sites which have been...
How do you use Twitter?
[caption id="attachment_361" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Alice"][/caption] In marketing terms, people view using Twitter in different ways. Some see it as a somewhere to make friends and listen to lots of gossip. Others use it for fact finding...
What gaps are in your communication strategy?
[caption id="attachment_361" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Alice"][/caption] The fourth assignment for my CIM Professional Certificate in Marketing involves creating a communications audit on the organisation I have based my assignment upon. After I had fathomed exactly what was...
How not to do direct mail ? part 2
[caption id="attachment_1403" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Chantal"][/caption] About 18 months ago, we got in touch with a company that sells mailing lists, to see if they could provide us with useful contacts for one of our clients. At...
How not to do direct mail
[caption id="attachment_350" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Chantal"][/caption] ?Dear Sir or Madam? - if you really want to get my attention, make a phone call first to find out my name, instead of addressing me that way. ?We currently have...
LinkedIn: Use the power of Answers
[caption id="attachment_361" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Alice"][/caption] At the end of your navigation links in your LinkedIn profile is a tab called 'More'. At the top of the drop-down menu that appears when you mouse over it, is...
