In the ABC of Marketing – C is for Content
Last year I gave a talk about how coaches, consultants and trainers can promote themselves. There is so much marketing that you can do when you provide a service and you could spend a lot of...
Last year I gave a talk about how coaches, consultants and trainers can promote themselves. There is so much marketing that you can do when you provide a service and you could spend a lot of...
I’ve been writing recently about the importance of using a website as the central hub of your marketing. We’ve always done this at Appletree, using our website to bring together different online marketing activities such as...
The A – Z of Marketing: The Full List At the start of 2014 we started writing the A – Z of Marketing – a series of 26 blogs looking at 26 different marketing topics. Of...
How Do You Come Up with Blog Ideas? This is a question I’m asked on a fairly frequent basis. Lack of content and ideas seems to be something that prevents many people from blogging on regularly....
Content Really is King At the beginning of January 2014 I decided not to take on any new clients for the next few months. We've had some changes at Appletree recently in terms of staff and...
We've championed the use of blogs for marketing for a long time. Now we need to look at whether blogs are actually working. As with all marketing tools, you must measure their effectiveness, adjust and re-measure...
A very wise man once said "The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance." (Alan Watts, British philosopher). How can this sentence apply...
When was the last time you had a look at your website? I mean properly had a good look through your website and thought, I need to update this! We (at Appletree) are finding that more...
Rainbows of Newbury is a lovely little craft shop (in Newbury, Berkshire.) It's a treasure trove of all things crafty - things to cut out and stick down, or stick on, or paint or patchwork. One...
Latest stats just out on worldwide usage of social media gave some really interesting, and quite frankly scary figures. Have a read of the blog, but in the meantime here?s a snapshot of some of the...
I don’t often go to supermarkets. I’m not keen on the experience and would rather...
My forthcoming book is the result of over 20 years of looking for better ways...
You might not be a big fan of Christmas. You might not even celebrate the...