How often should I update my website?
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...
Marketing Mentoring
A lot of the people we meet have taken the exciting (and often scary) decision to start their own business. In the past, news and statistics about the likelihood of survival of new businesses were always...
How to Wade Your Way through the Social Media Minefield
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...
Are Newsletters Still Relevant Today?
At one of our client marketing review meetings recently our client asked - are newsletters really useful anymore? Do people really read them and are they good for our business? My response? A resounding yes! Agreed,...
Do People Really Want to Buy What You Want to Sell?
We've just come to the end of a six month project, promoting an ebook that one of our clients has written. "There's a gap in the market," he told us, so he wrote an ebook to...
A Cost Effective Method to Keep In Contact With Your Clients
In a previous blog I spoke to you about the effectiveness of eNewsletters and why you should be using them in business. Today I would like to talk to you about DIY eNewsletters, and how they...
Why Your Website Needs to Be on a WordPress CMS
In his blog on Wednesday, Yan talked about why the current generation of website Content Management Systems (CMS) makes website marketing even more effective these days. Being able to make changes to your own website relatively...
How Do You Manage Your Website?
Do you have access to your website? If you do then how easy do you find it to make a change, post an update or even create a new webpage? The face of website development and...
Have you written a book?
Have you ever considered writing down your experiences and expertise? Advertising your expertise and experience in the medium of a book can be a help your brand to gain more value and your business to gain...
Simple Things to Improve the Performance of Your Website
You've got a website to help promote your business, excellent. Now, when was the last time you looked at it? When was the last time you looked at it from your customer's perspective? During a marketing...
