How Can You Use Authentic Marketing To Grow Your Business?
How Can You Use Authentic Marketing To Grow Your Business? So far, 2014 has been a really good year for Appletree. In fact, in terms of profitability, it has been the best year in all the...
How Do You Come Up with Blog Ideas?
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....
What’s the Best Way to Get Referrals? By Saying Thank You!
What's the Best Way to Get Referrals? By Saying Thank You! I keep hearing people talk about 'referral strategies' and a number of my clients have asked me recently about whether or not they should set...
Are Pubs Only as Good as their Toilets? The New Theory!
Are Pubs Only as Good as their Toilets? The New Theory! I have a theory about how you can tell how good a pub is going to be just by looking at the toilets. My local...
In the A – Z of Marketing, Y is for … You!
In the A - Z of Marketing, Y is for ... You! Many small businesses struggle to work out their USP - unique selling point - that makes them different and makes them stand out from...
Don’t You Just Love it When Your Clients Complain?
Don't You Just Love it When Your Clients Complain? Do you look forward to receiving complaints from your clients, or do you cringe every time you answer the phone, in case there's an unhappy client at...
Content is Queen
Content is Queen When I first set up Appletree back in 2000, I worked as a freelance copywriter. I wrote content for all sorts of marketing material, for all sorts of small businesses. As time has...
In the A – Z of Marketing, R is for – Referrals
In the A - Z of Marketing, R is for - Referrals R could be about Reputation, Relationships or Regular Marketing. They are all important and I've written about all of them recently, so I decided...
This Month’s Appletree Award for Customer Service goes to …
This Month's Appletree Award for Customer Service goes to ... ... the NHS! Yes, I'm being serious! In particular the award goes to three people who were working at Basingstoke Hospital earlier this month, for...
In the A – Z of Marketing Q is for … Questions
In the A - Z of Marketing Q is for ... Questions In the olden days, to promote your business and sell your services to a potential customer, you would turn up at their office and...
