Experience Business
Appletree has been helping to organise a business exhibition, Experience Business next month. The event will take place on October 10th at The Springs Hotel in Wallingford. Everyone is welcome to attend the free event. As...
Twitter. It?s so much more than a plug for your website.
As the newly appointed social media champion for Appletree ? he says slightly smug ? I came across something that I really wanted to address in my latest blog. Last week I spent a lot of...
May I Join You? Or How to Get Talking at a Networking Meeting
Walking into a networking meeting full of people talking to each, and getting a conversation going is not the easiest thing to do. So here are some tips for getting started, with thanks to Mike Southon,...
How to Create an Effective Keyword List
A common theme of our blogs on marketing is keywords. Thankfully they are no longer mis-used by some and ?stuffed? on web pages to achieve high search engine rankings. This means that it?s even more important...
How Effective are Your Blogs?
I?ve championed the use of blogs for marketing for long enough - now we need to look at whether the blogs are actually working. As with all marketing tools, you must measure their effectiveness, tweak and...
Know thy neighbour…
One really useful marketing activity that often gets overlooked is a competitor analysis. How well do you actually know your competitors? Here are a few suggestions to carry out a simple analysis of those companies you...
How Do You Use Social Media? Part 2
In Part 1 we considered ways of using social media effectively as part of your marketing plan. Here are a few more suggestions for you to consider. 1. Measurement is still key Marketers have always been...
What?s the Best Type of Networking for You? Part 2
Back in June 2012 I wrote a blog about how to decide on the best types of networking meetings to go to. I covered a number of options and you can click here to see what...
Growing the Business. Setting your Goals
Last week we spoke about the current business position, where is your business currently? So, you now know where your business is, how do you develop it into the successful enterprise you want it to be?...
How Do You Use Social Media? Part 1
In business today, it is almost a given that social media forms part of a company?s marketing plan, regardless of the size of company. London 2012 was the first truly ?social media Olympics?, the results for...
