Minimal Marketing – What Can You Get Away With?
“What’s the bare minimum marketing I can do for my business?” “I’m really busy, so do I still need to do any marketing?” “What will happen if I don’t do any marketing for a while?” These...
What Could Politicians Learn From Small Business Marketing?
Over the last few months, in the run up to the election, I’ve listened to what many of the sparring politicians have said about different issues. I’ve noticed how they went about trying to persuade people...
Is There a Time NOT to Go Networking?
Is There a Time NOT to Go Networking? One day last week we had a really busy day in the office, with some interesting issues to sort out. By the end of the day I was...
Massive Marketing Mistakes – Number Nine: Not Measuring Your Marketing
In the previous blog in this series, we shared with you the first rule of marketing. The second rule is this: Find out what marketing works for your business and do more of it. You’ve carefully...
Massive Marketing Mistakes – Number Eight: Using Ad Hoc Marketing
“I’ve tried direct marketing and it doesn’t work.” “I went networking once but it didn’t bring me any new clients.” These are phrases that I hear on a regular basis. It’s a bit like saying “I...
Massive Marketing Mistakes – Number Seven: Trying to Do It All Yourself
Massive Marketing Mistakes – Number Seven: Trying to Do It All Yourself Are you a Marketing Consultant? If not, why are you trying to do your own marketing? Are you a website designer? No? So why...
How to Use a Soft Start for Your Presentations
How to Use a Soft Start for Your Presentations Many years ago, I learnt a very clever way of starting talks and presentations that I’ve been sharing ever since. It’s called the ABCD of Introductions and...
The A – Z of Marketing: The Full List
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...
Get Your Marketing Right and You Don’t Need to Know How to Sell
Get Your Marketing Right and You Don't Need to Know How to Sell Ask any Marketing Consultant whether they think marketing is more important than sales and of course they will tell you that it is....
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...
