Doesn?t every marketing company have a database?
I nearly laughed out loud when one of my clients asked me if I have a database ? somewhere to store details of all my clients and contacts. I was surprised that he asked, but perhaps...
Integrating your online marketing
On 7 March 2012 I was asked to give a presentation at an FSB event, on how to integrate your online marketing. There had been two talks before mine ? one on how to grab people?s...
Is the jury still out on Google+?
At the time of it?s test launch in June 2011, Google+ was hailed as ?the future of social networking? and was at the time the newest social networking service on the web. Sceptics were quick to...
Birthday Cards Just Aren?t What They Used To Be
So yesterday I turned another year older, 30-ahem-something years old, and honestly can?t believe where the year has gone. I enjoyed the usual activities associated with the day from eating perhaps more than I should ?just...
Why Good Customer Service is a Great Marketing Tool
I recently read some great tips from a customer service expert for calming people down if they are making a complaint. Hold your customers in high regard. They may not always be right, but they have...
The case in the defence of Twitter
A client recently remarked ?let me know when you get a sale from Twitter?. In other words, ?I bet I?ll never see the day we get a sale as a result of Twitter!? A statement said...
How do you use Twitter?
[caption id="attachment_361" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Alice"][/caption] In marketing terms, people view using Twitter in different ways. Some see it as a somewhere to make friends and listen to lots of gossip. Others use it for fact finding...
Failure to check your website could prove costly
[caption id="attachment_1403" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Chantal"][/caption] The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has announced that its remit is being extended to cover marketing on websites. From March 1 2011, marketing communications on your website and in other places...
More marketing methods for Twitter
[caption id="attachment_361" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Alice"][/caption] Twitter is designed for communication and interaction. It isn't somewhere just to tweet about what you're doing or to thrust your latest blog post into the limelight. This is as bad as putting up...
How should you use #ff effectively in Twitter?
[caption id="attachment_361" align="alignleft" width="85" caption="Alice"][/caption] For those who don't already know, #ff is a hashtag that stands for 'follow friday'. It is a fun gimmick that adds to the sociability element of Twitter, typically used on...
