6 questions to ask hiring your first marketing employee
There reaches a stage in a growing company’s life time when as the manager/ owner you can’t do everything yourself anymore and still have time to eat and sleep. A lot of people in marketing are good at selling themselves (as you’d expect I suppose), and making themselves appear better than they actually are. In a large team, this can be absorbed, however if they are going to be your only marketing team member, hiring the wrong person could be a disaster.
5 lessons to learn from McDonalds’ marketing strategy
Whether you like their food or not, McDonald's are one the very best marketing businesses in the world today. They are an excellent case study in both how to market your services globally, and so often over looked, locally. Here are 5 lessons you can apply to your own business.
The essential guide to writing a marketing strap line
A marketing strap line (in my opinion at least) should summarise what your brand stands for in just a few words. It doesn’t have to be descriptive (although some are like eBay’s “The world’s online market place”), it should support your brand positioning and communicate what you are about. This all sounds rather easy, but trust me it isn’t.
7 questions to ask a web designer pitching for your business
Unless you can afford an in-house designer, the likelihood is you will need to outsource building (or refreshing) your website to a web designer/ agency. Here are the top 7 questions I would ask web designers pitching for your business to make sure you get the best possible person for the job.
30 online marketing quick wins you can do right now
Marketing is not just about the big campaigns, flashy new technology and large budgets. In fact, it is quite the opposite. In my opinion, successful marketing is made up of hundreds of small components that work together to achieve a goal. Essentially, I believe it is about having an eye for detail and ensuring everything is being used to its full potential.
How to create a “hyper local” AdWords campaign
Google AdWords is not the preserve of large companies, or businesses that operate on a national level. if you are a local business, serving a limited geographic location, you can still use Google AdWords to drive traffic and customers, all with out breaking the bank. Here is how.