Your Ultimate Desired Result

Christmas trees

Have a clear idea of what you want your marketing to achieve – your Ultimate Desired Result. In other words, what you can see at the top of the mountain in front of you. By keeping in mind what you ultimately want to achieve you will find it much easier to work out what marketing [...]

Top tip – build your marketing muscles

Marketing is like a muscle – work it regularly and it will become stronger.  Ignore it and it will waste away.  In other words, don’t expect your marketing to be effective and yield the results you need if you only do some now and again.  Little and often works much better than a burst every [...]

Plan, plan and plan again

You must have a marketing plan

Do you have a marketing plan?  If not, you are missing a trick … are you an Alice or the Cheshire Cat? “Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?” asked Alice. “That depends a good deal on where you want to get to” said the cat. “I don’t much [...]

Reach your audiences in many ways

Your marketing tools

By having an integrated approach when reaching (potential) customers you make sure you reach them in as many ways as possible. Don’t just rely on one marketing activity at a time – you need to build a relationship in order for (potential) customers to feel comfortable about who you are and what you do and [...]

Top tip – your marketing treasure chest

What’s in your marketing treasure chest? A good idea is to have a box file that you use to store examples of adverts, news releases, direct mail, blog posts, etc that catch your attention – whether they are good … or bad. Every so often, grab a tea/coffee, leave the answer machine to take your [...]

Plan plan & plan again – end knee-jerk marketing

Are you Alice in Wonderland or an Army General? “Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?” asked Alice. “That depends a good deal on where you want to get to” said the cat. “I don’t much care where …” said Alice. “Then it doesn’t matter which way you go” [...]

Top tip – be crystal clear

For your marketing plan to be most effective you must be crystal clear about what you want to achieve and who you need to reach.  This way you can focus your resources and efforts more effectively and reduce wasted time and money.

Top tip – are you Alice or the Cheshire Cat?

“Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?” asked Alice. “That depends a good deal on where you want to get to” said the cat. “I don’t much care where …” said Alice. “Then it doesn’t matter which way you go” said the cat. Before you embark on any marketing [...]