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 [...]

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” [...]

Make your target audiences come alive

By making your target audiences come alive – giving them a personality – you can understand what they need in order to convince them to buy from you. Give each audience a name, e.g. Michael, Simon, Katie, Susan.  Put yourself in their shoes and think about where you would go, what would you do, read, [...]

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 [...]