How did I get into Marketing? By pure chance is the answer.
Looking back I was doing elements of Marketing from an early age…
Nobody cares… unless you give them a reason
Redesigned your logo? Won an award? Moved office?
Nobody cares.
Marketing Minefield
Lets face it, Marketing can be a minefield. SEO, GA4, PPC, AI…. What does it all mean? And are you focusing on the right things?
Building community through giving
Every business, no matter its size has the potential to give back in some way…
Are you shouting into the void?
Don’t throw a bucket-full of ping pong balls down some stairs and hope that one lands in the small hole at the bottom.
Fractional Marketers: Your Secret Weapon for Marketing Innovation
How can you ensure your marketing teams are not just keeping up, but actively driving innovation?
A day in the life of a Fractional Marketing Director
Fractional roles are a relatively new term and many people don't understand how they work in practice…
Social ads vs boosted posts on Meta (Facebook & Instagram)
Social media can often feel like a jungle and you need to have both a content and advertising plan linked to your overall strategy in order to succeed
Are you looking out the windscreen?
Or are you looking in the rear-view mirror? Or worse, are you too busy rummaging around in the glove box to look at either?
A product is a product is a product?
But not yours, yours is a quality product. Which, nowadays is pretty much a given…
Marketing is advertising, right?
As Seth Godin states in ‘This is Marketing’: “For a long time the most efficient way for a company to promote themselves was ads…
My toughest customer yet…
A couple of months ago I asked my three year old what sort of birthday party he’d like. (A lesson learned – never do this!)
The benefits of a fractional approach
I’ll be honest, I hadn’t heard the term ‘fractional’ until I was on a call with someone trying to explain what my offering was as a freelance consultant....
What is a strategy and why do some people make it so darn complicated?
Strategy… I see this word used a lot and often in the wrong context! Some people seem to enjoy making company strategy really complicated.
Employee engagement: A job for HR?
Employee engagement is often seen as a responsibility of HR, and while they do play a crucial role, it frequently boils down to communication.
Why ‘just’ marketing?
I recently delivered a strategy to a client who asked; “Why do you promote yourself as just marketing? You should promote yourself as a business analyst/consultant as this is a plan for the whole business.” …
What is a Fractional Marketing Director?
We are essentially part-time Marketing Directors who integrate into your leadership team, taking complete ownership of your marketing strategy and overseeing your current team and/or agencies