Tag: marketing plan

Marketing is one of the main pillars that contribute to the overall viability and success of a business. It helps communicate the main message, vision, and purpose of a company to its customers. Therefore, it is crucial that a successful marketing campaign is established and implemented, as it helps facilitate a relationship between the customer and the organisation. Every business should have a structured and solid marketing plan with specific goals, and steps to achieve those objectives. Having a clear sense of direction and vision will assist marketers to successfully orchestrate a marketing campaign. This can result in an increase in awareness of a company, attract more customers, and obtain a higher percentage of market share. 

When designing an effective marketing strategy, it is important to understand factors such as market forces and situations which are both internal and external to the organization. Some other elements that should be considered include resources available and the potential drawbacks that a company may face. Recognising all these factors will assist a company to create a marketing campaign that will lead to success and growth for an organisation. 

Have you been uploading blogs or posting regularly on social media but struggling to see any results? The problem is most likely not your content but rather that your efforts may not be properly backed up by a strategy. Before creating social media content or blogs you should always start first with your marketing strategy and use your strategy to support your marketing plan.

Running a business requires managing a diverse range of duties that will impact your brand's success. Regardless of your competence, the people you choose to work with, and hire will eventually significantly impact your team's output and overall performance.

When it comes to storytelling, there's much more at play than simply ensuring your audience knows what will happen before, during, and after the story. You may improve your self-assurance as an author, public speaker, teacher, or even a dinner party visitor by brushing up on your storytelling abilities (including understanding how to tell a story and a few narrative methods.

Marketing can be very challenging for small businesses due to a lack of budget, time available, lack of employees working and needing more visibility. However, marketing is one of the most critical aspects of building your business from a small business to a multi-million-dollar, worldwide company.

Coschedule shared an important statistic last year that you are 414% more likely to achieve your business goals with a documented marketing strategy in place. For marketing consultants like us, this was a godsent because so many businesses want to fast track their marketing and skip strategy - to their detriment. Their questions are always,  "Why do you need the right strategy in place?" Well, the answer is simple; would you go onto a football field without a plan in place, without the right game plan. To help grow your business, be more productive with resources and budget and ultimately to increase sales, your business needs a marketing strategy. Furthermore, it needs a data driven marketing strategy aligned to your small business goals.

I’m an introvert. I know for many that see me on a stage or greeting a new employee, it must be a shock and hard to fathom, but it’s a fact and here’s why.

For online retailers, the last three months of the year are the most crucial. Research shows that this is the quarter in which 57% of shops expect an increase in sales, so now is the time to make the most of it and prevent any unpleasant surprises. The last three months of the year are jam-packed with celebrations and important events. This is your prime opportunity to win over new leads and turn them into lifelong clients.