by Kirstie Tucker | Apr 20, 2018 | Social Media |
On Tuesday, JD Weatherspoon cut the branch it was sitting on by announcing they were going to quit social media. For a business that boasts the free use of WIFI in their pubs, this decision is, well, weird. Tim Martin, Chairman of JD Weatherspoon said: “It’s becoming increasingly obvious that people spend too much time on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook, and struggle to control the compulsion.” Arguably, we do spend too much time on social media, especially as marketers. But is one British pub chain taking a stand going to change this? Absolutely not. Customers are going to consume other content rather than give up on social media completely. Weatherspoon’s problem may have simply been that they have never really embraced social media strategically.
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by Kirstie Tucker | Apr 16, 2018 | Email Marketing |
A survey by the Direct Marketing Association has shown that email marketing campaigns achieve an average Return on Investment (ROI) of 144%. This is 4 times higher than the ROI for other marketing channels, including social media (28%) and direct mail campaigns (27%). With the number of email users worldwide forecast to rise to 2.9 billion in 2019, email campaigns only appear to be a growing market with advantages over alternative marketing channels. These stats lead us to believe that there’s life in the old dog yet! But do we really care?
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by Kirstie Tucker | Apr 6, 2018 | Outsourced Marketing |
Marketing should be the fun part of your business administration. But that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s child’s play.
Outsourced marketing is the act of contracting out the marketing function of a business to a third party. There are an array of platforms, software and tools available to aid in the marketing process, but this very often leads to you becoming overwhelmed and confused.
Marketing is time consuming and continual, and many business owners don’t have the time and resources to effectively manage the process. This is where outsourced marketing becomes vital – well we would say that wouldn’t we! But it’s true!
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by Kirstie Tucker | Mar 30, 2018 | GDPR |
The General D
ata Protection Regulation (GDPR) will come in to force on 25th May 2018. The regulation will make companies more accountable for the data they hold. As a business owner, it’s your responsibility to prepare for GDPR and be ready to comply with the regulations by May 25th 2018. Here are a few pointers to help you with the first and very important step of carrying out your data audit.
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by Kirstie Tucker | Mar 23, 2018 | Digital Marketing |
The digital marketing sphere can be intimidating. There are 35 million status updates, 500 million tweets and 205 billion emails sent per day! The swarm of content on our newsfeed is overwhelming, unnecessary and quite frankly irrelevant. Scrolling through feeds is time consuming and tedious, so why not make your digital life easier and streamline relevant content directly to you? (more…)
by Kirstie Tucker | Mar 15, 2018 | Content Marketing |
Content marketing rakes in a six times higher conversion rate than other methods, so it’s easy to understand why content marketing is amongst the biggest trends in digital marketing this coming year! But in a sea of content, how do we make a splash? (more…)
by Kirstie Tucker | Feb 28, 2018 | Social Media |
The most successful websites are those that are continually expanding by adding new content for their visitors to sink their teeth into. If you’re not updating your content, you’re not attracting new audiences or exciting your existing ones. Visitors won’t rock up unless there is something new and exciting to see or read – so what will move your website from the slow lane into the superfast highway? (more…)
by Lauren Dods | Oct 6, 2017 | Advertising, Creative, Heath Marketing, Heath Marketing News |
With today’s technology it may seem crazy to think that we still use promotional printing material to market our products and services. But let’s be honest, technology is brilliant but it just doesn’t compare in so many ways to print. Promotional print is a perfect reminder of your brand, services and products, and should be a crucial part of your integrated marketing strategy. (more…)
by Carmen Gray | Sep 15, 2017 | Heath Marketing, Heath Marketing News, Marketing Planning |
Hello, I’m Lauren. I am delighted to announce that I am Heath Marketing’s newest recruit, having started as a Graduate Account Executive this week. I am very excited at the prospect of working in this role however, I do have some pretty big shoes to fill after Joanne’s departure. (more…)
by Carmen Gray | Jul 19, 2017 | Customer Value, ethical marketing, Social Media |
It won’t. Really it won’t. Hard work, time and ethical marketing will. So please think twice before you sign up to a webinar that is going to tell you differently. Here’s my story. (more…)
by Carmen Gray | Apr 25, 2017 | Heath Marketing News |
We’re delighted to have been shortlisted for the Zokit 2017 Business Awards in the Business Evolution category. There’s some tough competition in amongst us, including the fabulous, and very close to our hearts, Autism Directory – well done you guys! (more…)
by Carmen Gray | Jul 27, 2016 | Customer Value, Heath Marketing, Website |
Small businesses constantly negotiate their way through the dilemma of whether marketing is a cost or investment. And it is true, marketing can eek away at precious cash flow for new businesses, but it’s entirely worth it (well, we’re marketers, what did you expect?!) (more…)
