Tag Archives: marketing
Marketing Madness
Once upon a time… I nipped to the corner shop and bought some cornflakes, walking home I popped into the butchers and picked up some sausages then called in to the hairdressers to book a hair appointment for next week. … Continue reading
Apostrophe Abuse
I get it! I know that some people cannot (can’t) get their heads around apostrophes. I know some people completely restructure their sentences to avoid using (or abusing) them. ‘Nicola’s dog’ becomes ‘the dog owned by Nicola’. I understand that, … Continue reading
Is Advertising An Invasion of Privacy?
Do You Feel Stalked By Adverts? Last week, at 11:33pm, a client emailed me via 123 Reg Webmail to ask if I was available to work in Manchester for a week. The next morning I awoke to a Hotmail from … Continue reading
Life Without Marketing?
What Happens If I Don’t Market My Business? Businesses today are caught up in the hamster wheel of endless marketing. The fear of losing customers, not gaining customers, not reaching the audience drives us forward like rats in a maze. … Continue reading
Marketing – What Makes You Take Notice?
Manic Marketing Are you finding this? Every minute of the day you are bombarded with information, coming at you thick and fast from every angle. Snapchat, Whatsapp, Instagram, email, text, Messenger, radio/TV,’snail mail’, telephone…the list goes on. If I switch … Continue reading
A Marketing Opportunity? Don’t Miss It!
Recently I spent time in Chicago working with a client. The usual early start gave us a chance to wander up the Magnificent Mile and ‘hit the shops’. One day, I kid you not, there had been a duck invasion. … Continue reading
Is it Too Late to Save Our High Streets?
In the light of the news that Cambridge has won the award for ‘Healthiest Retail Centre‘, ahead of Oxford Street among others, I thought I would take a look at our High Streets. A Week in France I have returned … Continue reading
Is Poor Marketing Worse Than No Marketing?
What inspired me to write this post? I have recently received marketing emails telling me, in a carefully crafted box, to… ‘Chose Now’ It didn’t evoke feelings of trust in the knowledge and professionalism of the company. Similar ‘turn-offs’ are … Continue reading
Subscriptions for Success
Over the weekend I read an article that highlighted a subscription to shaving products from Harry’s, ‘A Great Shave for Great Britain’ is the brilliantly inclusive strapline. I don’t need their products but I felt compelled to have a look, … Continue reading
Can You Beat This Customer Service?
Just setting the scene My parents, creatures of habit, have shopped in the same Sainsbury’s in Cambridge for 42 years. More than that, barring extraordinary circumstances, they go on the same day, and to the same checkout assistant. In that … Continue reading
My Words Work For You 