Marketing Musings
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December Marketing Ideas
Marketing Ideas for December Here are a few marketing ideas for next month to inspire you! 28th November to 6th December - HanukkahThis marks the beginning of the 8-day Jewish celebration of Hanukkah (the Jewish festival of lights celebrating the victory of the...
November Marketing Ideas
Marketing Ideas for November Here are a few winter marketing ideas for next month to inspire you! MovemberAnyone in the office willing to grow a Moustache? Chart their progress with pics you share with followers or hold an event to ‘shave it off’ and raise...
October Marketing Ideas
Marketing Ideas for October Here are a few Autumn marketing ideas for next month to inspire your! Stoptober Breast Cancer Awareness Month National Dessert MonthNeed I say more! 1st - International Coffee DayGreat chance to shout out to your favourite coffee...
September Marketing Ideas
Marketing Ideas for September Here are a few marketing ideas kick start the autumn! School starts Back to school promotions are great (and everywhere). Back to school-related offers are obviously going to be in your marketing mix if you target kids. But look at...
Marketing basics – deciphering the jargon
General Terms Digital Marketing – promotion of your brand using the internet and other forms of digital communication Buyer Persona – a fictional or general representation of your ideal client or target audience. By creating a specific persona (or series of personas)...
August Marketing Ideas
Marketing Ideas for August Here are a few summer marketing ideas for next month to inspire you! 1st-31st August - Kids Week (London theatres)It now lasts all month, but Kids Week is when kids go free to the theatre with a full paying adult. A lot of London...
How brand loyalty nearly got my little niece adopted…
A massive thank you to Hayley Meakes for this month's guest blog post! Hayley has over 20 years’ experience in creating and delivering bespoke tailored (and sometimes award-winning) campaigns for big brands and charities as is also founder and host of The SnipBit...
Creating your Customer Persona
Creating your Customer Persona is all about identifying your ideal customer. Some businesses will have one, others may have 3 or 4. Your customer persona is specific kind of segmentation that can be useful in bringing your target audience to life, helping to target messaging and offers. Follow this 5 step process to create your persona.
July Marketing Ideas
Marketing Ideas for July28th June to 11th July - WimbledonDespite the delay of lockdown easing, a full capacity crowd is expected to attend SW19 over the fortnight, with a further 300 million will watch live in over 200 countries. The country goes tennis crazy for a...
Good marketing is like wine
Age and Wine are on my mind this week, with my birthday coming up! And, like a good wine, relationships get better with age so I wanted to touch on relationship marketing today
Authentic Marketing Matters
Authentic Marketing is about marketing that showcases who you are any why your customer choose you!
June Marketing Ideas
Grab a few marketing ideas for June with this awareness days
May Marketing Ideas
May 3rd - May Day Bank HolidayThe May Day Bank Holiday brings with it a feel of fresh summer days just around the corner (weather permitting). This festival, originally known as Floralia in Roman times, was a way to celebrate spring and the beginning of summer! This...
The foundations of a good email marketing programme
A social butterfly, with a creative Mum and a technically minded Dad, it's the combination of creativity and technology, together with the human element that I love about email marketing. I have a computer science degree, but I didn't want to work as a programmer (I...
April Marketing Ideas
April1st April Fools DayBusinesses of all sizes have used this day as an opportunity to raise their profile. A favourite April Fools' hoax, was when Taco Bell placed ads in major newspapers announcing it had purchased the Liberty Bell to help reduce the federal...
Putting yourself in their shoes
Putting yourself in your customers or audiences shoes is about understanding everything to do with their interactions with you from their perspective. You may have heard the phrase to ‘map out your customer journey’ and this is without a doubt a key element of the...
Action plan for segmenting your data
I have been speaking alot about segmenting data recently and have had quite a lot of feedback asking for a simple action plan to help in segmenting and targeting communications for smaller businesses. I have put together this 6 step plan to help you develop...
March Marketing Ideas
A bit of inspiration for March, lots of big days this month! 1st - Peanut Butter Lovers Day! Great fun to share favourite recipes and smoothies (unless you have an allergy of course - also remember to post responsibly!) 3rd - World Wildlife DayA UN celebration and...