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I did it, I did it, I did it!
‘I’ve done it !’ Those were the words my daughter Lynsey said after she’d recently completed the Manchester marathon. A fantastic achievement in anybody’s book. Having said that, she’s hobbled around a bit whilst she recovered. She did think that she would come last, as in her words ‘I’m a bit slow’. She was hoping […]
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Surrounding yourself with the right people
I received a package through the post the other day. I was expecting some promotional merchandise samples for a client, however when I opened up the package to my surprise there was a delightful set of goodies. Sat on the top was a handwritten note ‘Hi Mike, special thanks for all your support and help. […]
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Seatbelts, crash helmets and your Marketing Fingerprint
Just over five years ago I had the opportunity to take my Mk1 MX5 round a racetrack. I mean, how hard can it be? Well, it turns out there’s more to it than meets the eye. You’ve got to keep your eye on the revs, look out of for the apex, look out who’s in […]
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Big ideas, small letterboxes and x-rated pyjamas!
You may remember a blog I did a while back about my new printer… “We’ve got this HP on offer, it will do everything you need plus there’s a free trial. They’ll even deliver the inks direct to your home”, said the salesperson. A good looking printer and inks delivered to my door? “I’m sold!” […]
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What you can learn from a wonky fence
Over the past few weeks and months, I’ve been having a bit of a fence issue going on at the back of our house. Mainly due to the bad weather and the fact it has been up for a while. To set the scene, our back garden is tiered and at the end of the […]
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Can’t see the wood for the trees?
I recently decided to go out and buy myself a new Karcher pressure washer after my last one gave up the ghost. I did have all the best intentions of trying to fix it myself. But after a bit of Googling, taking it apart (which was fun) and realising that I’d have to buy and […]
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Do you give your customers a warm welcome?
Recently I was asked to talk to a group of students at our local college. They were running a series of talks called ‘Step into…’ to give the students an insight into different industries. So not surprisingly, my talk was about marketing and how I got into it. I decided to break my talk and […]
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How do you get value for money from your marketing in 2021?
Whenever we hear people saying anything along the lines of marketing being ‘just advertising’ or ‘just a simple website’ or about having an attractive logo, a little bit of us dies inside. Well, no, not really. But we WOULD love to get across to anyone and everyone running a small business that marketing done properly goes so […]
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FIVE Top Tips to get your marketing in ship shape ready for 2021!
As the year is coming to an end, here are our FIVE Top Tips to get your marketing in ship shape ready for 2021! And what’s more, given what has been going on in 2020 the needs of your clients may well have changed. And you may well have added new products or services. So […]
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