What is fractional marketing and why B to B companies should consider it now

The Rise Of Fractional Marketing  Sometimes, an idea is sitting there waiting to be discovered, until finally, circumstances combine...

How to become UNIGNORABLE in B2B marketing

Seth Godin, the follically-challenged and best-selling marketing writer defines marketing as “a consistent set of promises to people who...

Strategy, execution and the art of creating a race you’re sure to win

Our highly competitive business environments are often likened to running in a crowded race… jostling for position, elbows out,...

How do you know your marketing is working?

It’s an important question. Because if you’re spending all this money and you’re not sure of the results, then...

How understanding an individual person (not just a ‘target market’) will make you more sales.

Whatever business you’re in, be it a start-up or a global corporation, the better you understand your target market,...

Why do we need a formal marketing strategy?

This was the question posed to us by a new client just a couple of weeks ago, and it...

Is Marketing ROI a Key to Profitability?

A sustainably profitable business is what we’re all looking for, and it makes sense that profitable marketing, would help...

The power of B to B referral marketing, and how to harness it for your business.

Someone asks if you know a good plumber. Just so happens that you had a drain successfully unblocked recently...

Email Marketing vs Social Media Marketing

Is email marketing better than social media? Choose your weapon! You want to stay in touch with your market...
brand refresh

Brand Refresh: Investment or Waste of Money?

Brand Refresh: A-grade Investment or Waste of Money? A brand refresh is like a makeover for your business. Sure,...
Marketing problems

Better Marketing: How to fix marketing problems.

The problem with marketing is that you’re dealing with people and the real world. Which means sometimes it’s quite predictable,...
competitive analysis

How to Perform a Competitive Analysis of Your Brand

Let’s find out how to perform a brand competitive analysis – and how you can use that information to...
Blue ocean strategy

Blue Ocean Strategy and Positioning in Business

When does Brand Positioning become Blue Ocean Strategy?  Competition is fierce and getting worse. You keep working to improve,...

When does storytelling not tell enough of the story?

Consumers have always loved a good story. Brands that use storytelling generate some of the most recognizable and effective...
Rick Merten's insights for small businesses

For the love of small business.

Running a small business is a bit like having kids. People can tell you about it, and you can...
loyalty and trust

Why Trust Is the Key to Customer Loyalty

It’s Marketing 101: The marketer’s two jobs are customer acquisition and loyalty/retention. When it comes to retention, there’s an...
Dove's Real Beauty campaign

Brand Authenticity

Brand Authenticity: A Brand’s Essential Mantra for the Digital Age: Tell the Truth, The Whole Truth, and Nothing But!...
New Approaches to Better Marketing in the Construction Sector

New Approaches to Better Marketing in the Construction Sector

Is marketing in the construction, architecture and civil engineering space different to other industries? Well, yes and no.   Certainly,...

Internal vs external marketing for small businesses

Wait a minute, marketing is all about attracting customers and selling, is it not? Why do I need internal...
brand

Are you winning customer’s hearts with your brand?

Customers are judging you on your appearance. It is to be the year of brand reputation, so will yours...
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What’s the difference between brand and product loyalty, and what can they do for your SME?

There’s always debate over the different aspects of loyalty, and business owners can easily be confused. If you Google...

The Importance of a Positioning Statement for Your Businesses

A positioning statement is simply a short description of how your product or service meets the needs of your...

Is LinkedIn Marketing a must-have for my SME?

As always – depends on who you ask. If you’re LinkedIn, any number of specialist consultants or a whole...
Marketing trickster

Marketing tricksters and charlatans. Avoiding the sharks.

Who can you trust these days, that is the question, isn’t it..? According to a recent poll carried out...
Virgin Australia

The law of attraction, brand personality, and attracting the right customers.

You’ve probably heard of the law of attraction before. Where you focus on what you want in your life,...
Difficult roads lead to beautiful destinations. Part 2

Seven Steps To Better Marketing – Part 2

For those of you who missed the first part of this article, here’s a quick recap:   We defined the...
Difficult roads lead to beautiful destinations

Seven Steps To Better Marketing

You’ve heard of the expression ‘being in the flow’, or ‘in the zone’, well Better Marketing is kind of...
Marketing budget

How Much Should You Spend On Marketing?

As much as you need, to grow your business, at the rate you want. It’s pretty much as simple...
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Building A Brand, Building A Website: Same Same?

Building a brand used to be pretty straightforward (if rather expensive)! Name. Logo. Tagline. A series of print ads....
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Marketing Trends & Predictions for 2022.

“Next year is going to be all about voice search. By year-end VR and the metaverse will be the...
Marketing Funnel

Building a marketing funnel will help you make more sales

You may have heard of a marketing funnel before, but what you might not know is they’ve been around for a...
Seven secrets

The Seven Secrets of Post Pandemic Marketing

Remember the time before home-schooling? Before you spent most of the day looking at colleagues on your PC screen? Before you...

How do keywords work, what exactly ARE they, and how can they make your marketing better?

Keywords are like a crystal ball, no, scratch that, a crystal ball tells you what’s going on in the future. Keywords are more...
Marketing Strategy

How do I develop a marketing strategy?

In the last blog we explained what a Marketing Strategy actually is. Hint, it’s a tool to help you...

What is a marketing strategy, and do I really need one?

If you’re confused about marketing strategy and what it actually is, then we can totally understand. We’re marketers and...
killer marketing value proposition

How to find your killer Customer Value Proposition

There’s a Customer Value Proposition lying hidden in your business, and the best person to uncover it is the...

6 Marketing Essentials for Small and Medium Businesses

Getting an effective marketing strategy for your small or medium business can be an uphill task. With there being...

Working on your business, not in your business

Just the other day we were talking to a client so focused on their target market that they’d missed...

Better Marketing: Evaluating, Strategising and Tailoring Your Marketing Plan

There is one thing that most people in successful businesses agree on, and that is that marketing is critical...