Marketing budgets always seem to be the first to go when a business is thinking of making cuts. This is because they often get viewed as non-essential costs, and especially if the money put into the marketing budget did not make any profit for the company. Why businesses shouldn’t cut marketing budgets first Cutting…
Facebook pages are here to stay. Businesses should take advantage of all they have to offer by making the most out of the new layout experience. What’s New . Redesigned layout that’s simpler and more intuitive making it easier to navigate between your personal profile and your public page. It is now more simple…
What is a buyer persona? Buyer personas are detailed descriptions of each of your target customers/audience. Based on previous customer and consumer research, each buyer persona describes a different fictional buyer who embodies the identified demographics. These are personality traits, income, relationship status, buying behaviours, and motivations of a specific segment. They help you to…
For businesses new and old, there is a holy grail of marketing. Positive PR. Even better, natural positive PR as a direct result of the groundwork put in place by your team. Today, marketing professionals must straddle a line between social media, advertising in print or digital, creating topical and engaging press releases, maintaining close…
The importance of marketing within any business remains an important necessity. Its presence allows the customer to be educated on the products and services that a business has to offer. Marketing engages any customer and helps them to make a buying decision. Not only that, the marketing function within a business helps to create and…
For many PR and marketing professionals, or simply business owners aiming to expand their customer outreach, earned media value is an invaluable metric. Yet, all too commonly it is referred to as a vanity metric, appealing to the successful as a form of ostensible arrogance. We disagree – with the correct use of EMV, we…
Whether you’re a business owner or marketer, data analytics are key to learn about customer habits with target precision. This data includes, but is not limited to, from their favourite TV shows to what time they nap or take out the dog. To compete in today’s marketplace, understanding your customer and their preferences is essential.…
Social media has been at the cornerstone of reaching new clients as well as maintaining relationships with current and lapsed customers. The art of social media marketing can be a difficult one but if mastered correctly, can come with great rewards. As the new generations grow up with the use of the internet and digitisation,…
The integration of social networks like Facebook and Instagram are attractive for most marketers. The ability to gather exposure for a brand or product organically has allowed exponential growth in the e-commerce space with firms gathering demand through greater use of social media content marketing. This even includes platforms like TikTok. Real salespeople, however, know…
Attracting formidable talent to your business is hard enough. Businesses have dealt with the conundrum of creating the perfect incentive package to attract effective talent to their organisations whilst maintaining the financial viability of hiring such employees. If your business has been around for a while, you would understand that good talent pays for itself…