‘Why aren’t my Facebook Ads converting?’
I’ve worked with so many businesses this year on their Facebook ads. Some have been wildly successful, some have been unable to produce a profitable campaign. Mostly, we get
What’s the Vision?
Vision is a hugely under-discussed part of marketing. Business begins with vision, and it’s carried through into everything you do.As a marketer, it’s really difficult
Beyond business growth. What happens next?
All businesses, large and small, come to me to fix a very specific business problem: They need, or would like more customers. Whenever I’m consulting with a new client, I alw
Brand tone of voice – Definition, consistency and integrity
I had an interesting Q+A session the other day. During which a lady asked me what was appropriate to post on social media, should we refrain from posting about social topics? ̶
Most marketing is unprofitable
Most marketing is unprofitable. Notice I said marketing, not businesses. There are actually a lot of businesses who get by with little to no marketing success, but it makes client
Enabling workplace creativity using design thinking
via GIPHY Being creative isn’t a magic skill that we’re born with. It’s not an inherent way of being. As I’ve been in a design and art education from the ag
Customer pains and strategy
It’s no secret that I think SWOT analysis and most marketing strategy documents (and even business plans) are largely useless. Most of the time these are static Microsoft Wor
Sorry, there are no magic tricks
I was doing a consultation project recently where the lady involved was assured by other marketing companies that if she changed her posting times, or used different hashtags or po
The one thing FMCG’s and big brands are missing in their social campaigns
FMCG’s (Fast moving consumer goods) have everything thought of. They’ve got their brand story, their tone of voice, immaculate graphic design and brand. Except theyR
Customer profiling workshop
I made a little workshop to go over customer profiling. It’s one of the first things we learn as baby marketers but I feel like most of the stuff I’ve learned to do inv
