Category

Marketing

This section provides in-depth guides on the different marketing strategies and techniques small businesses can apply to help plan, promote, position and price their products and services.

Account-based marketing and why your business needs to know about it

Here, we look at how a specific marketing technique can help you achieve a high ROI.

Marketing

Marketing

Three top tips for creating an amazing promotional banner

Here are three top tips from sector experts for creating the best PVC banners for your business.

Marketing

Two thirds of businesses confess to copycat marketing

More than two thirds of businesses confess to 'copycat' marketing, pinching marketing techniques of competitors in the hopes of achieving similar results.

Employing & managing staff

How businesses can keep employee data as private as possible

Michelle Mellor, managing director at Personnel Checks, gives her advice on how companies should handle confidential information.

Marketing

Three platforms to use for online marketing on a budget

Ben Caine, founder of The Copywriting King, reveals the three key tools he uses to run his online marketing campaigns on a budget.

Marketing

How to make a content strategy that fits your small business budget

Here, Claire Wilson, content strategy director at Stratton Craig, explains the best content strategy for small businesses on a budget.

Marketing

How small businesses can save money on advertising campaigns

Small businesses face financial challenges with day-to-day operations. There is no doubt that some of these businesses will end up failing, because they cannot afford to establish their brand.

Marketing

Five benefits of printed cartons for packaging

Printed packaging is an effective way to communicate the appearance, quality and other qualities of a product. Sometimes, print design also helps establish the personality of the product and the brand.

Marketing

How small businesses can save money on advertising campaigns

Small businesses face financial challenges with day-to-day operations. There is no doubt that some of these businesses will end up failing, because they cannot afford to establish their brand.

Marketing

Five benefits of printed cartons for packaging

Printed packaging is an effective way to communicate the appearance, quality and other qualities of a product. Sometimes, print design also helps establish the personality of the product and the brand.

Marketing

Lessons learned from Card Factory’s reputational crisis

Card Factory came under fire last month for perceived insensitivity towards diversity of sexuality. Here, Jennifer Janson, chairman of Six Degrees, discusses what businesses can learn from the episode.

Marketing

Five tips to get your business started with social media advertising

Ben Harrington of BlueSocial looks at the rise in brands turning to platforms like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter to reach the right audience and outlines why and how you should be advertising your business on social media.

Marketing

Three strategic wins gained by working with mail experts

Here, Mark Calladine, sales director of CMS Network, explains three benefits for businesses to work with mail experts.

Marketing

Lessons for small business marketers from epic campaign fails

Here, Claire Wilson, content strategy director at Stratton Craig, teaches us the lessons we can learn from bad marketers.

Business Technology

Future-proof your business communications set-up

Landlines as we know them will be scrapped in 2027 – along with a raft of upcoming business changes. Here's how to ensure your communications set-up is fit for whatever the future brings

Business Loans

A guide to getting a small business loan

Everything you need to know on what small business loans are and what types of loan are available for your business.

Business Technology

Friendly guide – top tips for small businesses switching to VoIP

With the landline shutdown coming fast, there’s never been a better time to switch to VoIP. Don’t let your small business be left behind!

Export & Import

Avoid delays with exports and imports

Many factors can affect products’ journeys from A to B. Here are some tips for best practice for successful shipping in the modern world