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Think we just do Marketing Strategy or PR? Think again!
When it comes to marketing and our services, our name gives it away a little, Win MARKETING.
However, we have come across many who don’t think of certain services we offer as marketing – such as web design, social media or search engine optimisation – as marketing.
Marketing includes any way in which a potential customer can come across your company – if your company has a website, a business card, if you attend networking events, if you have a Twitter or Facebook account, then your company does marketing.
So – With this is mind:
Do you need a new website? When was your current site made? Is it still suitable for you?
Do you need help with making your existing website work better for you? Does your current site look great, but isn’t gaining the enquiries you hoped for?
Are you making the most of the opportunities and benefits of social media, blogging and search engine optimisation?
If the answer to any of the above questions is ‘Yes’ – then give us a call today on 01509 265 890 to arrange your FREE consultation on how Win Marketing’s digital and web team can develop your online marketing and website to help you reach your customers or clients and generate more leads, enquiries, interest in your company.
Give us a call today and don’t forget – a website is still marketing!
Managing your time
How many of us are finding ourselves short of time, especially around the holiday period. Concentrating on identifying your priorities helps you clarify what is possible when you are busy. It will help you identify any issues where time will cause you a problem and help you to consider an appropriate course of action.
When considering time management issues you need to consider:
What is a ‘must do’ activity
What is a ‘nice to do’ activity
You also need to consider where an activity sits into the 4 quadrants (a classic 2×2 management type box) – this was developed by management guru Stephen Covey
You should ideally plan for main parts of your work and activities to be in the Quadrant 2 – so the workload never becomes urgent – example being I do my Christmas shopping through the year. It is important, but I don’t want it to become urgent. I write my christmas cards in October.
Then items in Quadrant 1 will be last minute changes beyond your control.
Activities in Quadrant 3 are not important, but because people feel they are urgent can get caught up working in these areas – which is often caused by distractions. They key here is to say no! A classic example of time being taken up in Quadrant 3 is people checking their emails regularly and thinking they need to response immediately.
Activities in Quadrant 4 – are not even worth doing so why are they on your job list anyway!
I recommend people write a “to do list” and then consider which 4 Quadrants they appear in – this will help you to manage your time and focus on the activities that really matter.
Good luck with your time management over this Christmas period, and hopefully 2013 can be a profitable, successful year for businesses.
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Christmas at Win HQ
It’s that time of year again – people are including “and have a great Christmas” at the end of phone conversations and emails.
Today the Win Marketing Christmas Tree (complete with Kirk the Koala perched at the top next to the office Christmas Angel) was put up – with Win purple decorations to brighten up the office.
We are busy designing and sending out Christmas e-messages for our clients at the moment, and festive cheer is evident all around. During 2012, the Win Marketing team has seen a busy year, taking on our first Apprentice, Chris, to support and develop his Web Development and technical support skills – with extremely important jobs like putting up the Christmas tree – see right!
The Win Marketing team has also been kept busy with:
Developing our digital marketing services, including videos, online advertising, search engine optimisation (SEO) and social media – Ann and Jo developed a model for implementation of social media, the SHARE Social Media Model (Strategy, Hear, Act, Review, Engage).
Visiting and following the 2012 Olympic Games – Ann wrote a blog about how focus and drive in sport is echoed in business to achieve your goals. A few of the team were lucky enough to visit the games, and for a few weeks, the team were fixated on the medals table, excited as Team GB climbed further up the table.
As always – we like to keep on top of our skills, industry best practice and knowledge, Jo has completed the first section of her Chartered Institute of Marketing Diploma, Ann has maintained her Fellow CIM status through her CPD scheme, and Young Apprentice Chris is developing his skills both on the job and through his studies.
Helping one of our clients – Air Fuel Synthesis (AFS), to achieve national and international media coverage for the release of their news that they are creating petrol from air and water – all powered by renewable energy. This news story was captured around the world in over 2, 500 newspapers, along with additional media, such as BBC News, ITV, Radio 2, Al Jazeera TV and many more. We managed the website, social media and blogs for the organisation during this time, seeing their online visits increase by 12,000% during one day.
During November, Jo bullied the boys in the office to grow their moustaches as part of Movember – in total raising over £140 for mens health issues and awareness.
As we head towards the New Year, it lends itself to thinking about goals for 2013 – what is it you would like to achieve throughout next year? More enquiries, new clients or customers, increased turnover, develop more brand awareness? If these and others are your goals for the coming year, see how Win Marketing could help you achieve these through effective marketing activity and planning.
Now is the time we would like to extend our greetings to you, so to you and your teams – have a fantastic Christmas and a successful New Year! From all the Team at Win HQ! 😀
Movember – Week 4
Week 3 during the month of Movember has passed. The “itchy, stubble phase” and the “initial taking shape of the Mo” are a thing of the past, and currently the office has two gentlemen sitting in the seats of Web Design & Development extrordinaire, Nadeem, and Junior Web Marketing supremo, Chris.
Some of the team (mostly Jo) are quite sad this journey of moustachery is coming to it’s inevitable end. Others are just glad they’ll be able to stop shaving their other facial hair, or shave everything off. Either way, another week continues, and next week will be the final result of the month of Tache Marketing.
Check out our “Facebook” and “Twitter” pages to see how the team are doing 🙂
As always, if you would like to donate to the cause, please do so by “visiting our Movember space”
See you next week for the final line-up and total money raised, fellow Mo-lovers! If youa re growing your mo in support of Movember and men’s health – we both congratulate and support you in your mo growing efforts!
Love and whiskery kisses,
Win x
Here’s a combined image from this week’s line up (Left – right Nad, Jo, Nad and Chris, Ches, Chris, Ann)
Movember – Week 3
So now we are officially half way through the month of Movember. The itchy, stubble phase has passed, now is the unkept looking facial fuzz phase unfortunately associated with laziness rather than a clearly defined and dignified looking moustache. However, there is shape taking place, and with it, potential.
Potential for what? You might ask – potential for manly greatness. All tied up in the top lip of the gentleman in question.
Bear this in mind as you browse through the photos from the team this week, and good luck to you if you are currently growing your Mo in support of mens health. As always, if you would like to donate to the cause, please do so by visiting our Movember space.
See you next week fellow Mo-lovers!
