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Last minute Christmas marketing ideas for small businesses

This year has flown by so quickly and once again we are nearing December and hopefully sales are ramping up as we get nearer to the big day.

If things are slower than you’d like or you just want to do that final big push, here are some last-minute marketing ideas for small businesses.

Website

  • Optimise your website for Christmas – think about making your homepage instantly festive. Christmassy themed images are great for attracting attention to your page and gives your customers a more magical experience, putting them in that emotional Christmas mood.
  • If you have any special deals, add a festive banner advertising that on your page. Give cut off dates for orders and where you can, dates that orders are likely to be delivered. This gives customers confidence in your brand and customer service.
  • Make sure that your website can manage the extra traffic, so it doesn’t slow down or freeze.
  • Ensure your website is easy to navigate and that the checkout process is quick and easy.
  • Maybe include a gift guide to make things even more easy for potential customers.

Do you have Christmas bundles available?

If you do, make sure they are very well publicised. You can use social media, using video or eye-catching images to draw customers in. And if you do a bundle as an offer, with a discount for buying things together, highlight the saving – everyone loves a bargain!

If you have a website, think about using a pop-up box highlighting your special offers or bundles.

Don’t forget the upsell or cross-sell. For example, if someone chooses a particular product, have a ‘other people that bought this, also bought this. Or ‘if you like this product, you might also be interested in this complementary product.’

Gift guide

Make a festive video showcasing your gift ideas in one place, or have a gift guide on your website, so people can see immediately what you have on offer.

You could include examples of how your products are packaged, or you could show a packing or unpacking excerpt.

Online Christmas markets

If you add your products to online Christmas markets, don’t forget to advertise this on your social media or email marketing.

Christmas market events

The same applies to events you are going to attend with your products. Make sure you advertise that you’ll be there, share a poster on your social media, or give a sneaky peek at some of the products you’ll be showing.

You can set up an event on Facebook to advertise and if you have a Google business profile, don’t forget to put a post and photos there too, as this is aimed at your local target market.

Collaborate

Christmas is the ideal time to do collaborations with other businesses that sell complementary products. You can team up to produce a bundle, which will benefit both of you. You will also both advertise it, so you’ll reach not just your audience, but also theirs!

Gift cards

Gift cards are perfect for some last-minute shoppers. They can simply buy a gift card for your products and give to a friend or family member, so they can choose what they’d like for themselves.

Out of stock

If you have popular items that go out of stock, then create more, make sure you advertise this, so those who have seen they’re out of stock can now buy them. This is often overlooked!

Gift suggestions by price range

This can be very popular. People like to be given ideas and if you categorise your products into price range, it can make it easier for those who have a specific budget in mind. For example, ‘Under a tenner,’ £10-£25 etc. Anything you can do to make the choosing process easier is a winner.

Pay in instalments

If you offer the service where customers can pay over three payments or similar, it may encourage them to spend more as they can spread the cost. It’s worth thinking about and advertising.

Finally, ensure that your customers know when you’re open, so share your Christmas opening hours. Be clear on the last date to order to get in time for Christmas and wherever possible, an idea of when your product will be delivered.

I hope this has helped and remember, buying at Christmas is all about the customer experience, so make sure that your customers get the best experience possible.

Spread the festive cheer and enjoy these last few weeks before the big day!

Call to Action vs Call to Benefit

I’m sure that you’ve all heard of a CTA (call to action), but have you heard of a CTB (call to benefit)? Social media is constantly changing and if you want to keep the attention of your audience, you need to be ahead of the game – the CTB is a trend that is being hailed as a more effective way to engage your audience. So, let’s take a look at what it is and why it’s the new ‘in thing’!

Call to action

I’ve been pushing this for what seems like forever with my clients and in my social media and other content creation. A CTA has been the cornerstone of marketing strategies across all platforms because they’re direct and tell your audience exactly what you want them to do next, for example ‘Buy now’ or ‘Click here to XXXXX.’

The problem with these is that they’re becoming phrases or words that are used everywhere by everyone, so much so that they’re becoming ‘wallpaper’ and audiences aren’t taking so much notice of them anymore. A CTA focuses on the action we want our audiences to take without giving them the reason why – unless it’s explained before you use the CTA. It’s thought that they are failing to fully connect with audiences on an emotional level, which is needed to build that ever-important relationship and trust with our customers.

It’s also been found that a CTA feels like a command, so can come across as pushy and impersonal.

Enter the CTB (CALL TO BENEFIT)!     

Call to benefit

The CTB is a shift in how to engage with your audience in a more effective way – not just telling them what to do but showing them the ‘why’ with the words you use.

A CTB emphasises the value and benefits that a customer stands to gain by clicking on the CTB.  It focuses on building trust with your customers by telling them the benefits they’ll gain, and encourages a deeper understanding and engagement with your brand and offer.

Examples of Calls to Benefit vs Calls to Action

  • CTA – Sign up to my newsletter.
  • CTB – Join our community and receive exclusive tips to raise your marketing game.
  • CTA – Follow me for updates.
  • CTB – Stay inspired and informed – follow me to get the latest news and trends.
  • CTA – Buy now.
  • CTB – Own your xxxxx today
  • CTA – Download now
  • CTB – Get my 30-day action plan and set your marketing on fire!
  • CTA – Learn more
  • CTB – Discover the full story
  • CTA – Create account
  • CTB – Personalise your experience

It seems pretty obvious, but it’s about getting into the minds of your customers and brainstorming ideas on how you can put across the benefits to your audience to encourage them to click on a button on your email, website, or social media posts.

Deciding on your CTBs

As with everything marketing, you need to know your target audience to get a CTB absolutely right. You need to understand what they like, their pain points or what inspires them to buy or come to you.

Creating your CTBs goes beyond simply telling your audience what to do – it’s about showing them why it’s worth their time and effort to act on your CTB. They’ll know what they’re doing and why – and EXACTLY what they’re going to get. When people can immediately see the benefit of buying something, they’re more likely to go for it.

The first thing to do is to write down all the current call to actions you use and then, thinking about what it is exactly that you want your audience to do and why, come up with what benefits they’ll get by clicking. Then you can reword your call to actions into something more specific and, hey presto, you’ll have your call to benefit.

It’s all about crafting a more persuasive marketing message. So, instead of a simple call to action, which instructs your audience, use words that will show them the benefits and inspire them, by showing them what they stand to gain.

It seems like a very simple shift from one to the other, but that one small change could have a big impact on your engagement, conversions to sales and an enhanced customer experience. The CTB will form part of your overall marketing strategy.

If you’re feeling overwhelmed by the thought of a marketing strategy and just don’t know where to start, call me to book a free consultation, and we can have a chat about how I can help you get your marketing on track and attract more engagement and sales.  

Book your free consultation now to get your marketing on track!

Navigating the pressure of social media – the need for constant engagement

In today’s digital world, social media has become a crucial tool for small businesses as we all strive to reach a wider audience and build our brands. Although social media gives us several benefits, the pressure to maintain that all important presence can be overwhelming. As a small business, you’ll find yourself wearing many different hats and juggling loads of different roles and the pressures of keeping your business in the spotlight on social media is so demanding, it can exacerbate the overwhelm.

Are you feeling the pressure of social media?

Does it make you feel anxious – and then when you do post or show up in a ‘live,’ do you compare yourself to others and think you could do better?

Unsurprisingly – IT IS NORMAL TO FEEL LIKE THIS! We all do!

So, how can you navigate the pressure of social media and help relieve those feelings? Hopefully, this article will help…

The Need for Constant Engagement

One of the main pressures faced is the expectation to constantly engage with your audience. This is very time consuming and at the same time, you’re trying to balance the demands of running a small business with the need to maintain this active, engaging social media presence. At the same time, you’re aware you need to comment on other posts, reply to your comments, post content that will attract attention etc. etc. and it all becomes a bit too much and can lead to unnecessary stress. So, how can you manage this while keeping a healthy balance?

The potential impact of social media

Before looking at some simple strategies to help, it’s important to understand the impact social media can have, so if you have any of these symptoms, you can recognise them.

Psychological – Studies have shown that excessive use of social media can cause feelings of anxiety, depression, and loneliness. Constantly comparing yourself to others can affect your self-esteem.

Distraction from real life – social media can become a way to escape from reality rather than engage with it – distracting you from real life responsibilities, relationships, and experiences.

Time consuming – It’s so easy to get lost in social media and hours can pass without you realising it, which can affect other parts of your life.

Strategies to help you manage your social media

Let’s have a look at what you can do to alleviate some of that overwhelm and get things into perspective.

Set boundaries

Set yourself some clear boundaries for using social media. Decide specific times of day when you will check your accounts and stick within those limits. This helps prevent mindless scrolling and helps make sure you stick to your other important tasks – business or personal.

Use technology wisely

Your devices are going to constantly ‘ping’ to let you know you’ve had a new notification – these are so difficult to ignore – after all it might be important! It never is! So, when your social media allotted time is over, switch your devices to silent or even switch them off (you may need to keep your phone on for personal reasons, but other devices can be turned off.

You can use a ‘do not disturb’ mode during work hours or personal time.  

Set Realistic Goals

Some small businesses are so hung up on their results. How many followers, reach and wanting immediate results. But the reality is, not every post will go viral (if any) and not every campaign will give you immediate results.

Define what success looks like for you and your business (ignore all other businesses – they’re not yours!). It might be that success means increasing brand awareness, driving traffic to your website, or boosting sales. Setting realistic, measurable goals and expectations, will help you focus your efforts. It’ll also help to assess your progress with very little stress.

Plan and Schedule Content

Creating and posting content can be time-consuming – and extremely stressful if you just go with the flow and do it when you feel like it, with no plan.

To alleviate the stress around creating and posting content, it’s a good idea to develop a content calendar that shows what you will post and when. This sounds complicated, but it’s not. I’ll share how I do mine. I usually plan and create my content for the whole of the following month.

See the box below – I simply write down the month and all the dates straight down the page, with the day of the week next to them. Then I fill in the days I know what content to create – like my Wordy Wednesday and Tuesday Blog – then look at what posts I can do to link information from my blog, or something from the special days of the month list I produce and post. I also think about personal posts, for example introduction to myself and business, a post about one of my digital products, a general marketing post about something I’ve seen, learnt about or in response to a question I’ve seen in my comments or online.

30 JuneMondayWorld social media day – taken from special days list
1 JulyTuesdayBlog post – insert title
2 JulyWednesdayWordy Wednesday – insert word
3 JulyThursdayPost linked to blog
4 JulyFridayGeneral marketing post/personal/ promotion of digital products/introducing next week’s theme
5 JulySaturdaySaturday shoutout – insert business
6 JulySundaySilly Sunday – joke

This gives me my content plan for the month. I then create my posts one week in advance and schedule them as this saves so much time and effort. I do sometimes go in and tweak posts by adding something I’m going to be doing or something that’s happened to keep it more personal.

I just use Meta to schedule my posts, but you can use other tools such as Later, Buffer or Hootsuite (to name a few) to automate your posts.

This helps avoid the overwhelm of having to react or think of posts on the spur of the moment.  

Make real life interactions a priority!

Spend quality time with your family and friends and take part in community events, or hobbies. Real life interactions with other people are way better than online ones and provide you with meaningful engagement that social media can’t replicate.

Practice mindfulness   

This is just about looking before you leap! Before logging into your social media accounts, ask yourself why you’re doing it and what you hope you achieve. I don’t mean when you’re posting or doing your intentional engagement at your allotted time, but when you just mindlessly go on because you’re bored – being intentional can prevent it from becoming a mindless habit.  

Keep an eye on your feed

Unfollow or mute accounts that don’t add value to your life or those that make you feel negative. Follow accounts that bring joy to your life, or accounts that inspire, educate, or entertain you.

Track your insights or analytics

Keep an eye on the performance of your posts etc. by regularly checking your analytics or insights. I don’t mean every day – I look on average once a week, sometimes less. This gives you exactly what it says on the tin – insights into what your audience likes and their behaviours. You can see what works and what doesn’t and clearly see which posts/stories resonate with your audience. Knowing that you’re on the right track helps alleviate that overwhelm and pressure.  

Look after yourself!

This seems obvious but oh so easy to overlook!

  • By setting boundaries and taking regular breaks throughout the day when you need to will help.
  • Step outside and get some fresh air and make sure you stay hydrated and eat properly. This is so easy to forget when you get absorbed in social media.
  • If you have a marketing budget or can afford it, think about hiring a social media manager to create posts and schedule them for you, or to help with some of the tasks you hate to do. This helps alleviate pressure.

Taking care of yourself is just as important as taking care of your business.

Sometimes, the only way to manage your use of social media and the negative impact it’s having on you, is to step away from it for a while. I’ve seen loads of people do this – even if it’s only for a couple of days or a week or two. Stepping back allows you to breathe, rest and re-evaluate your relationship with social media and how it’s affecting your life.

Conclusion

While social media gives great opportunities for small businesses, it also introduces a host of pressures that can be challenging to manage.

Recognising these pressures and developing strategies to tackle them can help you and your business thrive in a healthier and happier environment.

What are your thoughts on this?

If you need any help with your social media, contact me and we can have a no-obligation chat.

How to find your Unique Selling Proposition

There are so many small businesses out there and we all face competition from other businesses every day.

These days consumers are very tech-savvy, so they invest time researching their options before they buy anything, so in order for you to gain their business, you need to stand out from the crowd.

That’s where your Unique Selling Proposition or USP comes into play. This is what differentiates you from your competitors and makes your brand more appealing.

This can take some time and effort – and a bit of creativity to identify as there are few brands who are truly unique – but there are parts of every business that have their unique points.

A USP is often confused with the elevator pitch, which I’ve written about before, so just as an aside, here is the difference:

Elevator Pitch

An elevator pitch is about being engaging and friendly, clear, concise, and informative, which is a few sentences stating who you are, what you do and the value you offer your customers, which is the ‘hook’ to attract them.  

It’s called an elevator pitch as it’s designed to take no longer than 30 seconds to say – roughly the amount of time spent in an elevator between floors, to keep you focused on being succinct.

This is primarily used at networking events to attract potential customers and start a discussion.

USP

Your USP is what makes you different to your competitors. This is often used in marketing materials or when talking to customers who are ready to buy. So, let’s expand on this and find out how to find your USP.

How do you find your USP?

Your USP is based on the strengths of your brand and what you do or provide for your customers/potential customers. At the bare minimum, you should be able to answer the question…

“What makes your brand different?”

Yes, it’s not an easy question to immediately answer, so it’s worth spending some time thinking about it. Your USP needs to resonate with your target audience and focus on why customers should buy from you – what do they care about the most?

A USP could include:

  • Lower prices
  • Higher quality
  • Fastest delivery
  • A unique location
  • Innovative products or services
  • Fabulous, long-term aftersales service

Or anything else that will influence your potential customers’ purchasing behaviour, but these will just form part of your USP.

Top of the list is that your USP puts your customers’ needs first.

OK. Let’s dig deeper.

To define your USP, you need to…

Focus on your customers.

I’m always banging on about this, but the customer experience is the most important part of your business and is at the heart of your USP. These days people are bombarded with persuasive ads every day and face so many choices, it’s important you understand your target audience and understand their needs and challenges, so you can be that solution!

So, look at…

  • How do your customers shop? Do they shop online, or do they prefer to see and feel products before they buy?
  • How will they use your product or service? This is important to know so you can help them picture themselves doing just that!
  • How does your brand align with your customers’ experience? What’s it like to interact with you either face to face or online?

Once you’ve answered these questions, write down what you offer your customers in a basic statement – for example (fill in the gaps) …

My business makes xxxxx (products) or provides XXXX (services) that are unique to us. We are targeting these customers (your target audience) because we provide them with XXXX (enter the value you give or the solution your products or services offer to a challenge or problem).

This is a good starter for ten! Now, dig deeper!

What are your business values?

You created your small business for a reason. What are your values and how do you stand by them? Look at your mission or vision statement and see how your customers’ needs fit into that.

Your USP will change over time as you incorporate new products or services and as your business evolves.

Look at your strengths and weaknesses!

Here’s where a bit of brainstorming comes in, so you might want to recruit the help of a friend, employee or partner who knows your business well.

Start with your strengths and make a list – ask ‘what do we do best?’ When answering, keep your customers needs in mind. How does what you do best solve a problem or challenge for your customers?

Then look at your weaknesses – be honest here – it might be that you identify a weakness that actually wouldn’t need much work to make it a strength – and it addresses a potential customer problem or challenge.

It could also be that you identify a weakness that needs urgent attention!

Look at your competitors.

To ensure your USP will stand out, you need to know what you do better than your competitors. This takes a bit of research. Look at three of your competitors – check out their social media pages and their website. Look at their product or service descriptions and try to identify what their strengths and weaknesses are. Sometimes it’s hard to find something, but 9 times out of 10, you’ll notice a gap – something that either you do – or could do – to fill that gap. That can then be something you do different to your competitors.

It might be that:

  • Your overall customer experience is better.
  • Your website is easier to navigate and find what they’re looking for.
  • You make it easy for your customers to pay for your products or services.
  • You may have stronger processes or better knowledge in certain areas than your competitors.
  • You might have a better delivery service.

On their own, none of these examples are a USP, but when combined with your strengths and the unique customer experience you offer compared to your competitors, it’s that contrast that forms the core of your USP.  

Still unsure about your USP?

If you’re still not sure about your USP, answer these questions:

  1. What are the features and benefits of what you sell or offer? Think about them from a customer’s perspective.
  2. What inspires you? You might be inspired to fill a gap in the market, provide a solution to a common problem, or be inspired to have innovative products or services. It might be that you’re inspired by artistic or creative tendencies that give your products the edge over your competitors.
  3. Can you split your customers into groups, (segment them)? By this, I mean knowing your customers and how their needs vary – and that they may be on different parts of the journey to buying your product. They might be in the ‘I’ve just found you’ segment, or at the other end – in the ‘I’ve bought from this business before and want something new.’ Similarly, you could have a product that people use in different ways, so how and why they find you could be completely different.    

Answering these questions will help you see more clearly what is unique about your products or services, so you can then write your USP. And it doesn’t have to be hundreds of words. It needs to be short and to the point, getting across exactly what makes your business unique and what makes you stand out from the crowd.

You can then share your USP on your social media introduction, in your bio on Instagram or on the homepage of your website.

A USP will change as your business evolves so it’s worth going back to it once a year to ensure it’s still relevant to both your business and your customers.

If you need any help with your USP, I offer coaching sessions to help you better understand your brand and marketing. Just contact me if you need help.      

Where to implement attention grabbing hooks!

How do you get your followers interested in what you have to say? It’s all about the hook – the statement or question that makes them want to invest their time into reading more!

Hook marketing can be applied to loads of different channels, not just social media and I’ll be looking at just a couple – on social media and in email marketing, so you get the idea how it works.

Social Media

I’m starting with social media as that is where most of my followers will find this article and read it, so it’s something I’m very invested in. All the social media platforms are growing at a great rate, with more and more people posting, especially for business, every day. This makes it harder for small businesses to be seen and heard as there is a huge amount of competition. But using a good hook can be the difference between someone clicking to read more or scrolling on by.

It all starts with the image as nine times out of ten, that’s what people will see first, so if you can put a catchy or enticing headline on your images – you’re halfway there. It could be simply that you have new products, so you could just write ‘NEW PRODUCTS’ in bold, which will grab the attention of your regular followers or customers, but what about people that don’t know your business? Instead, you could write:

  • Are you curious about the impact our product can have in your life?
  • Looking for an exclusive opportunity to XXXX (whatever your product does)
  • Then a storytelling one – Interested in REAL examples of how our products make a difference? The image could show someone using your product. Then in the caption, tell the story of HOW your product made a difference to that customer. It could be something simple, like it was the perfect gift for a first-time grandmother, or that the gift helps remember a certain snapshot in time (memories).

When people are scrolling on social media, you have one second (yes 1) for them to decide whether to look further or scroll on by.

Posts with good hooks, videos or reels all help pull those customers in – then it’s down to the caption to make it sound exciting and useful – or whatever your product or service does.

Email marketing

Email marketing is becoming increasingly popular with small businesses and it’s an opportunity not to be missed if you sell products or services. Why?

  • Because your email belongs to you, so it can’t be taken down overnight.
  • People subscribe to your email because they WANT to hear from you on a regular basis.

It really is as simple as that. But once you have them signed up, you need to keep their attention, so they don’t unsubscribe, and this is the strategic part and where hooks become a vital component.

Give your subscribers useful information, tell them about your products or services in an entertaining way that arouses their curiosity or gives a sense of urgency.

You can use email to tell your subscribers about new products or services, give them a sneaky peek – and maybe even offer a discount just for your subscribers for a limited time.

This is where hooks come in. And the hook you use will depend on the type of business you run. You’re all used to seeing my blog posts and I use title hooks that tell a little about the blog post and hopefully convey how you need to read it. I find that questions work well, so here are some of mine and some that you could use for products:

  • Should I publish my prices online?
  • What makes your customers buy from you?
  • Do you want a gift that will wow your child’s teacher?
  • How would you like the perfect memory gift?

These pique that curiosity and people want to know more. Or you could try statements:

  • Using emojis to boost your engagement.
  • Creative ways to solve low ranking on social media.
  • The perfect outfit for this summer.
  • You really need this (bag, glasses case, book cover, passport cover etc) for your holiday this year.

As with any kind of marketing, hook marketing is only a small part of your overall marketing strategy. The hook is the start of that journey with your audience – once you have captured their attention you need to keep them interested with a variety of engaging, relevant and valuable content.

A hook captures their attention and turns it into an opportunity for longer and more meaningful interaction.

As always, if you’d like help with marketing for your business, I offer several different coaching packages, where I teach you the skills to enable you to market your particular business through one-to-one sessions. Feel free to message me to have a free consultation.     

Effective Hook Marketing Strategies to Capture Attention

Hook marketing is a way of immediately attracting the attention of your audience, by appealing to their emotions, interests or needs.

If you’re fishing, your hook will be a literal hook that will catch a fish. In marketing, it’s a virtual hook that reels in consumers to buy your product or service or look at something you’re offering. 

The hook can be many things, such as a phrase, a video, an image, or anything that instantly attracts the attention of your reader.

It’s one of the most effective strategies. If you think about it, when you are scrolling through social media, you’ll see hundreds of posts and stories, but there will be some that will make you stop and look – what is it that captures your attention? It’s the hook that the person or business uses that stops you in your tracks, so you click to see more.

To better explain, here are a few examples of phrase hooks:

  • What happens next will shock you!
  • Want to know the secret?
  • The one thing you’re missing.
  • This is what everyone’s been talking about

These kinds of hooks call out to your natural curiosity. You’re not necessarily interested, but you click anyway! 

Why is so effective?

In today’s world, most people have a very limited attention span, as they are exposed to hundreds, if not thousands of advertising messages every day. When you’re on social media, and you’re aimlessly scrolling, how many posts do you actually remember? The chances are it’s very few. That’s why it’s so hard to attract attention to your particular brand – there is just so much competition. But if you CAN capture that attention, you are onto a winning streak. A good hook can help you stand out from the crowd and gives you the opportunity to connect with potential buyers or followers. And, as you saw with the example hooks, driving curiosity automatically makes the reader want to know more.

Types of hook

There are various types of hooks, so let’s delve a little deeper:

Emotional

If you use emotion as a hook, you’ll be evoking feelings of happiness, sadness, nostalgia, fear, hope, anger etc. The emotion you decide to evoke will depend on what you’re trying to achieve with the content you want attention drawn to.

An example would be Coca-Cola. They have used several different hooks:

  • The diet coke break – we all remember the muscly man stripping off his shirt as it’s soooo hot, then downing a coke. All the women in the nearby office are swooning at the sight of a semi-clad man drinking coke. You don’t necessarily get hooked intentionally, but you’ll remember it!
  • They also use the ‘holidays are coming’ slogan with the big red lorry near Christmas, advertising their coke. This evokes feelings of nostalgia, excitement, and happiness as Christmas is coming!

Another example, for me, would be the Go Compare ads with the opera singer. I found this ad extremely irritating and annoying, but I remember it!

If you want to use an emotional hook, you need to first identify what emotion is relevant to your products or services. Then use stories, images, or videos to convey that emotion to your audience. Just ensure that the emotion you are trying to evoke is relevant to your brand.

Curiosity

I’ve already talked a bit about this one. Curiosity is probably one of the strongest hooks you can use. Everyone is naturally curious and if you can use this in your hook, you will be able to drive your audience to want to find out more about your products or services.

Examples could include books and films.

  • An author will write a short paragraph on the back of a book to describe the story in brief. It doesn’t give away the plot but gives just enough information to pull the reader in to want to know more…so they buy the book to read it.
  • When a film is about to released, there is usually a trailer. You’ll have been in the cinema and seen trailers for films ‘coming soon’ or seen trailers on sites like Netflix. These give an exciting part of the film, be it scary, sad, fast moving etc – this is designed to pull you in and make you want to watch the film. It’s a hook that piques your curiosity.

If you want to use a curiosity hook, you’ll need to think of something that your products or services do to solve a challenge or a problem, or a product that has a quirky or unusual benefit. Then create content that tells them a little and gives some of the answer, leaving the most important part unanswered or unsolved. This compels your audience to want to know more, so they will read your article, or go explore your website or your products/services. You’d need to use an eye-catching title or heading to get them in!

Fear Factor

This kind of hook uses fear in two ways.

  • The first is fear of personal safety, to highlight a potential threat or risk. We see this all the time on TV ads and programmes. How many of you have a ring camera? Ads are constantly telling us that we need one of these so we can feel safer in our own homes. You can see who is at the door before you open it and you can even talk to people on your phone who are at the door, when you’re not home. The camera is an added bonus in that it can deter criminals and if it doesn’t, it can capture their image on camera.

    It also uses fear from your online perspective – you need this software and that software to protect your PC, phone, iPad, data etc. If you ignore it, it could cost you much more than you think.
  • The second is fear of missing out – FOMO – an example of this would be getting the latest phone from a particular brand. You don’t need the new iPhone, but it’s got SO MANY NEW AND AMAZING FEATURES, if you don’t, you’ll be hugely missing out. It’s likely that the phone you got three or four years ago – or longer in my case (!) – is perfectly adequate, but you’re persuaded by the very clever advertising that you’re going to be left behind in technology if you don’t upgrade.

This is quite a difficult hook to use for a small business, and you’d need to absolutely deliver what you’re promising in your hook, so not one I’d advise!

Storytelling

I’ve said this before, but everyone loves a good story. We’ve grown up with stories, be it from books, our parents or grandparents telling us stories about when they were young. Storytelling is an immensely powerful way to capture the attention of your audience and one that is highly effective for small businesses.

A story can be anything you want it to be. It can be sad, happy, informative, or entertaining. Above all, it must be relevant to your business. But if you can find a way to tell a story around one of your products or services, you will capture the attention of your audience, which will make that product or service very appealing.

That’s why a lot of big brands use celebrities to advertise their products – they show a celebrity at home doing ‘normal’ things with their families and oops there’s an accident and something gets spilt on a dress or shirt.

Oh no! Will the stain come out?

Of course, it will – with the new super duper stain removing product!

Cut to celebrity pulling previously mentioned item out of the washing machine and hey presto – it’s white again!

And all this happens in just a few seconds, but this captures your attention, and you’ll subconsciously remember that product.

The key here is to keep your story short and simple and relevant, so your audience can easily identify with it – something that has impact but is memorable.

Scarcity

This kind of hook works on the basis that people in general want things that are in short supply – and it links into FOMO (fear of missing out).

If you buy online from some of the big sellers, such as Amazon, you’ll often see a message saying, ‘only 1 left in stock’, or it might say ‘limited offer only’. This creates a sense of urgency encouraging buyers to make their decision quickly!  

Anyone can use this hook, whether you’re a small or large business, but the only caveat I would include is that only do it if the offer is genuine. I often see ads for something that only has 2 days left to make my mind up to buy – only to find it a week or two later still saying the same thing. If you have a limited time offer, state the limited time date, and stick to it, or you might find you lose the trust of your customers. The same applies to ‘only one left in stock’ – only say that if it’s genuine.

Personally, this is my least favourite hook, but it is popular and does work well.

Problem/Solution   

This is exactly what it says on the tin. You have identified a specific problem that your customers have – and your product or service is the solution to that problem. This is an effective hook if advertised properly, as you can clearly show the value of your products/services and prove that they work. A case study or previous customer review can help with the proof and then you have a good hook.

To use it for your business, you must identify your customers’ problems or pain points – present that problem and show how your product or service is the answer!

Visual

Visual hooks reel your audience in with a striking image or a brilliant video – both will capture their attention. Visual hooks notoriously provoke an emotional response and are used to spark curiosity.  

Ensure that any images or videos you use are your own, wherever possible; play with colours and shapes to make them really eye catching and use them sparingly, so they don’t become wallpaper to your brand. The visual hook must align with your brand and messaging, so once you have that sorted, you’re good to go!

I hope this has helped you understand a bit more about hooks and how they work.

If you need any help with your marketing or talking through or brainstorming ideas for hooks for your business, get in touch and we can have a call.   

How to promote your customer loyalty programme

In one of my previous blog posts, I covered the pros and cons of having a customer loyalty programme. So, if you have decided that it is the way to go, how do you go about promoting it to your target audience? This blog looks at the strategy for loyalty marketing and how you can get the best out of it for your small business.

What is loyalty marketing?

Loyalty marketing is about encouraging your customers to buy from you over and over again…it’s keeping them coming back for more.

It can apply to both existing, active customers and past customers, as well as new ones. Your strategy is to incentivise them to buy from you more frequently. The obvious example is a coffee shop. They give you a card, which you get stamped every time you buy a coffee. When your ten stamps have been completed, you get a free coffee. Everyone loves a freebie, even if they have to work for it.

Why is loyalty marketing so important?

We all like to feel that we’re appreciated…I know that I do. It’s even nicer if the business you buy from shows their appreciation by giving you something in return. You are being rewarded for your loyalty, which feels great.

The first step to achieving this is to make your customers feel valued and acknowledge them for their continued support. However, this isn’t easy; customers are not tied to you or your business and can jump ship for another brand at the drop of a hat. Another brand may be more accessible, may be a local business or friend. Sometimes customers just feel like a change and want to try something new. But there are some marketing strategies that can help you keep your customers for as long as possible.

Make it simple  

Keep your customer loyalty programme as simple as possible. You could add a sign up at your website checkout and give an immediate benefit of some kind. It could be a small discount off their next purchase.

Also make sure that it doesn’t matter what your customer spends, they can still join the loyalty programme. So, whether they spend big bucks or small change, they are all treated equally.

Add value 

Take your time to decide what customer rewards you want to give. You still need to think about your profit margins, so don’t go mad! You might go with ‘buy one, get one free’ on certain items, or a straight-forward 5% off their next purchase. Or, like the coffee house example I gave earlier, your customers have a physical card that they get stamped every time they buy an item. Then they get one free after the tenth item is bought. Obviously the coffee shop idea wouldn’t be appropriate for most businesses – only those who sell something fairly cheap in the first place…coffee is ideal, so this idea is great for cafes and restaurants, juice bars and sandwich shops.   

Give new members a gift

When someone joins the loyalty programme, give them a small gift as a welcome. This will reinforce the value of the programme, and hopefully they will pass this on to their friends and family.

Give an incentive to introduce a friend

If a customer refers a friend, who goes on to buy from you, you could give them an incentive gift.

Personalise the programme

If you are sending out details of the programme, use the customer’s first name and thank them for being a loyal customer. Personalising the email, phone call, or however you choose to do it, makes your customer feel special and it also makes your email feel bespoke if it has their name on it.

Remember your customers’ birthdays and send them an e-card or an email to wish them a good day.

Don’t forget to say ‘thank you’ to customers for their continued support.  

Let your customers know that you listen 

There is nothing more frustrating, as a consumer, than sending off an email, or sending a message on social media, and your comments are ignored. So don’t do this! Make sure you reply to everything in a positive and friendly manner.

Get customer feedback

This goes hand in hand with listening. Providing your customers with a way to leave feedback is imperative to finding out why they stay loyal to your brand and also, why they leave to go elsewhere. Make sure there is somewhere on your social media sites for them to leave feedback and also on your website.

Listening to what your customers have to say can be a very positive experience, but inevitably you will also get some negative comments. However, so long as you answer them straight away, you can often turn that around. Sometimes feedback will give you new ideas, or ideas on how you can improve your current products or services.

Most customers tend to only leave feedback if there is a problem, so it’s about encouraging them to leave it when they’re happy! If you do get a negative review, don’t try and hide it or delete it – work on the problem with your customer and hopefully they will leave another one stating how you solved their problem.

Feedback can be obtained via a customer satisfaction survey. With this, you are in control of the questions, and it is a straight forward and easy way to gain opinions on your products and services…and the overall customer experience they receive with your brand. If you do opt for this, keep it short and sweet – they won’t want to take more than a couple of minutes to complete it, so just ask a few questions and if possible, opt for multiple choice answers as that makes it even easier.

You could offer an incentive to complete your survey or to leave a review. The most important thing to think about is the timing of your survey or the asking for a review. You need to give your customer time to use your product or service. So just be aware of that.

Promote at every opportunity

This means at every single customer touch point.

  • Website
  • Phone calls
  • Text message
  • At the till if you have physical premises
  • When you send out an order, put details in the order with the invoice
  • Blog about it
  • Put your programme on your social media sites – ask your followers to share your post
  • Tell customers about it in email or newsletter
  • Promote it in adverts about your business
  • Consider a paid ad on Social Media
  • Mention it in podcasts and videos
  • Maybe have a partnership with another business that compliments yours and share the running costs

Talk about your customer loyalty programme to anyone and everyone who will listen.  

Conclusion

Always remember that customer loyalty goes way beyond giving out a loyalty programme or rewards…or even engagement with them on social media.

It’s about you letting your customers know that you really value their custom, and appreciate the support they give to your business.

Finally, make sure that you use the same images and tone of voice in all interactions about your customer loyalty programme, so your particular, branded programme stands out and is easily recognisable.

If you want a customer loyalty programme for your business and don’t know where to start, I can help, so just drop me an email or message on my Facebook or Intagram page.

Why use video for social media content?

Video is becoming increasingly popular on social media. It is a great tool for small businesses to help you highlight your brand, build loyalty with your customers, and attract new customers.

People are on their phones or devices all the time and they love watching videos – you’ve only got to look at how some of the TikTok dances have become a thing to see why. And who remembers the iced bucket challenge that was around a few years ago – it went viral with people from all over the world joining in and posting their own videos.

So why is video so important for small businesses?

Well, primarily, it’s good for your brand as video makes it more visible to a huge number of people. If you make a video using your products/services, it’s a good idea to use a logo watermark, as this will help establish that it’s your brand.

It also draws your audience’s attention. A video can grab attention quickly, compared to wordy text. The only problem is keeping it short, sweet and to the point, as people don’t have a long attention span! But practice makes perfect.

Video tips

So, when you make your video, here are some tips to keep in mind…

  • Ensure that the content is relevant to your target audience and is engaging enough to grab their interest.
  • Include headings and short descriptions, using SEO keywords and phrases so they will be found in a search.
  • Include relevant hashtags and a call to action.
  • Ensure that your video can be shared.
  • Think about using a video on your website or on your landing page for email sign up, so that your potential audience can learn more about you and your products/services in a more engaging way.
  • Try and inject some humour into your video where you can.
  • Show behind the scenes video – this helps your potential customers to see you have a transparent brand – people are generally nosy, so they like to see where and how you work.
  • Having yourself speaking in a video shows you are human, and people can engage with you, the business owner.
  • Videos can be made at any time and anywhere, so if you think of something you want to tell your followers and you’re at a coffee shop, go ahead and do it!
  • Video is low cost and more likely to remain online, available, and searchable for longer than ordinary text posts.

The most efficient types of video content for businesses are demonstrations, live performances, testimonials, ads of events and brand awareness, so it’s a good idea to keep that in mind.

You don’t have to be in the video and speaking if you don’t want to – you can show products or services with a musical background without actually having to appear in person.

Keep an eye on your engagement.

Just like any form of content that you put out, it’s vital to keep an eye on the engagement your video brings. You can see what’s working and what’s not! Then if you decide you want to use video for a paid ad, you’ll know what will work before you shell out any money.

You can see your engagement stats through the insights on all your social media channels, so it’s worth checking this out regularly for all your posts – not just for video.  

Conclusion

Video is a great addition to your social media marketing strategy. It helps your brand recognition and can help you reach audiences you may not reach with text/image only posts.

Just ensure that your video content is relatable and relevant to your target audience and just give it a go and see what happens! I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised!

Voice Search Optimization Strategy

Voice search optimization is becoming more popular and is going to really take off, big time, in 2025. It is the process of optimizing your website pages so that they appear at the top of search engine results when people use a verbal search to find what they want.

What exactly is voice search optimization?

In simple terms, if you want to find something on the internet, you can use voice search instead of typing in your request.

So, if people are doing this, you need to make sure that your website is optimized for voice search so there is the chance your web pages will be read out aloud by a voice search device. Even putting it simply sounds complicated! But it’s really not…

How does it work?

Loads of you will have experience of Alexa or Siri or you may even have used a voice search device to talk to Google.

So, you say ‘Alexa – how do I xxxxxxx’

This is voice search.

Then Alexa replies to you by reading an answer found on a search engine.

Siri is slightly different – for a lot of queries, Siri won’t read the answer to you but will tell you where you can find the answer on the internet – an answer that best fits the query you asked.

Again, when you ask Google a question, it’s different again. If you ask Google something on a device like Google Home, it will often tell you ‘I’ve sent a link in your Google assistant’ – then you have to go to your Google assistant to get the link and find your answer. 

Voice search optimization strategy

With more and more people using this form of search, a strategy for this is going to be vital for your business over the coming years.

According to WebFX, more than 55% of people use voice search to find businesses near them – this could be restaurants, cinemas, places of entertainment etc. But more are using it for local businesses for things they want to buy locally too.

More than a billion voice searches happen every month, and it is estimated that voice search will account for 50% of all searches in 2025, so if you have a small business you could be missing out on potential customers if you are not optimizing for voice search.

How do you optimize for voice search?

Voice search optimization is obviously linked to search engine optimization and the kinds of keywords and phrases that you put on your website, which will help people searching physically or verbally for what you offer.

There are a few ways you can optimize your content on your website. Let’s have a look…

Optimize for verbal queries!

When someone types out a query, it’s not going to be the same as when they ask a question verbally.

Example – Someone fancies making garlic bread.

They might type – ‘how to make garlic bread’ on their laptop.

On voice search, they may say ‘How do I make garlic bread?’

It’s only a subtle difference, but when someone asks a question, they’ll ask as if they’re talking to a real person – it’ll be more conversational.

Typed – ‘Recipes for chocolate cake.’

Voice search – ‘Show me some recipes for different kinds of chocolate cake.’

With voice search you are giving a command to your voice search device, (Alexa, for example).

So, for your website to be optimized for voice search, you need to optimize for conversational queries, just as you would find keywords for search engine optimization.

Let’s stick with chocolate cake – because we can (!) – let’s brainstorm questions people may have…

  • How do I make chocolate cake?
  • How do I make chocolate fudge cake?
  • What’s the best recipe for a chocolate fudge cake?
  • What do I need to make a chocolate fudge cake?

There will be all sorts of questions people could ask which are related to your products or services, so you need to have a good brainstorm to decide what questions people might ask.  If you need help with this you can use Google – type in one of the questions you have, and other questions will automatically appear under ‘people also ask…..’ in the search. This will give you ideas.

Then you need to ensure that these questions are incorporated into your website copy.

WHAT A FAFF!

I KNOW!

But important to stay ahead of the game!

Google Business Profile listing

I’ve talked about this before, and this is something that is a no brainer to pick up local business. If you haven’t set up your Google Business Profile listing yet, it’s worth doing it now. It’s free and will help you get found in your local area.

It’s a great tool as you can show your opening hours, link to your website, add your contact details, add photos and updates, as well as collecting reviews.

You’ll also want to add search engine optimization keywords and voice search optimization words and phrases too.

For example, if you make and sell candles, you might want to add ‘homemade candles in London (or wherever you live). Or ‘beeswax candles in London’ – you get the idea.

You can also use local slang and dialect for your area. For example, if you sell bread rolls – in your area they might be called cobs, or baps etc.

Give direct answers – don’t beat around the bush!

The bestway to address voice search optimization on your website is to have a frequently asked Questions and Answers section – FAQ.

By ‘answer a question directly’, I mean don’t fluff it out – state facts. For example…

Question could be ‘What do I need to make garlic bread?’

You can answer in two ways – directly and indirectly – look at the two example answers below.

Answer A – To make Garlic bread, you need a baguette, butter and 4 minced garlic cloves. Cut the baguette into slices without slicing all the way through.

Mix the butter and minced garlic together and spread in between the slices.

Wrap the baguette in foil and put in a hot oven for 10 minutes until bread crisp and butter melted.

Answer B – To make Garlic bread, you need just three ingredients. The first ingredient is a baguette or French stick. Then you need butter – you can use salted or unsalted butter, but I prefer salted, and 4 cloves of fresh garlic.

Take a sharp knife and cut the baguette into fairly thick slices, being careful not to slice all the way through the bread. Mince the four garlic cloves and add to the butter. Mash it up until thoroughly mixed.

Then, take the cut bread and carefully spread the garlic butter on both sides of each attached slice. BLAH BLAH BLAH..

Answer A is the way to go – short, concise and to the point. Don’t waffle and use unnecessary steps or phrases.

Use SEO (search engine optimization) best practices too.    

As I said earlier, you need to use both SEO and Voice search optimization for this to work efficiently. You need to have good SEO, so that your website appears near the top of search results – then voice search devices will search those top search results to find the answer to their questions – so you then need voice search optimization.

I’m not going to go into SEO in this article as I’ve covered it in others – see the links below…

You also need to make sure your website is optimized for mobile and tablet devices, as well as desktop or laptop, as people often use voice search on their mobile devices.  

Building your SEO Strategy part 1

Building your SEO Strategy part 2 – content

Conclusion

These are the basics for voice search optimization and I hope that it has helped you to understand what it is, how it is used and how you can ensure that your website is optimized so that you’re ready if anyone asks for something that you create or a service you provide.

If you optimize your website for voice search, then you’ll be on your way to driving more traffic to your website and ultimately driving leads and sales. Good luck!

Common small business marketing problems (and how to fix them).

As we blast into 2025, marketing for small businesses becomes ever more challenging. Marketing constantly evolves and technology, algorithms, as well as consumer behaviour changes every year, which brings their own problems to solve.

So, as a small business it’s sometimes hard to keep on top of everything and anticipate what might be the marketing challenges for this year. Sadly, I’m seeing so many businesses going under – most are due to personal reasons, but I’m sure there are some that just don’t know how to get back out there.

Hopefully, this article will shed some light on some of the problems we small businesses face and give you some guidance on how you can stay ahead of the game and use marketing to keep your business afloat this year.   

No marketing strategy

I’m not saying that you do, but it’s often due to small businesses not having a marketing strategy in place. Many small businesses don’t realise that you need to have long-term plans as well as the shorter more tactical goals and plans.

A marketing strategy covers both by outlining your long-term goals and then HOW you’re going to achieve those goals through marketing efforts in the short term, by defining your target audiences, your messaging, content, channels, and metrics.

The problem – without a specific strategy, it’s difficult to determine which channels are best to reach your target audience – to know who they are and where they hang out. And if you don’t measure the success of the things you do put out, such as on social media, you don’t know if what you’re doing is effective. Also, without clear goals, it’s a challenge to know where your business is and if you’re making any progress.

How to fix it – having a good marketing strategy looks at everything, from identifying your target market and having buyer personas, understanding customers’ pain points and motivations, to finding out what channels you can use to best reach them. Setting achievable goals will help you get to where you want your business to be – then you can work on the tactics you need to implement to achieve those goals.

Creating focused content

I know we say this all the time, but good content is what will get you in front of your target audience and grab their attention. But creating good content needs you to have a really good understanding of your audience and how you can address their needs, wants and pain points to engage them and promote conversions to sales.

The problem – if your content doesn’t speak to your audience, then you’ll have low engagement, which will lead to any marketing efforts failing. If your content doesn’t grab attention, people will scroll on by.

How to fix it – Know your audience – create buyer personas so you understand who and what your content needs to reach and do. Make sure that your content solves problems your audience might have and provide them with solutions or actions that will help them, depending on whether you are product-based or service-based.

Your content needs to be purposeful – moving your potential customers on a journey from finding you, to the consideration stage and then finally to buy. This isn’t a short journey! So, create content that:

  • Educates
  • Entertains
  • Engages
  • Inspires

Include good call to actions and continually be thinking about guiding them to the next step. Ensure your content includes relevant keywords that they’ll understand, good descriptions and give easy to find links to your shop, blog, or website so they can find out more.

Always use a wide range of posts – don’t always just do selling posts.   

Connect with your audience.

Linked to the last point, you need to resonate and connect with your audience. If you don’t, you could lose them.

The problem – If you don’t connect with your audience, your marketing efforts will be in vain. If you don’t put out the right messaging, or give the right impression, your reputation could suffer, and you’ll have reduced brand loyalty.

How to fix it – Ensure that you do thorough marketing research and ask your audience for regular feedback (ask for it), so you can better understand what they want, need or like. This helps you understand how your products or services can solve their problems.

Use storytelling and emotive content that grabs attention and builds that all important trust. Listen to feedback and learn from it – even negative feedback can be turned around.

You can also use email newsletters and blogs to connect with your audience, giving them more in-depth information and content, which helps nurture that all important relationship.

By taking all of this into account, you can build lasting relationships, where you understand your audience and they trust you and become loyal customers.  

Social media

The reason that many social media accounts just don’t work is because of inconsistent posting, lack of engagement and failure to give an audience what they want – and the algorithms don’t always help.  

The problem – You’re not growing on social media, or your growth is very slow. This, in turn, limits who your posts reach, and engagement becomes almost non-existent, so you don’t get those sales. Without these things, you miss out on building a strong community and driving traffic to your website, shop, or blog.

How to fix it – You need to have a good social media strategy, which includes regular posting, interactive content, perhaps collaborations with other businesses or influencers. You need to engage with your followers through comments and messages to build relationships. And you need to use insights or analytics to track how you’re doing and adjust accordingly to ensure you’re on track.

  • Have a content calendar, even if it’s just written on a pad or in a word or excel document. Plan your posts ahead, so you know what you’re doing and when – schedule posts to help remain consistent.
  • Engage with your audience through replying to comments and messages. Try to answer comments with a question where you can encourage a conversation or engagement. This gives you a deeper understanding and connection with your audience.
  • Create visually appealing and valuable content that answers questions for your audience, gives them details of what they want or need, and caters to their interests.
  • Collaborate with other businesses, supporting and sharing each other’s posts. If you can get an influencer on board who aligns with what you do, they’ll help you reach a larger audience.
  • Review your social media insights to understand what works and what doesn’t. And act on it accordingly!

People scroll through social media to be entertained or to find a particular business or product. But mainly it’s scrolling until something catches their eye. By including a mix of posts, incorporating humour, storytelling, tutorials etc. you’ll capture attention.

Algorithms  

GROAN! This is probably THE most challenging thing that small businesses face. The algorithms constantly evolve, which can have a huge impact on your engagement and visibility.

The problem – The constantly changing algorithms can prevent people from seeing your posts, your reach can go up and down, engagement can plumet one minute and suddenly surge another. This can have a detrimental effect on your business and your social media efforts can feel ignored.

How to fix it – Try and stay informed on algorithm changes and adapt where you can. Make it your priority to have high-quality, engaging content that encourages interaction. If necessary, book a coaching session with a social media expert so you are up to speed with best practices.

Understand that algorithms are based on the user experience and relevant content, so creating the right kind of content is vital.

You can’t control the algorithms, but you can control the content you put out to ensure that it is valuable, relevant, and engaging for your particular target audience. If you analyse your insights regularly, create valuable content you know your audience likes, you can adapt to the changes and your social media presence will be better.

You’re losing interest in your marketing.

This happens! You just sometimes feel like you can’t be bothered with it all.

The problem – lack of focus in your marketing efforts can leave to a reduced impact and effectiveness of your content, diluted messages, and chaos. Your engagement will fall, and you’ll get less customers and followers will fall away.

How to fix it – Ensure you have clear business goals and marketing objectives that align and support them.

Regularly review and amend your goals to make them more achievable. If a goal seems too big a mountain to climb, break it down into more manageable chunks.  

A marketing strategy will help you remain focused on what matters to your business and gives you direction as to what you need to do to keep your business at the forefront of your target audience’s minds. It also helps you focus on the channels where your target audience hangs out, so you’re not trying to be on loads of different platforms and spreading yourself too thin.

Standing out in the crowd

2025 is going to see more new businesses and products emerging and standing out in the crowd is a big challenge for small businesses.

Ensure you have a unique brand position (USP) that states clearly what makes your product or service different or better than the rest. How are you different from your competitors?

Make sure that you focus on giving an excellent customer experience at every single touch point that your customers have with your business. From website and social media to blog posts and email or messages, ensure that the service you give is second to none, be transparent and consistent and you’ll find customers will be loyal to you and your brand and will recommend you to their friends and family.

Finally, produce high quality, original, engaging content that perfectly highlights you and your business and your expertise.

Conclusion

I’m sure that there are many more marketing problems out there, and marketing is never an easy ride. 2025 is going to continue to bring challenges to small businesses all over the world, but by being proactive and having a robust strategy, you’ll be able to navigate anything that’s thrown at you.

Marketing isn’t just about short-term gains, it’s the marathon, building long-term relationships with customers and having a sustainable plan for your business’s success. Having a strategy in place and with your dedication to your business and creativity when it comes to your content, you can achieve your goals, and your business will be a success. If you’d like help with any of the things I’ve mentioned in this article, feel free to get in touch. I offer a free 30-minute consultation.