Marketing

Back in July, the Government was set to tell small businesses to rein in their spending on marketing to save money and survive the cost-of-living crisis.

How often do you look at your social media bios, if at all? And when did you last update your photo?

Newsjacking is not new. Brands are quick to jump on a big news story, run an advert or post on social media, generating likes and shares and bringing their own name into the spotlight.

Clients have increasingly been asking us to use social media and, in particular, LinkedIn as a recruitment tool to help communicate the benefits of working with them and fill current vacancy positions. We are seeing more and more success in our clients’ use of social media when hiring the best talent.

Blogging has so many benefits no matter what size your business is - large, small or on your own, blogging is becoming increasingly important to include as part of your marketing strategy. This is especially crucial for the professional services sector - investing the time in blogging can reap huge rewards.

Happy New Year! By now, I’m sure we’d all hoped that the coronavirus pandemic would be well behind us and that ‘back to normal’ would be the ‘new normal’. It looks like we need to continue being aware of possible restrictions on meeting face to face, and in turn make the most of digital marketing opportunities.

At last, we’ve seen a smidge of normality with face-to-face networking, events and meetings appearing in the second half of this year, but no one could have predicted the ongoing pandemic situation and remote way of working. It’s safe to say, marketing in 2021, has still very much been online.

Emerging from the pandemic, professional services companies are getting back to full strength and are looking again at their marketing. How do you choose the right team?

Videos are now a very popular choice when it comes to consuming content and many professional services and B2B firms are using video as part of their marketing strategy to raise their profile and increase conversions.

Videos can help to improve engagement and are a useful tool for repurposing work that has already been done such as a blog, website content, email newsletters, presentations, testimonials, case studies and social media.

As long-term LinkedIn members, we’ve noticed many changing trends across the platform, including what to post, how to engage with others and why you're there in the first place. Everyone has an opinion. But we ask 'Has LinkedIn lost its way?'