by Bryony Thomas | Commercial Karma, Fourth Flow Foundation - Maintain Momentum, Marketing Strategy, Marketing Team
< Back to the Blog z Prefer to listen than to read? This post is also available over on our PodBlog Reading Time: 5 Minutes When I ask the leadership team of a growing business about their vision for the next 3-5 years, I will almost always be given a revenue...
by Bryony Thomas | Affordable marketing plan, Commercial Karma
Watching Time: 50 Minutes I hesitated to share these tips for worry of adding the noise and confusion out there at the moment. We seem to be awash with advice on how to navigate the unknown from people who’ve never done it before. Now, I’ve...
by Bryony Thomas | Commercial Karma, Marketing Strategy
Reading Time: 5 Minutes It’s that time of year when social streams are awash with people setting goals for their year ahead. Lots of people will have spent a few happy hours cutting a sticking to create a vision board for their life, and crafting daily...
by Bryony Thomas | Commercial Karma, First Flow Foundation - The Right Work, Marketing Strategy, Mindful marketing measurement
We talk about marketing that underpins sustainable sales results. So, let’s explore exactly what we mean by that, and why it’s so important to get to a point where your sales really do meet these criteria. There are three ways in which sales need to be...
by Rachael Wheatley | Bucket, Commercial Karma, Leak #1: Forgotten customers
< Back to the Blog Customer marketing is one of the most important, and often overlooked, elements of a marketing plan. Your existing customers are the people who pay your bills folks! But, more than this, they are the foundation of your reputation, your word of...
by Bryony Thomas | About the book, Commercial Karma
Traditional marketing language is so combative. It’s actually the opposite to the mindset you actually need to make marketing pay for your small business. Think about it… you plan a campaign, you target an audience, you capture their data. No customer wants to...
by Bryony Thomas | Commercial Karma
Doubtless you’ve heard of your ‘unique selling point’ or USP – from lots of marketing literature you’d be forgiven for thinking that you simply cannot do anything until you have one. Well, I disagree.I’ve disagreed with this for...
by Bryony Thomas | Commercial Karma, Funnels and Filters, Leak #9: Where, Taps, Time Triangle
< Back to the Blog Social media marketing can seem like a bit of a minefield. It can also seem like there’s a dizzying amount to learn before you can even get started. But, it really breaks down into four activities and one core skill – which are common across...
by Bryony Thomas | Commercial Karma, First Flow Foundation - The Right Work, Flow Foundations, Influencer Icecream, Leak #12: What
< Back to the Blog z Prefer to listen than to read? This post is also available over on our PodBlog Doing the wrong kind of work is so damaging, I’ve included it as one of the Four Foundation Foundations in Watertight Marketing. Which means that learning...
by Bryony Thomas | Commercial Karma
This week saw the airing of this year’s The Apprentice. I don’t know why I tune in. I must be some kind of masochist. What I find really painful is the picture this paints of business for our young people, and of British business for those who either work...