Entries by Rebecca Caroe

YIKES! My Facebook Group Got Hijacked by Competitors

When you start a group online in a public social platform, it’s easy. Nothing much happens until your group hits a ‘tipping point” of size + engagement + activity. Different groups achieve this at different points in time. We have a sports group run for a client that has nearly 2,200 members and gets 2–3 […]

Giant thanks for this testimonial

Campbell Naish, Partner at export strategy and marketing consultancy Katabolt, wrote a generous testimonial for Creative Agency Secrets.  Many thanks! Rebecca provided Katabolt with a valuable specialised set of marketing recommendations with a specific focus on services which was a great match with what we needed. Her B2B expertise and international experience and perspective helped […]

What do you do? Explain, clearly or lose leads

I want to showcase this list of three businesses who want to grow their international connections.  Shared by a reputable international facilitator organisation, these exemplify the utter incompetence of smart people when answering the question “What do you do?”. I despair. How to differentiate your business We did some work this week with a consultancy who describe […]

How to Get Subscribers to My Email Newsletter?

I just started a curated newsletter about personal finance for millennials. Each issue includes 10 curated articles from various sources about investing, budgeting, paying off loans, and etc. I do not have any subscribers yet. Well done – getting started. Focus on Your Marketing Assets Let’s help you work out the key answers you need: […]

Can you tell when you’ve found the right business in search?

I was searching for a music streaming service for classical music.  But I got the name wrong. I knew I had not found the right business in my search results when I clicked through to the best result, and found this website design (top image).  Realising my mistake, I quickly revised my search (by spelling the […]