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Preparatory work for direct mail lowers costs

Direct mail is a highly effective marketing technique that delivers sales revenue in a short time frame.   Some direct mail is poorly conceived and so does not achieve its potential. [WARNING – this is not always true]. I received three mailers from a printing firm which serve as a great example of a campaign […]

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January website checks you MUST make

It’s January – we are back from the Christmas break and many firms are still on a skeleton staff.  Some are back full time – but we’re all filled with the pressures of a new year – new marketing plans, new services, new products. For most of us, we’ve already forgotten the marketing we did […]

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Why Whitespace Matters in Web Design

Your website is a valuable marketing asset. So it makes sense to invest in its design to make it better for potential prospects. In fact, many of the largest companies pour a tremendous amount of resources into their websites. Because even a single design can have a dramatic impact on conversions and bounce rates. But […]

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Do Consumers Need to Know Where Our Business is Located?

Today’s always-on global world could make your business location seem to be an irrelevancy.  But the opposite is true.  Local marketing is now the fastest-growing part of online marketing specialisms.  And it matters.  Let me explain. So here are 3 examples for you to use when considering international website domains.  Feel local but act global […]

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SEO Case Study: From Second Page to Second Place in Two Weeks

Google now processes over 3.5 billion searches per day, every single day. No wonder 10 out of 10 businesses want only one thing: to appear on the first results page for keywords related to their industry. This kind of visibility is the promise of a tonne of organic traffic, new leads and sales. In this […]

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New Year Marketing Planning – resolve to do this!

Ready for next year?  No, of course you’re not.  This is normal. But you intend to get ready and to plan your marketing, don’t you? Make those resolutions happen by booking in to our January 2017 Marketing Year Planning Workshop. Join us for a Marketing and  Business Development Workshop to help you get your year plan […]

What’s a typical response rate for personalised B2B direct mail?

What’s a typical response rate for highly personalised B2B direct mail? What provider would you work with? I’ve heard of Enthusem and Pebblepost. It’s a well designed card with their logo, name or website on it. Your response rate for B2B direct mail depends on a couple of things What you’re selling and whether the recipient […]

Testimonial & Case Study from Apartment Specialists realtors

We worked with Creative Agency Secrets to streamline our website and the customer experience.  We have two major client types – buyers and sellers.  The team helped us to filter website visitors so we could present different messages to each audience and drive engagement with the right team member from Apartment Specialists. Andrew Murray, Apartment […]

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How to use brand icons to drive sales

My philosophy of marketing is that every part of your marketing toolkit that you’ve spent money developing should be working hard to generate sales for your business. Creating a strong visual identity is a given.  But what about extending it into other marketing areas? We have been experimenting using content marketing to reinforce visual identity […]

7 Ways to Make Your Website Relevant

Is your website consistently driving results for your business? Is it adaptive to changes on the web? With rapid advances in website technology, design and function have evolved, bringing a new set of expectations to your visitors. With these expectations and advanced features ultimately affecting the success of the business online, being able to respond […]