The 3 Most Common Website Mistakes and How to Resolve Them
Last week we carried out website audits for a couple of business owners who were unhappy with the performance and content on their websites, and wanted our help to identify and fix any possible website mistakes. (Isn’t it funny how different types of projects seem to...
Website shame? How do you decide whether to build a new website or fix the old one?
It’s going fantastically well. You’ve just met a new prospect and you are getting on like Holly and Phil: sparkling conversation, mental connection, business need identified and matched to a service you offer, they even have a budget. But, any minute now: the one...
Why service-based businesses struggle to articulate what’s good, and how to fix it.
Service-based businesses struggle to articulate what’s good about them, so how can you get potential clients to understand why they should choose you?
5 ways to increase visibility on social media
With face to face marketing methods off the table, it has never been more important to improve your visibility on social media. At the same time, the social media world has become more hectic than ever. Getting seen in the crowd right now, is a challenge. Each of the...
Could using the wrong marketing message be killing your business?
Are you a productivity junkie like me? I have terrible trouble trying to relax. Each weekend, after a hard week’s work of trying to achieve the 100 items on my to do list, I say I’m going to relax, only to spring out of bed and dive headlong into my ‘weekend to...
Why now is not the time to reduce your prices – and 5 things you could do instead
Let’s be honest now. Given what’s going on in the world, have you had a few ‘freak out moments’ about your business? We have. We’ve both cried. We’ve both taken afternoons off to lie under a duvet or watch mindless TV. We’ve had moments where we’ve had to prop each other up, just to keep going moving forward. One thing we haven’t done in order to keep the business going? We haven’t slashed our prices.
3 crisis marketing mistakes that could wreck your business (and how to avoid them)
When you’re defining a strategy to get your business through a crisis, relying on gut feelings may lead you into making fatal choices. In difficult times, it’s tempting to curl up in a ball, hold tight and hide behind the sofa until the worst is over. In less...
Good Foundations Gold Star Awards!
If you’ve been following along for the last few weeks, you’ll know that The Marketing Architect has a framework for brilliance for service-based businesses. It’s called Good Foundations, and our framework includes 6 characteristics that we know service-based...
The Good Foundations Series: Accountability
Accountability is, to coin a phrase (and cover young ears), all about ‘owning your shit’. It is also the 6th characteristic that service-based businesses need to demonstrate in order to convert prospects to customers. (You can catch up here if you want to know more...Like what you've seen?
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