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2011
- 19 Dec
The ultimate definition of marketing
Many people have tried to define marketing and yet few have succeeded....
- 11 Dec
Real Business #15 Berwick Devoil Healthcare
Real Business is a series of posts that analyses the marketing opportunities and challenges of real businesses in the South East. The interviews are undertaken by Keith Lewis of The Courier....
- 30 Nov
Autumn Statement Blues
George Osborne's Autumn Statement served up few surprises and gave professionals and business owners alike very little to be cheery about. We asked a selection of our clients what they thought about...
- 06 Nov
Real Business # 14 - Scientifica
Real Business is a series of posts that analyses the marketing opportunities and challenges of real businesses in the South East. The interviews are undertaken by Keith Lewis of The Courier....
- 27 Oct
Where next for provincial law firms?
The legal industry has been turned on its head in recent weeks with a set of changes that has been likened to the Big Bang deregulation of the City in October 1986....
- 09 Oct
Social media: necessity or luxury for B2B marketing? - You decide
Inspired by yet another great post from Debra Collins at Pennsylvania based B2B and professional services marketing specialists, Marketri, IÂ am encouraged to give my own view on the plethora of...
- 28 Sep
Real Business #13 - Bewl Valley Sailing Club
Real Business is a series of posts that analyses the marketing opportunities and challenges of real businesses in the South East. The interviews are undertaken by Keith Lewis of The Courier....
- 11 Sep
Is your website putting people off?
We are pleased to welcome Sam McArthur of internet marketing specialists, Savvy Marketers, as a guest contributor to The Marketing Eye blog. Here Sam shares some very practical advice on how to...
- 08 Sep
People and businesses do amazing things - but why?
The run-up to Sport Relief 2012 has begun and, as I write this in the warmth of The Marketing Eye office on a chilly September day, comedian David Walliams is battling to swim the full length of the...
- 03 Sep
Local SME's should not be bowed by global events
August was a pretty challenging month for the global economy with the Sovereign debt crisis impacting on the Eurozone, the US credit rating being downgraded and, closer to home, rioting being seen...
- 03 Aug
The 4 P's of marketing - as relevant today as they ever were
David Meerman Scott, author of The New Rules of Marketing and PR and responsible for turning half of the planet’s marketers onto social media, me included, recently posted a blog on the 4 P’s of...
- 29 Jul
Social Media and the teenage target market
Gabrielle Randall, a work experience student with The Marketing Eye, gives her view on how businesses should be using Facebook to engage her generation....
- 15 Jul
Real business #12 Airborne Balloon Flights
Real Business is a series of posts that analyses the marketing opportunities and challenges of real businesses in the South East. The interviews are undertaken by Keith Lewis of The Courier....
- 07 Jul
The damage done to journalism by phone hacking
Over the past few days, many journalists have probably been busy thinking up alternative ways of describing what they do for a living. With phone-hacking scandals falling out of the News...
- 17 Jun
Real Business #11 - Capital Currencies
Real Business is a series of posts that analyses the marketing opportunities and challenges of real businesses in the South East. The interviews are undertaken by Keith Lewis of The Courier....
- 16 Jun
Stick or Twist? Where next for interest rates?
The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee recently announced that UK interest rates are being kept at the record low of 0.5%. This is the 27th straight month that the bank has left rates...
- 14 May
Real Business #10 - Arena Pursuits
Real Business is a series of posts that analyses the marketing opportunities and challenges of real businesses in the South East. The articles are also appearing in The Courier.For a family that has...
- 14 Apr
Accounting firms can use Twitter effectively
Our 100th post is a guest post by Debbie Andrews, Owner and Managing director of Marketri, a provider of outsourced marketing services in Doyleston PA....
- 23 Mar
So, how was it for you? Reactions from local businesses to George Osborne's latest Budget.
So how was it for you?...
- 16 Mar
Local entrepreneurs speak out on Budget wishes
With the Budget just around the corner (Wednesday 23 March), we canvassed some of our clients a mixture of business owners and professionals for their Budget wishes.Understandably in this climate,...
- 14 Mar
Real Business #9 - Photoshoot Studio Hire
With the Budget just around the corner (Wednesday 23 March), we canvassed some of our clients a mixture of business owners and professionals for their Budget wishes.Understandably in this climate,...
- 28 Feb
What price a price cut?
A KPMG report out today says that UK firms are paying the true cost of inflation and slashing prices to an unsustainable level in an attempt to maintain customers and turnover....
- 16 Feb
Is there a role for branded websites in the social media age?
Matt White examines the growing trend for businesses to market their Facebook presence in preference to their website.A recent article in Brand Republic concerning the shift by businesses from...
- 28 Jan
Real Business #8 - Achieve More
Matt White examines the growing trend for businesses to market their Facebook presence in preference to their website.A recent article in Brand Republic concerning the shift by businesses from...
- 23 Jan
Social media for Accountants: an opportunity for publicity or a threat to your practice?
Martin Pollins, founder of Bizezia and a client of The Marketing Eye, shares his thoughts on the use of social media by professional services firms....
- 18 Jan
For business' sake - interest rates must stay low
With inflation at 3.7%, why is everybody starting to advocate increasing interest rates?The inflation in the economy is cost-push, not demand-pull. Simply put, prices are going up because the cost...
- 14 Jan
In search of the ‘real’ digital native
The findingsThe research revealed ‘natives’ to be more active than ‘immigrants’ in a wide range of digital uses. ...
- 01 Jan
'Be prepared' - is the main advice for 2011 from The Marketing Eye
The findingsThe research revealed ‘natives’ to be more active than ‘immigrants’ in a wide range of digital uses. ...