Marketing is a side of business that usually gets pushed to one side by small businesses because they either don’t have the time, don’t have the cash or both!

The fact is with out marketing sales cant exist, with out marketing sales are inconsistent and low, the two sides of the business go together hand in hand.

However, marketing doesn’t have to be expensive or even cost a penny!  There are many marketing strategies that your small business could use that are free and effective!

Take a look below our zero budget marketing strategies…

Having no marketing budget doesn’t mean that your business cannot have a marketing strategy, infact it means quite the opposite! Your business is in more need of a marketing strategy so that you do have a marketing budget next quarter, season or year!

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Find out about quick and easy 12 marketing strategies that can help boost sales and profit in 2012.

The Small Business Tool Kit is a members only website, however it is currently free to register for a limited time only.

The website has been designed to aid small businesses with setting up, general information and help on marketing related topics.

www.thesmallbusinesstoolkit.co.uk

As promised we have put together our New Years Resolutions for 2012!

• Continue to do more work for charity…

Last year Harriet Bishop Marketing & Design began a new relationship with the Meningitis Trust that is hopefully proving to be very successful.  We would like to continue our charity work with the Trust as well as help other charities that need our help.  We would also like to take part in or organise a fund raiser event to help raise money for a charity of our choice

• Continue to improve our products and services that we offer to our clients…

Here at Harriet Marketing & Design we do not only want to be the best but also be able to offer the best products and services around!  In 2012 we want to continue our product development so that our clients have access to the best solutions available.

• Develop and offer more tutorial classes and sessions…

Many of our clients don’t realise that we offer tutorial sessions for many of our web based solutions such as email marketing and WordPress, and this is purely down to our own fault!  In 2012 we would like to put together a range of courses and tutorial packages to help aid our clients learning and business skills.  So watch this space…

Has your business made any new years resolutions?  If so we would love to hear from you, email your resolutions info@harrietbishop.com.

At the end of January we will announce our top 5 favourite resolutions of 2011.  If your resolution features on our list we will be sending you and your business a bottle of bubbly* to bright up your January blues!

Get yours on that list and email us today!

*Please note terms and conditions apply, all entries must be in by 12 noon, 19th January 2012.  All entries after this date will not be counted!

Wow – that year went fast!!! Where does time go these days?

2011 has been a great year for Harriet Bishop Marketing & Design.  We have gone from strength to strength…

• We now have double the number of clients we had this time last year!
• We have taken on some extra help with the larger workload!
• Due to new partnerships and alliances we are now able to offer services that we couldn’t have offered before!

January 2011 was  slow month for us at the office this year but gave us the opportunity to work on new products and services for our clients, promote our business to new markets and even go on an email marketing course, courtesy of Andy Gooday, Owner of Marcatus Mail.

We also made some New Years Resolutions at the beginning of this year and I would like to take this opportunity to reflect on our achivements.

1. Our first resolution was to get involved with charity work.  Earlier this year we met with the Menigitus Trust to discuss way in which we can help the charity.  Currently we are working on the new website for Ireland organisation.  This is an ongoing project and will make an announcement when the website is complete so you can all take a look!  We look forward to doing more projects with the Meningitus Trust in the New Year.
2. Our second resolution was to help more companies with their marketing stratgeies.  Although this is a hard goal to mesure, I definately think that we have achived this in 2011, we now have double the number of clients that we did last year, many of which are loyal customers who we value greatly!
3. Finally our third resoultion was to enhance our range of products and services that we offer to our clients.  With new packages such as the Ulitimate Marketing Starter kit aimed at start -ups and additional services such as SEO I think we have made great strides in completing this goal.  Of-course this is not the end to our product development, Harriet Bishop Marketing & Design are always looking out for improvements to the services that we offer – so watch this space!

Ofcourse we will be makeing new resolutions for 2012 so stay tuned to find out what they are!

Overall, I would like to say a huge thank you to all our clients, our new alliances, freelance team and those who have made 2011 our best year yet!

Lets make 2012 even better!

Best wishes

Harriet Bishop

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5 Golden Rules for Christmas Email Marketing

Have you signed up to our Christmas Advent calendar yet this year?

If not – why not?!  It’s FREE!

Simply sign up using the form here and we will email your advent gift to you each day. All you have to do is register you name and email details!

By signing up you could be given anything from money off vouchers for your next purchase, free websites, free logo design, free books, free consultations and strategy reports and much, much more!

Don’t miss out!  Sign Up Today!

We can do as much or as little as you need, every one of our event solutions can be tailored to your individual needs and budget.

For more information please contact our team.

We also source and supply promotional merchandise and include a free design service for your products printing area.

 For more information please contact our team.

Reignite relationships with your clients this Christmas with a personalised Christmas card…

Sending a personalised card is a great way of reminding your customers who you are without using blatant sales tactics. Not only do cards help restart that fizzled out conversation, cards also help to reinforce your brand values, and show off you personality, creating a more personable appearance for your business.

Top Tip:

Try including a special offer or gift voucher that can be used on your products and services to brighten up your January blues!

Our bespoke Christmas card design starts at just £15 per hour for both digital* and handmade* cards.

Why not give us a call today for your quote and get your first personalised design draft sent to you within 48 working hours, or 4 working days for handmade designs.

To download your copy today simply click here.

After you are done reading this guide, why not get in touch and get a website review done for just £20 + VAT (usually £35 + VAT).

Harriet Bishop Marketing & Designs reviews will include a detailed look into all the things mentioned in this guide plus…

• Call to actions
• Lead generation ideas
• Search engine optimisation
• Special offers or inciting gifts
• Landing Pages
• Forms
• Newsletter

To find out more contact our team of experts today.