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Five ways to make your marketing pack work harder

You’re going to be relying on your sales team more than ever as FIERCE POST-LOCKDOWN COMPETITION kicks in. But clients will quickly see the difference between a salesperson that’s up-to-speed, engaged and confident in their tools, and one who’s just not feeling it. The difference? Having strong marketing materials behind them. Welcome your them back to the frontline with a marketing pack they’ll be itching to show off. It’s the perfect excuse to refresh your materials, too – your messaging is bound to need a swift edit to reflect the ‘new normal.’ Follow these five steps and watch your prospects become clients… 1.

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How to engage your most important assets: Your Team

Does your back-to-business priority list look a little like this?   1. Sell, sell, sell to clients and prospects.2. Keep sell, sell, selling to clients and prospects. We hear ya – it’s hugely important to us too. But there’s actually something more important. And that’s selling your brand on your home turf first. That means getting buy-in from your most important assets – your team – before thinking about getting clients and prospects to do the same. They’ll have kept going through lockdown, whether powering on as key workers or beavering away in a makeshift home office. Alternatively, they’ll have

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Standing out in the sea of virtual meetings

Got an e-meeting with your biggest client? Or pitching via ZOOM to a new one? Then you’ll need to stand out in the sea of virtual meetings they’ll inevitably be attending that day. Here are three ways to do it: 1. Borrow a backgroundFirst up, check out the built-in offerings from Zoom and other platforms. Handy if you want to hide a messy room or make colleagues giggle as log in from the Simpsons’ couch.But… They’re generic and those you’re meeting with will know it. 2. Add your logoMake them remember you by adding your brand. Some of the platforms make it really

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How to spark employee interest in health and safety

If you want to reduce risk and promote best practice by boosting employee enthusiasm about health and safety, you’ve come to the right place. At first glance, a print, design and digital specialist advising on this may not make sense. But, actually, our Aberdeen HQ means we’ve developed an extensive and intricate knowledge of the industry. And our QHSE materials are loved by some of oil and gas’ biggest names. Your printed safety material must educate and inform to keep your staff working safe. But generic literature isn’t enough – anyone worth their salt in oil and gas knows the

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How to make your message cut through social media noise

Lockdown = a good excuse to pause online marketing, right? Wrong! With your brand up against more noise than ever, especially on social media, it’s actually one of the most important times to be promoting your brand online. You need to make your online marketing work harder. Especially because during lockdown it’s one of the few ways to get you closer to your clients and prospects as we remain at a distance. But you won’t be the only one. With more eyes on screens than ever (in between baking and mowing the grass in a wedding gown) a huge amount

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How to pack a punch with your post-lockdown marketing

Anxious about the future of your business? We’re all right there with you. But there will be an end to this. And whilst no-one knows what it’ll look like, one thing you can be sure of is you’ll want to market like mad. Your sales team will need to be up-to-speed, engaged and, above all, confident in their tools. The sure-fire way to make that happen? Make your marketing work harder – don’t ignore it. Evaluate your material. Plan ahead. Be ready. Not sure where to start? Follow our tried-and-tested (we’ve been doing this for more than 30 years, don’t

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