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Content Marketing

Why You Need to Plan Your Content in Advance

We know it’s a good idea to write blogs when you’re quiet at work. Want another way to get organised? Plan your content (and create it) in advance! You might have heard of a content calendar or an editorial calendar. This is a tool people use to plan and schedule their content, often at the beginning of the year. These […]

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Content: What Type is Best for my Industry?

If you’re new to creating and promoting content, you might be feeling overwhelmed at the thought of using unfamiliar social media platforms and tools. You may be looking at competitors and others in your industry and hoping to do the same, but you need to be doing something different, because unfortunately there isn’t one type of content that’s good for […]

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Content Marketing: is it Right for My Business?

Hopefully, the benefits of content marketing are fairly obvious. But you may be concerned that, while it’s good in theory, it may not be appropriate for your company. As we’ve seen, content marketing is here to stay. So it’s vital that businesses embrace it. In my opinion, ignoring content creating and promotion is a risk not worth taking. Who Does […]

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Content Marketing: What is it and How Can it Help?

  *Post updated April 2023* There are many different definitions of content marketing. The CMI (Content Marketing Institute) describe it as a ‘strategic marketing approach’ and emphasise the importance of being consistent. ‘Content’ means any material you create (blogs, vlogs, webinars, infographics) and share online. The content isn’t designed to be a sales pitch, but tells people about you and […]

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13 Tips for Writing a Press Release

A press release is a great way to get exposure for your business in the local media, to get in front of thousands of people and to share good news, all for free! There’s no guarantee that your story will be picked up, though, so there are ways to increase your chances. You could ask a PR agency to submit […]

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Help! What do I Write? Ideas for Writing Blogs

As I recently completed a 90-day blog challenge, it would be reasonable to assume that I don’t struggle for blog topics. As a writer, I can theoretically write about anything, and you’ll see that my blogs are about things that interest me as well as how-to information guides. But what if you’re tasked with creating the content for your company’s […]

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Tips for Writing Better Copy – Part One

If you’ve ever been asked to create a blog post for work and panicked because you don’t know where to start with writing, here are some tips to help you craft a piece of copy you’ll be proud to see online or in print. What You Need to Know Before You Start Know your audience: You should already know who […]

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