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Sharing My Pearls Of Wisdom

Lost your brand voice? Not sure what to do with your blogs when you’ve written them? Don’t know how to reach your target audience? I have some tips for you!

As Heard On Radio Woking….

Click here to listen now. You read that right! On Tuesday I had the fantastic opportunity to be a guest on The Voice of Business radio show, on Radio Woking. I’ll be honest, it was a bit of a scary experience at first. But host Nell made me feel right at home, and before long […]

5 Content Lessons You Can Learn From Women’s Underwear

Content is a huge, sprawling world with a hell of a lot of tripwires and trapdoors between you and your customer. There are a lot of things you can do wrong in content marketing, especially compared to the few things that seem right. But to be honest, content marketing is all about finding what works […]

Why Does Brand Voice Matter Anyway?

If you’ve been hanging around here a while, you’ve probably heard me talk about brand voice before. Or maybe you’re working with a marketing company that has told you to define yours, but you don’t really know what it is or why you’re doing this strange grown-up homework. So today we’re going to dig into […]

Nickelback Vs Bad Email Marketing

You’ve heard of Nickelback, right? The famous 4-piece rock band from Canada, whose break-out single ‘How You Remind Me’ was the best-selling rock song of the decade in America in 2001? Yeah, you’ve heard of Nickelback. You’ve probably also heard that they are considered a bit of a joke in the music scene. Many people […]

The Anatomy Of Brand Voice

Tone and voice. Verbal branding. Verbal identity. Brand language strategy. If you work in marketing, you’ve probably heard at least one of those terms before, and they all sound very fancy and cool. But they are all essentially saying the same thing. Brand voice. But what is brand voice? And more importantly, what does it […]

What Is Helpful Content, And Why Does Google Want It?

It’s that time of year again folks! Time for Google to roll out another big update and send the whole marketing and SEO world scrabbling to keep up. Ok it’s not that bad really. But Google has once again rolled out a new update to their search algorithm, this time focusing on content and how […]

Blog Post or Article? Spot The Difference

Every industry has its own jargon. That special lingo that explains differences, defines things and separates those in the know from those outside it. Marketing in general, and copywriting specifically, are no exception. For me one of the most common bits of jargon are ‘blog’ and ‘article’. They get used pretty much daily, and from […]

What’s The Point In Case Studies?

Case studies. Yet another marketing thing you’re being told you need, but you aren’t really sure why. After all, lots of businesses get along perfectly fine without them, right? Well, sure, they get along OK. But with just a little extra effort they could be doing amazingly. Fantastically. Having their best year in business ever. […]

What Is Content Marketing?

Content marketing isn’t a new concept by any means. But it is one that’s gained a lot of popularity and importance in the internet age. Companies around the globe are now dedicating significant resources to producing engaging, high-quality content for their current and potential customers. In practice, this means businesses have to take on the […]

Specialist Or Generalist Copywriter – Which Do You Need?

Did you know that not all copywriter are equal? I don’t mean that some are better than others – but that different copywriters have different strengths and focuses, so if you want to hire one, you need to know what you need. And the first question to ask yourself is – do you need a […]

‘It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities’

– Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter