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A joined-up plan across search, content, email and paid channels, focused on qualified leads rather than vanity metrics.
Marketing works best when channels support each other. We start with your goals and customers, then build a realistic plan covering search, content, social and paid activity.
You get priorities, budgets and measurement agreed up front, so you can see what is working.
Most weak marketing starts with a tool, such as “we should be on TikTok”, rather than a goal. We begin by asking what a good year looks like for your business: how many enquiries or sales, from which kinds of customer, at what cost. Only then do we decide which channels earn a place in the plan.
A strategy from us covers your audience and what they care about, a review of your competitors, an honest look at your current website and activity, and a channel plan covering search, content, email, social and paid advertising. Each channel gets a purpose, a budget range, an owner and a way of measuring success, so you can see what it is meant to deliver.
We set up tracking for forms, calls and purchases, so reports show enquiries and revenue and not just visits. Where possible we connect marketing data to your own records, so you learn which sources bring customers who actually buy.
You can use the plan to run marketing in-house, hand parts of it to us, or split the work. We are happy to work with your existing team and suppliers, and we review progress quarterly so the plan keeps up with results. Strategy often connects to SEO and Google Ads, which we can deliver as separate or combined services.
Benefits
We measure enquiries and sales, not just clicks.
Plans fit what you can invest, with options to scale.
Who does what, and when, is agreed in writing.
Search, content, email, social and paid activity working towards the same goal.
Each channel has a job and a budget range, so money is not spread thinly.
We track calls, forms and sales, not just clicks and followers.
We learn about your business, audience, competitors and goals before recommending anything.
You receive a clear scope, timeline and priorities so you know what happens and why.
We build or implement in stages, sharing progress and asking for feedback early.
After launch we measure, report plainly and refine based on real results.
Yes. We can advise, support or take on specific channels.
Usually two to four weeks, including research, a workshop with your team and a written plan with priorities, budgets and measures.
No. A good strategy for a small budget focuses on one or two channels that suit your customers, and grows from there as results justify more spend.
If you want us to. You can take the strategy and run it yourself, hand us selected channels, or work with us on the whole plan.
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