Ask yourself these questions. These are two examples of actions taken by speakers at the Better Business Conference in Manchester last week, which I had the opportunity to attend. While I understand the motivation behind both approaches, I also respectfully disagree with them. In this article, I want to attempt to explain why, and to […]
Imagine your next digital marketing campaign. Your mind probably went straight to what you’d like to achieve. Maybe you want to: This is where you need to ask “why?” Why do you want to increase your paid ad conversions? Why does your CEO need more followers? Why do you want more site visitors? “What do […]
Your business won’t do good just because your team is full of good people. However, if we’re going to take the next step and ingrain high environmental and transparency standards into companies across the UK, each company needs to be judged relative to its ability. For example, a 4000-person international corporation should be held to […]
TL;DR: You need to become an expert summariser. Instead of drip-feeding your audience information, you need to hand them the power. By providing a TL;DR (Too Long; Didn’t Read) at the start of your meetings, client conversations and sales pitches, you lay the groundwork for exceptional interactions between you and your team, clients and prospects. […]
The Base Creative team has had a presence at Turing Fest, Europe’s most talked about tech event, since 2016. It’s not just time to soak up great content from highly experienced and qualified speakers but also an opportunity to be fully immersed in conversations around business strategy, technology, growth – and where we come in. […]
Whether or not you’re an expert in search engine optimisation, it’s clear that those in the profession love a good acronym (SEO, PPC, CPC, CTR… the list goes on!). And, as a professional or marketer for a financial services firm, there are two more SEO acronyms to know about if you want to improve your […]
There’s a misconception that email marketing is a thing of the past, left in the dust by social media and the race to the top of Google’s search results. This couldn’t be further from the truth. Email is still an extremely useful marketing medium that can reap tangible results. The greatest returns are often seen […]
If you’re an avid writer like me, then you’ll love planning out new blog posts for your website, especially when you start to see that your customers are reading and engaging with them. It’s also fascinating to see how much blog posts can improve your website’s discoverability in search engines (amongst other things!). But sometimes, […]
Have you set up your firm’s Google Business Profile? If you haven’t, then make it your priority to claim your account. After all, who doesn’t love a free way of getting more awareness and new enquiries for their local business? Anna, our Director of Client Success, previously explored why local businesses should get a Google […]
We’ve just wrapped up a really successful partnership with the ICPA, a membership organisation of practising accountants in the UK. For Base Creative, it was a great opportunity to bring additional awareness to our marketing propositions, in particular to an audience we’re keen to work more with. For the ICPA, it enabled them to provide […]
strategic partnership (n); an arrangement between two companies or organizations to help each other or work together, to make it easier for each of them to achieve the things they want to achieve; dictionary.cambridge.org collaboration (n); the situation of two or more people working together to create or achieve the same thing; dictionary.cambridge.org Base Creative […]
On 23rd July, I delivered a talk at BrightonSEO (virtually this time round!) all about persuasion in search, exploring how (and why) you should harness the power of psychology in SEO. By leveraging a range of persuasion techniques in your content and other areas, you can encourage more people to visit your site and engage […]
