What is the difference between sales and marketing?

Over the last few weeks discussing the difference between sales and marketing seems to be quite a hot topic of conversation amongst my small business community. Many small business owners have the ambition to grow and it is particularly front of mind as we start to consider the 2025 marketing planning cycle. During a recent…

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How To Grow Your Email List

As many of you will know, I am a big fan of email marketing. I think it is a gift for a business of any size, but in particular for small business owners. Email marketing enables us to be personalised in our communications and engage directly with our audiences, plus we also own the data.…

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The Benefits Of Working With A Marketing Consultant

Tuesday 9 July was a good day, jam packed full of learning, networking and discussions about all things marketing. I was fortunate to attend the 16th CIM Digital Conference just outside of Cambridge at the Duxford War Museum. Now as a secret plane spotter this event caught my eye, not just for the insight and…

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The Best Way To Attract New Clients On A Budget

With a sense of continued caution amongst small business owners, this month it feels like I am having quite a few conversations about the best way to attract new clients on a budget. This was also one of the key questions that came out of our annual customer survey back at the beginning of the…

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Celebrating RIMU Marketing’s 10th Birthday

Over the last ten years, RIMU Marketing has gone from strength to strength. The brand story is a fairly familiar one. I initially set up the business to have a flexible working solution around my young family but I soon realised that establishing the business was one of the best decisions I made for my…

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Using The 7 P’s Of Marketing To Plan For 2024

January has the feeling of a fresh start and a new beginning. With many of us making resolutions or setting intentions to be different or make changes, it is an ideal time of year for many small business owners to plan for the year ahead. I talk alot about marketing strategy planning because it is…

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