How Great Leaders Create Environments Where People Can Do Their Best Work

By Marketme | 10th June 2026

Great leadership, it is fair to say, is about wa more than setting targets and managing performance. The most effective leaders are the ones who understand that people do their best when they feel supported, valued, and able to focus on their responsibilities without unnecessary obstacles being placed in their way. In today’s workplace, creating…

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How Forest Schools Can Help Families Survive the Long Summer Holiday

By Marketme | 9th June 2026

As the summer holidays approach, families across the UK are preparing for the annual challenge of keeping children entertained for six long weeks. Whether balancing work commitments, childcare arrangements or simply finding enough activities to fill the days, many parents and guardians find the long break can quickly become a juggling act. Screen time often…

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If We Want Things to Stay as They Are, Things Will Have to Change

By Marketme | 22nd May 2026

By Mark Hayward, founder of Sway PR   The past ten years has seen unprecedented changes in the world of Public Relations, and while 2025 was nothing short of transformative, the first half of this year has already proven itself to be a year of change for the industry. Emerging technologies coupled with an ever-shifting media…

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How to decide who to Follow on Twitter.

By Marketme | 10th November 2014

Twitter is an amazing marketing tool that though simple in structure and what it does, can offer so much in reward and ROI for businesses. Gaining an all important following is what will make you successful in using Twitter for business so let us look at the many ways which people decide to follow and…

Images for blogs.

By Marketme | 9th November 2014

It is great that you are or have written that blog as this will help you to increase your SEO online, but now that you’re about to release that blog, you need the right image to go with it. It is very common for most blog writers to either not have a title image to…

Blogging for your business: Where to start?

By Marketme | 6th November 2014

I had a colleague come up to me the other day asking what all this blogging palaver was about? Well let me tell you if you knew that having an active blog on your website could generate 67% more leads per month you’d think again. Having a blog allows you to develop quality content for…

Which areas of advertising are booming?

By Marketme | 6th November 2014

The face of advertising has altered dramatically over the last decade, and digital has become a crucial area of investment for any business looking to achieve success in this new and ever evolving market. As the consumer audience continues to embrace smart devices as a platform to communicate, discover and purchase, brands that have arrived…

Five ways to make your business card technology friendly.

By Marketme | 6th November 2014

It’s pretty much a given that, if you find yourself at an event where business cards are being exchanged, you’ll get absolutely inundated with them. This happened to me recently, and after sifting through the gargantuan pile of business cards that I had amassed, it occurred to me that I was simply skimming past most…

How to Get The Most Out of a Facebook Post

By Marketme | 1st November 2014

If you are managing a business’ Facebook account take a step back before posting your next update and have a think about what you really want from that post and how to further optimise it for that need. The following 3 metrics described are usually how you measure ROI (return on investment) on a specific Facebook post: Post Reach – The…

Is Image Everything?

By Marketme | 31st October 2014

It’s that time of year when all we want to do is get warm, cosy and comfortable. Staying in is the new going out, good TV and comfort food is the norm and girls secretly stop shaving their legs! For some people image is everything, for others, not so much. However, with day light dwindling,…

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By Marketme | 30th October 2014

Many would agree that the world we live in is becoming increasingly smaller and faster with modern day technology available to most people at their finger tips. We know the progress of the internet, social media and mobiles and mostly during our busy lifestyles, we are carrying around these modern day marketing / communication methods…

What is the key to customer retention?

By Marketme | 27th October 2014

A business’s longevity and the quality of its customer relationships are often inextricably associated, so it’s no revelation that corporations are always re-evaluating how best they can hold onto their clients. And although there are always conditions of scale, there are some fundamental values of keeping your customers that can be applied to any business.…

Types of Word of Mouth Marketing

By Marketme | 27th October 2014

There are two types of word of mouth; immediate and ongoing. Both types are invaluable to brands but certain types are more important for certain products. Immediate Word of Mouth Immediate word of mouth takes place when you pass on information soon after you have learnt it, for example you see an advert for a…