Expertise

Once a discipline in its own right, strategy and planning has become a more iterative, always-on and integrated discipline. One where data, analytics and insight form the foundations of better decision-making.

We will leverage your existing data and help create new insight that will ensure you make the right decisions based on a clear understanding of the facts.

At a strategic level (What are we going to do?) our plans inform brand strategy, channel choice, tactical planning and content development. At the operational level (how are we going to do it?) they provide an integrated tactical plan that deliver specific and measurable objectives.

We provide capability and capacity building through integrated training, consultancy and coaching.

For senior executives we can provide a sounding board, sense check and independent point of view across strategy, resourcing and all aspects of marketing.

For practitioners we can support their professional development while also helping them do their jobs more effectively – offering a unique blend of support and facilitation that delivers results in the long term.
Increasingly we are being asked to work in this way.

There is no such thing as a silly question.

We are used to getting involved and making things happen.

We have spent years managing digital projects of all shapes and sizes. Filling gaps, removing blockers and even banging heads together – we have a wealth of management experience and the leadership qualities required to make things happen and get things done.

From customer acquisition through conversion to building long term and valuable relationships with your customers. We work across specialist disciplines such as display, natural search, paid search, social media, online PR and email but we make sure that what underpins it all is an integrated approach and rigorous measurement.

Working with specialist partners or your own web development team we can add the stuff that really makes your site work. Things like an information architecture based on search insight as well as user experience, online brand execution, content strategy and socialisation – all wrapped up in a well-informed search strategy and an approach to measurement and ongoing optimisation.

Digital channels have driven a radical shift in customer behaviour and most marketers agree that what we are experiencing is a fundamental and revolutionary change. One that you, your team and your organisation has to keep up with. Exhausting isn’t it!

Our approach is a truly collaborative one where ‘them and us’ simply does not apply – that’s how we make sure we benefit from the skills and experience of everyone involved. We bring energy, enthusiasm and tenacious problem solving to everything we do. It goes a long way to making things happen.

Between us we have a wealth of management experience and the leadership qualities required to ensure things run smoothly. We can provide the right management environment to ensure that your project achieves its objectives and is delivered on time and on budget.

How do we work with clients?

In practical terms we tend to work with clients in the following ways;

1. Developing strategy and planning. That often includes developing and overseeing the evaluation and measurement framework. Sometimes we get involved in business planning too.
2. Delivering specific pieces of work or supporting the briefing, selection and management of a suitable agency or supplier structure to undertake a particular project.
3. Executive briefing and working in an advisory role. Increasingly we are being asked to provide support, guidance and advice. There is no such thing as a silly question.

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