Small Business Tips

Useful series of tips for small businesses.

PR is powerful!

February 18, 2019 by Alison Page 0 Comments

Why investing in PR is a great investment in your business… You have a small business – you and your staff are really busy – running the business, contacting clients, keeping up with the books. PR is not on your radar – surely it’s not something a small business needs? But every company, regardless of […]

New Year Special Advertising Offer

New Year Special Advertising Offer

January 4, 2019 by Alison Page 0 Comments

As you’ll know, Alison Page Marketing bought Tring Living and Berkhamsted Living Magazines in 2018 and, to celebrate the start of the New Year, we are offering new and lapsed customers a special advertising offer for 2019! We’re offering a discount of 25% off the rate card for all display adverts booked for 2019 in one issue, […]

Royal Mail Christmas Posting Dates 2018

Royal Mail Christmas Posting Dates 2018

December 10, 2018 by Alison Page 0 Comments

Make sure your business letters, greeting cards and gifts arrive in time for Christmas! Take a look at the Royal Mail last recommended posting dates for Christmas 2018 below: – Tuesday 18 December Royal Mail 2nd Class Post – Thursday 20 December Royal Mail 1st Class Post – Friday 21 December Parcelforce Worldwide express24, AM, […]

Display and Print Advertising

Display advertising? We’ve got the power!

November 14, 2018 by Alison Page 0 Comments

Don’t forget the power of the press advertising when you’re putting together an integrated marketing campaign plan for next year… So much focus goes on digital these days that it can be easy to overlook the print press when considering your marketing campaign. But with more than 400 titles launching in the last year and […]

APM EU ePrivacy regulation aka cookie law

ePrivacy – the Next Step from GDPR

October 17, 2018 by Alison Page 0 Comments

Digital and e-marketers need to look toward the development of new e-privacy regulation… We know what you’re thinking – we’ve only just got ourselves in line for the GDPR regulations that were introduced in May, and now you’re talking about yet more regulation, which will affect anyone who is involved in digital or e-marketing. Next […]

Marketing Technology

Marketing Technology: the future is out there

September 18, 2018 by Alison Page 0 Comments

Technology is forever changing, and new developments could alter the face of marketing as we know it, but your values must remain the same… With an ever-changing digital landscape, the opportunities available for marketing are expanding all the time. Virtual Reality One of the big changes in marketing technology in recent times is the introduction […]

mission Statement

On a mission

August 6, 2018 by Alison Page 0 Comments

What is a mission statement and why every business should have one…A mission statement helps to define the business you are in, what the goals of the business are and what your objectives are…and can provide differentiation and competitive advantage over your rivals Think about why you stay loyal to a brand – it’s rarely […]

High Street Shops

SOS – Save Our Stores

July 11, 2018 by Alison Page 0 Comments

Marketing has a vital role to play in keeping local high streets alive… It’s not looking good for bricks-and-mortar stores on the high streets at the moment – House of Fraser has recently cut more than half of its UK stores, leaving 6,000 jobs in its wake, while Toys R Us has also said a […]

Walk on the client side

June 15, 2018 by Alison Page 0 Comments

Find out what the benefits are of working with a marketing consultancy with client-side experience… Being able to see things from both sides is a great benefit in most lines of work. It’s why journalists make good PR people – having worked on the ‘other side’ they know just what it is that newspaper and […]

Print Media

Print is dead, long live print

May 14, 2018 by Alison Page 0 Comments

As digital content and advertising increases, is there still a place for print media in today’s age? And, if so, what part does it have to play? While it is true that many magazine and newspaper sales have declined, it’s certainly not all over for the world of specialist print media, despite the dire predictions […]