Tag Archives: marketing advice

How to stay motivated towards your Business

It’s October , the nights are drawing in and the weather is turning colder. School is back and in general I’m feeling a little flat. After 6 weeks of frantic business/summer holiday juggling, and dreams of how much work I could do once the schools returned, I now find myself at my desk with no […]

‘Where have you been?’ The reality of juggling a newborn and a business

​I started my business ‘The Marketing Associates’ when my first daughter was 18 months old. This was pretty easy as she still had a good solid nap once a day and went to nursery once a week. As things got busier she got older and moved on to pre-school so my working time naturally increased. […]

How to make it as a Consultant

men working on laptops

Having launched ‘The Marketing Associates’ just over two years ago, I am often contacted for advice by others looking to do the same thing within their field of business – an email that I am always rather flattered to receive. I made a promise to myself when I was a student trying to get work, […]

Tales of a Kitchen Table Start-up: 9 FREE Marketing tips for business

Marketing is often left at the bottom of a business owners ‘To do’ lists because they think it will cost them lots of money. The truth is that it can cost lots and lots and lots of money but it doesn’t necessarily have to! How would any business ever get past start-up stage if they […]

Tales of a Kitchen Table Start-up Part 2: ‘How to start a Start-up’

Want to know how to start a start-up? The Marketing Associates shares how they started from a kitchen table to become a successful marketing agency.