http://www.idealmarketingcompany.co.uk/idealblog Marketing ideas and information about free marketing seminars Sat, 27 Feb 2010 06:49:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="attachment_897" align="alignnone" width="130" caption="Marketing Seminar sponsored by Barclays Bank"][/caption] Free marketing seminar for Leicestershire businesses organised by Barclays Bank Local businesses are invited to a free marketing seminar to be held in Leicester city centre next month (March). The event will feature a talk by Leicestershire based marketing consultant Alastair Campbell ... http://www.idealmarketingcompany.co.uk/idealblog/index.php/2010/02/27/free-marketing-seminar-taking-place-in-leicester-on-march-24th/ [caption id="attachment_893" align="alignnone" width="150" caption="Free Marketing Seminar in Lutterworth "][/caption] Free Marketing Seminar at The Greyhound Hotel, Lutterworth, Leicestershire. How to Grow & Protect Your Business in 2010 Tuesday 16th February 5.30pm – 7.30pm at the Greyhound Inn, Lutterworth With the start of the New Year, you may be wondering about what 2010 holds ... http://www.idealmarketingcompany.co.uk/idealblog/index.php/2010/01/21/free-marketing-seminar-in-lutterworth-leicestershire/ [caption id="attachment_888" align="alignnone" width="100" caption="Tough times ahead? "][/caption] Who can help in a turnaround? In a turnaround, businesses often need help from people who are familiar with this type of crisis situation and who possess the specific experience and skills needed. But there are differing types of help available so it is ... http://www.idealmarketingcompany.co.uk/idealblog/index.php/2010/01/20/marketing-seminars-help-to-turn-around-your-business/ [caption id="attachment_885" align="alignnone" width="150" caption="Janet Thomson "][/caption] Weight loss camp Midlands.  Not my normal post but this is a quick plug for Janet Thomson who is a client of The Ideal Marketing Company.  I started working with Janet back in November 2009 and she sent me over a copy of her ... http://www.idealmarketingcompany.co.uk/idealblog/index.php/2010/01/18/884/ [caption id="attachment_882" align="alignnone" width="101" caption="The Angel Hotel "][/caption] FREE BUSINESS SEMINAR – THE 7 STEPS TO SUCCESSFUL GOAL SETTING Vanilla Recruitment is delighted to present a free goal setting seminar in conjunction with Alastair Campbell of The Ideal Marketing Company at the Angel Hotel, Market Harborough When we run our own business or ... http://www.idealmarketingcompany.co.uk/idealblog/index.php/2010/01/13/goal-setting-seminar-last-places-available/ [caption id="attachment_873" align="alignnone" width="150" caption="Marketing Seminar "][/caption] Thanks to all the small business owners and marketing managers who attended my latest marketing seminar at Hothorpe Hall.  Judging from your feedbackforms and the e-mails I've since received you got a lot out the day. Hear what one of the delegates had to say ... http://www.idealmarketingcompany.co.uk/idealblog/index.php/2010/01/12/marketing-seminars-lastest-event/ [caption id="attachment_870" align="alignnone" width="100" caption="Who do you know? "][/caption] I'm a big fan of Malcolm Gladwell's book 'The Tipping Point'  which partly talks about how people's behaviour can lead to large surges in the popularity of a new product. In 1967 Stanley Milgram performed an experiment called “Six degrees of separation” which ... http://www.idealmarketingcompany.co.uk/idealblog/index.php/2009/12/17/marketing-seminars-word-of-mouth-marketing/ [caption id="attachment_867" align="alignnone" width="100" caption="What happy customers look like "][/caption] CRM gives the best ROI Marketers believe. The Chartered Institute of marketing’s latest Marketing Survey revealed that CRM delivers the best ROI. The marketers believe that ROI with advertising is the worst. Financial services and service firms(31%) give the best ROI , ... http://www.idealmarketingcompany.co.uk/idealblog/index.php/2009/12/07/marketing-seminars-customer-care-38/ [caption id="attachment_861" align="alignnone" width="100" caption="penny wise - pound foolish? "][/caption] Marketing ways out of recession I read a YouGov survey recently which showed that small businesses plan to increase their marketing budgets over the next 12 months inspite of the current economic climate. Marketing is important for SMEs in UK as in a ... http://www.idealmarketingcompany.co.uk/idealblog/index.php/2009/11/30/marketing-seminars-marketing-out-of-recesion/ [caption id="attachment_858" align="alignnone" width="100" caption="The end is nigh? "][/caption] Is the recession almost over?  A Quarterly survey says so... The the recession is about to end and UK‘s business confidence has risen to its highest level for a long time. The reports from the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) ... http://www.idealmarketingcompany.co.uk/idealblog/index.php/2009/11/28/marketing-seminars-the-end-is-nigh/