Marketing Advice, Tips and Ideas
Marketing renovations
Buying a renovation project with stars of potential in your eyes and actually renovating the project are 2 very different things. But renovating a property gives you lots of opportunities to think of similarities between scraping wallpaper and doing marketing...
Unexpected marketing mistakes
5 of the common marketing mistakes I see small businesses make (and they're probably not what you think).
Can we have some real authenticity in marketing?
I'm bored of the pursuit of polished perfection. Aren't we all?
Making content marketing work for your small business
Discover easy content marketing tips perfect for busy small business owners in this simple guide. Find new ways to connect with your audience, boost trust, and meet your business goals without adding to your workload. Ideal for entrepreneurs who want to improve visibility and foster genuine relationships with their audience.
Why? The one question that will change how you run your business
Your marketing strategy should be built upon purpose. Why do you do what you do? This blog post introduces the idea of purpose in marketing.
83 brilliant books for small businesses: ultimate reading list for 2024
The best book recommendations for small businesses on the topics of marketing, business, personal development, relationships, politics, creativity and more.
Forget hashtags - a social media lightbulb moment
Hashtags - and other social media features - that stop you from posting or showing up at all can be ignored in favour of imperfect visibility. This blog explains why.
3 reasons we fail at marketing goals
Let’s look at the 3 most common reasons why small businesses fail to achieve their marketing goals. Can 2024 be the year you finally do the things you say you want to do?
The answer is almost always "less"
What if instead of chasing “more” all the time, the answer lies in doing less marketing, but doing it better? This blog post asks the question of what less but better marketing could look like.
Brave new beginnings for Sandra
When Do Crew member Sandra Palmer announced the closure of More Than Swim in December, I knew I wanted to understand more about her backstory. In this blog post we chat about the courageous decision to close her business and what the future holds for The Brummy Artist.
Celebrating small business clients in 2023
This Small Business Saturday, I would like to celebrate some of the over 200 small businesses who have been marketing coaching clients, strategy clients, or power hour clients, who are part of the Do Crew or who attended any of my marketing courses. Cheering you on!
6 best business investments (and 3 personal expenses that boost my biz)
6 good business investments and 3 personal investments that benefit my business - a blog written in celebration of 6 years of Goodness Marketing.
The slippery slope of marketing ruts
Getting stuck in a marketing rut inevitably leads to less showing up, less visibility, fewer sales and fewer opportunities.
Shitty marketing advice
Bad marketing advice is everywhere, but that doesn’t mean you should follow it (and definitely don’t follow the posting schedule in this post).
What a singing estate agent can teach you about marketing
Nobody saw this coming: an estate agent writing a song and performing it in the listing for a property she’s selling. A masterclass in marketing - and here’s why.
The marketing minefield of International Women's Day
How to do authentic marketing and avoid woke washing for International Women’s Day.
101 micro marketing and business lessons
Goodness Marketing is 5 years old this week, and I’ve learned a lot about business and marketing since 2017. Here are 101 things I know to be true about running a business and marketing it.