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How to do ethical marketing at Christmas

Christmas marketing tends to fuel over consumption. Is there a way to do ethical marketing during the festive season? In this blog post I share some thoughts about ethical Christmas marketing.

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Karen Webber Karen Webber

Christmas shopping trends and what it means for your 2021 marketing

Christmas marketing will look different this year. Already we are seeing stock shortages, not enough drivers to deliver online orders, and a general feeling of uncertainty about what things will look like in the so-called Golden Quarter. How should small businesses approach their Christmas marketing?

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Karen Webber Karen Webber

Planning for marketing productivity

Marketing planning can be made more productive for busy small business owners, by establishing a few useful habits and routines and reflecting and learning as you go, as this blog explains.

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Karen Webber Karen Webber

Can your childhood passions unlock business success?

Sue Bordley had been a teacher for 20 years when she reconnected with her childhood love of writing. Since then she’s published 5 books, including an Amazon Bestseller, and redefined what success looks like for her. Can the key to business success be found in our childhood passions?

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Karen Webber Karen Webber

The marketing consistency conundrum

Marketing consistency doesn’t have to be about showing up daily. What if your consistency lies in quality rather than quantity? What if marketing planning can be freeing rather than restrictive?

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Karen Webber Karen Webber

Feel-good marketing: the key to sustainable success

Feel-good marketing is all about finding the practices and habits that work for you. It’s entirely possible to have marketing success and have a good time while working towards it. I explain more in this blog post!

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Karen Webber Karen Webber

Things every good blog should have

“Blog for your business” is advice that is so frequently dished out by everyone involved in raising small businesses’ profiles online, but how many people blog consistently and successfully? This blog post looks at the factors that make for a good blog.

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Karen Webber Karen Webber

The Power of One

This blog considers the almost impossible ideals we sometimes hold ourselves to as small business owners. We see seemingly stratospheric growth of others and think anything less than that isn't success. However, there is beauty in being small and growing one by one.

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Karen Webber Karen Webber

How to plan your marketing in an uncertain year

Marketing planning in these uncertain times is a lot like navigating with a map and compass. As long as you’ve got an end goal in mind, it’s all about the micro actions you take, as this blog post explains!

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