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Marketing and advertising

Marketing and advertising

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Advertising is planned and produced across print, outdoor, digital and broadcast, together with the marketing thinking that decides what the advertising should say. Those two are usually bought separately, which is why so much advertising is well made and pointed at nothing.

The work

What marketing and advertising involves

Deciding the message before the medium

The useful questions come first: who is this for, what do they currently believe, and what single thing would change their mind. Media choice follows from that. Reversing the order produces campaigns that fill a booking rather than move anything.

Made once, adapted properly

One idea, produced correctly for every place it runs: press, poster, digital display, social, radio and video. Each gets artwork built for its own specification rather than a resize, because a squeezed layout is what makes a campaign look cheap.

Services

Related to marketing and advertising

Print advertising

Print advertising

Print adverts for trade titles, local press and specialist magazines, designed as a consistent series and supplied to every publication’s specification.

Advertising production

Advertising production

Approved campaigns turned into files every supplier can use, with each size, format and specification built and checked so nothing is lost at the final step.

Digital advertising

Digital advertising

Search, social, display and video advertising planned around how your customers buy, managed weekly and reported on cost per enquiry, not impressions.

Social media advertising

Social media advertising

Paid campaigns on Meta, LinkedIn and TikTok with creative made for each platform, used to build demand and reach new customers at a controlled cost.

Creative direction

Creative direction

One idea carried through a whole campaign, from photography and film to layout and media, with every supplier directed so the result feels deliberate.

Marketing management

Marketing management

Senior marketing management on a retained basis: the plan, the budget and the suppliers owned and run, without the cost of a full-time hire.

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Share what you are trying to achieve and what you have to spend. You will get a clear answer on whether advertising is the right answer and what it would need to say.

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