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Organic Vs. Paid Social Media – What’s Best For My Business?

If you know anything about digital marketing as a business, you will know that social media plays a big part. It’s an effective way of sharing content, connecting with customers or clients, and boosting brand awareness. There are two types of social media marketing, organic and paid. Though these two both utilise the same social… Continue reading Organic Vs. Paid Social Media – What’s Best For My Business?

A Guide to the New EU VAT E-Commerce Rules

Last year, the EU (European Union) implemented certain changes to the VAT obligations which impact businesses selling to a B2C audience (business-to-consumer). This is part of the EU’s VAT E-commerce package. What does this specifically mean for your business? Keep reading to find out. How do the EU VAT E-commerce rules work now? The new… Continue reading A Guide to the New EU VAT E-Commerce Rules

A Retailer’s Guide to Ecommerce Platforms

Whether anybody likes it or not, E-commerce is here to stay. Almost everyone is buying online now and businesses are scrambling to set up online stores. According to a recent eMarketer survey, the total E-commerce sales across the globe will exceed £5M for the first time. In fact, by 2025, you can expect online consumer… Continue reading A Retailer’s Guide to Ecommerce Platforms

10 Tips to improve your PPC Campaign

PPC (pay-per-click) is one of the most common forms of marketing today, and one which has stood the test of time. It’s a proven way to get the desired results, but unless you’ve planned and optimised it properly, you won’t get the results you’re after. Here are 10 ways to improve your PPC campaign: 1.… Continue reading 10 Tips to improve your PPC Campaign

10 Smart Social Media Tips for 2022

The following foolproof tips will help you develop an awesome social media marketing campaign! 1. Identify your goals and audience. Before planning, start with goal-setting. Use the SMART goal-setting approach to begin creating a solid social media campaign. Having set your social media goals, decide your target audience. Unless you specifically design your message for… Continue reading 10 Smart Social Media Tips for 2022

5 Fresh PR Ideas If You’re Tired of Knocking on Closed Doors

If you’re seeking to get exposure for your startup or personal brand, here are a few tips that will help you. Some of these tips will help you gain attention without going through an editor or journalist first, while other tips focus on helping you catch editors’ attention. The basic idea is for you to… Continue reading 5 Fresh PR Ideas If You’re Tired of Knocking on Closed Doors

Eight night routine steps to ensure a successful next day

If you think a great, productive and generally successful day begins with how you start the morning, think again – the most successful and productive people will always tell you that it all starts the night before. Here are eight steps you can include in your night routine (in no particular order) to ensure your… Continue reading Eight night routine steps to ensure a successful next day

Your options when your invoices become overdue

When invoices become overdue, your business can take certain steps that will increase the chances of recovering the payments quickly. Don’t start the chase on an immediate basis If you haven’t received your payment despite the fact that 30 days have passed, then give your client a few more days before starting to actively pursue… Continue reading Your options when your invoices become overdue

How Does Facebook Advertising Work?

It is important to learn how Facebook advertising works if you want to run a successful Facebook advertising campaign. When making a Facebook ad, five factors need to be kept in mind: Targeting. As per marketing experts, Facebook Ads are just a tool used to create interest and eventually cause an increase in demand. However,… Continue reading How Does Facebook Advertising Work?

Benefits of an Outsourced Marketing Director

We’re living in some very uncertain and challenging times. People all across the business world are trying everything they can to cope and survive – one of the best ways to ensure your survival too is by hiring an outsourced marketing director. Who or what is an Outsourced Marketing Director? In a nutshell, it’s precisely… Continue reading Benefits of an Outsourced Marketing Director

How to create a Business Development Strategy

Many businesses fail in epic fashion, not because they didn’t have the budget or the right marketing team on board – but because they failed to put an effective business development strategy in place. What is business development? Business development or BD is the process of identifying, nurturing and acquiring new clients as well as… Continue reading How to create a Business Development Strategy

Marketing for Musicians

If you have recently released a new album and wish to market your music independently, the following strategies will help you achieve your marketing goals. 1. Identify your fans The first step to creating a marketing strategy is to identify who your fans are. Figuring out the demographics of your audience is important. Furthermore, find… Continue reading Marketing for Musicians

Support for Female Entrepreneurs

A 2019 report published by the Telegraph revealed that female entrepreneurs get at least 157 times less funding compared to their male counterparts. In fact, according to another report released by Crunchbase, just 3% of venture capital investments land in the business bank accounts of women. This are just a small handful of statistics from… Continue reading Support for Female Entrepreneurs

Top 10 marketing tips for law firms

Irrespective of whether you are a full-service firm with national reach or a sole practitioner, it is necessary that you try to be more visible and appealing to clients and establish that you deliver better services than your competitors. In the same vein, here are a few marketing tips for law firms: 1. Specialise in… Continue reading Top 10 marketing tips for law firms

Why use a business consultancy?

Many business owners like to go it alone and there’s nothing wrong with that. However, the competitive advantage one can have by working with a business consultancy service can help businesses achieve a level of performance, success and market dominance that, perhaps, may not be possible when trying to “go it alone”. Why work with… Continue reading Why use a business consultancy?

3 Marketing Lessons from Super Bowl LVI

Who watched last weeks’ Super Bowl? In America, and now here in the UK, Super Bowl Sunday has a reputation for being a marketers’ favourite event. Indeed, there are numerous lessons to be learnt from the Super Bowl adverts and halftime show. The most successful and competitive agencies and businesses often show us their most… Continue reading 3 Marketing Lessons from Super Bowl LVI

3 Signs It’s Time to Change Your Marketing Strategy

Building a successful and prosperous business requires a forward-thinking marketing strategy. Every decision you make should be based around trying to gain a new client. But what worked yesterday may not work today, and what’s working now could just as quickly work against you in the future. In short, just like you have to keep… Continue reading 3 Signs It’s Time to Change Your Marketing Strategy

The Profici Monthly Roundup for November & December

Profici News, December 2021: In this month’s Profici roundup, we look back on everything from welcoming a new team member, to Dr Ed’s incredible talk and so much more. We love looking back over the previous month’s achievements as it’s good to recognise the amazing work the team have put in recently. So, without further… Continue reading The Profici Monthly Roundup for November & December

5 Content Marketing Trends You Can’t Miss in 2022

For digital marketers, the coming of autumn and the steady move away from long sunny days into the gloomier months, comes with a welcomed chance to shape and improve your marketing strategy. With the chaos of the previous 18 months almost behind us; our Kafkaesque daily rituals long abandoned, it’s time to look ahead to… Continue reading 5 Content Marketing Trends You Can’t Miss in 2022

The Profici Monthly Roundup for September

Profici News, September 2021: In this month’s Profici roundup, we look back on everything from  two team visits to both Tiger Rock and Strawberry Fields, to Jack’s latest column in My Planet Liverpool Magazine, to our work with MEDITECH, which celebrated its 30-year anniversary this month. We love looking back over the previous month’s achievements… Continue reading The Profici Monthly Roundup for September

Why is Blogging Good for Your Business?

As of January 2021, there were 4.66 billion active internet users worldwide. So, what better time for you to include blogging in your marketing strategy? Blogging can be one of the most effective ways to build brand awareness and drive traffic to your website. You can provide content whilst still informing people of useful information… Continue reading Why is Blogging Good for Your Business?

The Profici Monthly Roundup for August

Profici News, August 2021: In this month’s Profici monthly roundup we look back on everything from welcoming our new Social Media Manger, Esh, to embarking on an afternoon of paddle boarding with the guys at Contact Sport, to concluding filming on our new video for the launch of the Profici franchise. We love looking back… Continue reading The Profici Monthly Roundup for August

The Importance of Email marketing

With various marketing tactics at your disposal, you may be wondering: what is the importance of email marketing? Email marketing is one of the best, most direct ways to reach and engage your audience. In fact, the importance of email marketing is so great that we encourage most of our clients to let us help… Continue reading The Importance of Email marketing

The Profici Monthly Roundup for July

Profici News, June 2021: In this month’s Profici monthly roundup, we look back on everything from welcoming a host of new starters and apprentices, to our videographer, Mike, who ran an incredible 70k in 24 hours and completed the 24hr Conti Thunder Run, to embarking upon the selection process of picking our next charity to… Continue reading The Profici Monthly Roundup for July

3 Traits of a Successful Marketing Leader

According to a recent study conducted by St. Joseph’s University, a sign of a good leader is their ability to keep a group positive and dynamic. Strong leaders must learn to identify issues, evaluate situations and keep both individual and group emotions in check. There are several things that constantly top the list when it… Continue reading 3 Traits of a Successful Marketing Leader

The Profici Monthly Roundup for June

Profici News, June 2021: In this month’s Profici monthly roundup, we look back on everything from Jack Connor’s latest column in My Planet Liverpool magazine, to designing a poster for an event in partnership with Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, to receiving a lovely hamper from the team at Cobra Financial Solutions. We love looking back… Continue reading The Profici Monthly Roundup for June

Top 5 Factors for a Top 5 Website

You know what they always say, “beauty is in the eye of the mouse-holder.” At Profici, we understand that everyone is unique, but that doesn’t mean that there aren’t a few ground rules you should understand when deciding on the appearance of your website. Here are 5 quick tips to ensure that you’re heading in… Continue reading Top 5 Factors for a Top 5 Website

Why You Need to be Investing in Video Marketing

63% of businesses have already started using video marketing. Are you one of the 37% of businesses who haven’t yet? And if so, what are you waiting for? 82% of businesses feel video content is an integral part of their marketing strategy, fuelled by 83% of businesses who believe that video marketing has given them… Continue reading Why You Need to be Investing in Video Marketing

Tips For Marketing Your Business in Spring

While it may seem like only yesterday we were eating turkey and planning our content calendars around Christmas, March is now just days away and spring is certainly in the air. And yet, while spring may not be the most marketable season, nor does it have the same buzz as summer or winter, there remains… Continue reading Tips For Marketing Your Business in Spring

Why is Social Media Marketing Important for Car Dealerships?

It’s so important for car companies to be educated in the world of online marketing, and particularly social media marketing. From keeping customers up to date with the latest goings-on at your dealership to actively promoting the latest vehicles online, social media should be yet another tool in the salespersons’ armoury. Here are three of… Continue reading Why is Social Media Marketing Important for Car Dealerships?

Why Liverpool is the Best City to Start a New Business in 2021

If you’re looking to launch your new business in 2021, then you’d be best not to overlook Liverpool. Liverpool has undergone something of a phoenix-like rebirth in recent decades, having transformed from terminal post-70s decline to becoming one of the entrepreneurial and cultural powerhouses of the UK. So, if you’re looking for locations in which… Continue reading Why Liverpool is the Best City to Start a New Business in 2021

How to Market Your Business at Christmas

The Christmas season represents love, generosity and kindness. But to marketeers, there is always an emphasis on understanding how these festive feelings translate to consumers. Indeed, customers are in a buying mood at Christmas – and every brand needs to cut through the noise. A business’ winning formula during the yuletide season is underpinned by their ability… Continue reading How to Market Your Business at Christmas

4 Reasons Why Time Management is Important

Everyone’s time is valuable, whether they assign a monetary value to it or not. Poor time management can cause everything from lack of sleep and unhappiness to health complications such as stomach ulcers and migraines. Just the thought of having too little time to finish work is enough to make people feel stressed. Not only… Continue reading 4 Reasons Why Time Management is Important

Why Should Businesses Use LinkedIn to Generate Leads

Did you know that LinkedIn has 562 million members? Impressive, but it’s in fact far less than the more well-known social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube. So, with social media users on average spending less time on LinkedIn, why should you use it to generate business? Here’s 4 perfectly good reasons why… Continue reading Why Should Businesses Use LinkedIn to Generate Leads

4 Reasons Why Businesses Fail

90% of new businesses fail within 2 years. It’s a simple yet unfortunate fact. If you’ve ever started a business and failed, then you are not alone. What these stats suggest is that new businesses need help to survive and meander through the tough two-year period. Therefore, understanding what you failed to learn in the… Continue reading 4 Reasons Why Businesses Fail

How to Maintain a Healthy Work-Life Balance

The phrase work-life balance conjures up images of healthy MDs and CEOs who spend eight hours at work, eight asleep and the remaining eight pursuing their cosy hobby locked away in the shed. Indeed, rather than rejecting this in favour of the stereotypical and, albeit, unsustainable, idea of what a CEO should be, entrepreneurs should,… Continue reading How to Maintain a Healthy Work-Life Balance