Marketing and sales are two distinct services within a business, and their roles are clearly defined. They are often seen as separate departments, but they share some similarities, and do have some overlap that cannot be overlooked. In any organization, one of the keys to success, and perhaps also one of the biggest challenges, would be to get the marketing and sales team to be on the same page and work closely together. It may sound like a simple task to achieve, but there are often conflicts due to different perspectives on marketing budgets and its effect on sales performance.

Manuelina Culinary is an Italian culinary program that provides a culmination of knowledge from professionals who are the top in their field and are continually updated to accommodate a highly competitive and forever changing industry. Each program is rooted in culture, science and creativity while concentrating on the basic principles of taste texture and flavor. Each program starts from the basics and quickly accelerates, and so in this way, regardless of previous culinary experience, all students end at the same point. Marketing Eye worked with Manueline Culinary to create modern redesigned collateral to increase brand awareness and consistency.

Nudge Accounting provides offers online accounting packages as an affordable end-to-end solution for small businesses and start-ups. Based in Pyrmont NSW, Nudge Accounting’s team of Chartered Accountants ensure your finances are managed efficiently with efficient online systems, cloud storage and a dedicated client success manager. Nudge also offers business improvement process reviews, taxation services and KPI management to make sure that their clients’ businesses stay on track.

Marketing Eye has been working as an outsourced marketing agency for Nudge Accounting. Marketing Eye helped to develop a marketing strategy for the potential small business and the start-up market that Nudge Accounting could be exposed to, whilst also improving their website and generating more attention towards their social media channels.

Every company needs a marketing strategy to plan for the future. A strategy works as a sort of road map for all of your marketing activations throughout time. But what exactly goes into these strategies? For a lot of companies 2020, automation and personalization of content is going to be the next big step in marketing tactics. Trends change every year, and companies need to understand the next big step. We reached out to a few friends to weigh in on what every marketing strategy needs in 2020.

 

Don't be fooled. Having a start-up isn't for the faint hearted. In fact, it's not even for those who "get-through" everything in front of them. Start-ups are for people who are determined to be successful and are prepared to make sacrifices to get there.

Unless you are in your 40's.

A year ago, I was about to make one of the biggest decisions of my life; to take on an investor in my start-up Robotic Marketer.

Is there a lack of focus in your marketing department? Are you having trouble committing to a certain approach? Do you have a marketing strategy in place? It can be challenging to execute any plans without a marketing strategy. Marketing is like a game of chess, where you’re constantly thinking of the next step. A marketing strategy will map out what goals you want to accomplish and how you want to accomplish these goals.

 

Consumers are flooded with over 10,000 advertisements per day. In the time of information overload, how do you make your brand stand out from the crowd?

Your marketing strategy is the link with your customers. It requires some investment but having a big budget is not the key to its success.

Every business needs a 'marketing eye', and with that comes the basics: a marketing strategy, a marketing implementation plan, analytics and KPI's and of course, results.