by Claire Sutton | Jul 28, 2026 | Digital Marketing, Marketing, Planning, Small business
Why Every Small Business Should Be Watching the Competition Do you know what your competitors are up to right now? Not a rough guess based on something you overheard at a networking event, but real, current knowledge of their pricing, their offers, their reviews and...
by Claire Sutton | Jul 6, 2026 | Digital Marketing, Learning, Marketing, Small business
Free weekly marketing nudges for small businesses – straight to your inbox, every Monday lunchtime. Running a small business means marketing often ends up at the bottom of the list. You know it matters. You fully intend to get round to it. And then the week...
by Claire Sutton | Jul 3, 2026 | Business, Digital Marketing, Marketing, SEO
When you’re looking for, say, a new restaurant, a reliable plumber or a nice hotel, what’s the first thing you do? You probably look them up online and check out their stars. You want to see what other people – real people – are saying...
by Claire Sutton | Jun 26, 2026 | Communication, Digital Marketing, Learning, Marketing, SEO, Start ups, Training
Digital & Social Media Marketing Course: next course Saturday 3rd October 2026 The trouble with being a small business owner or solopreneur is that everything falls to you – and the jobs you’re less confident about often get squeezed out. This is where the idea...
by Claire Sutton | Jun 1, 2026 | Brand, Business, Digital Marketing, Marketing, Planning, SEO
You’re posting on social media. You’ve paid to boost a few posts. Maybe you’ve even hired someone to sort out your website. But these previously reliable activities just don’t seem to be getting you the results they used to. If that sounds familiar,...
by Claire Sutton | Apr 22, 2026 | Business, Learning, Marketing, Sustainability
Launching on Earth Day 2026 – because it felt right, not because it was easy. I’ve been sitting on this for a while. Not because I don’t care, far from it, but because writing a Sustainability Policy as a one-person, work-from-home marketing business...
