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Agent Pete to give marketing talk

Secret Agent Marketing’s Agent Pete will be the guest speaker at Wiltshire Business Club on Thursday, May 19. He’ll be giving a talk entitled Marketing for Beginners, where he’ll introduce networkers to the concept of the seven Ps of marketing, … Continue reading

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What Are You On? Get our beginners’ guide to social media

A recent study by Constant Contact reveals that almost 40 percent of UK small and mid-sized enterprises are using social media to market their business. The mathematically-minded among you will have already calculated that those figures suggest more than 60 … Continue reading

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Fuel-saving, queue-dodging tips from Secret Agent Motoring

Okay, so we promised you marketing tips and we’re giving you motoring tips – what’s that all about? Well, back in 2008 – when the price of unleaded was nudging £1.20 a litre – we wrote this article for one … Continue reading

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Nostalgia – it ain’t what it used to be…

…but it’s a good way of letting potential customers know how awesome you are. This week the Secret Agents have been retrofitting their Facebook Timeline using the Milestone feature. Milestones were introduced by Facebook along with the new Timeline feature. … Continue reading

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How to make money from writing

On the very first day of my very first work experience placement on a newspaper, an old hack warned me that no-one goes into journalism for the money. He was right too – the wage of a jobbing journalist was, … Continue reading

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Email lessons from Ann Summers (or How Often is Too Often?)

Before I wrote this post I wondered if I ought. Why? Well I’m about to share that Agent Pete is on the mailing list of a certain underwear company.

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Woah! A whopping great picture on my Facebook page

Facebook yesterday (Wednesday) rolled out its new Timeline feature for business pages – bringing with it some good features, and some that will be less popular. Account holders have a month to play with the new layout. You can choose … Continue reading

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Thumbs up for How To Write a Press Release

We love helping people to improve their own marketing, so were really chuffed this week to get a big thumbs up from a local businesswoman who had used our How To Write a Press Release guide. Emma Roberts, from White … Continue reading

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Pinterest – a great selling tool, or just another time-sapper?

If you haven’t heard of it already, chances are Pinterest will be crossing your radar very soon. It’s the new big thing in social media. I know this, because everyone at the cutting edge is telling me so. In January … Continue reading

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To write or not to write a press release, that is the question…

Yesterday, at Frome’s Discuss & Do festival event, Making it as an Entrepreneur (see other blog post too), there was a small difference of opinion between myself and Rachel Bridge as to whether you need to write a press release … Continue reading

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