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Galleries – drop the jargon

Art text can often leave audiences scratching their heads and wondering what the blazes they mean. The Independent ran an article (Why it’s time for galleries to drop the jargon) a couple of weeks ago about tongue-twisting but often repetitively … Continue reading

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Get my advice on PR campaigns

Spend Valentine’s Day with Agent Pete! In a hotel room! In a recent, possibly rigged, and probably fictitious survey over 90 percent of the world’s women said they’d rather spend Valentine’s Day with Secret Agent Marketing’s dashing PR executive Agent … Continue reading

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Be positive in your marketing

Negative marketing rarely works. To use a negative message you really have to know your stuff – be an expert in the rules to break them. I had a conversation today with a friend who was organising a flash mob … Continue reading

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Secrets of the marketing world blown

The secrets of the marketing world will be blown as industry experts and Wiltshire Business Support Service join forces to help small businesses get to grips with their own marketing. Marketing for Beginners will explain how marketing is more than … Continue reading

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What would you do with £1,000?

What would you do with £1,000? That’s the question we’ve been asking community organisations to think about this week. A couple of months ago we were challenged by our client Fraser Group, who are opening a new petrol station, Budgens … Continue reading

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How does social media fit into your marketing strategy?

Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Google+… How do they fit into your marketing strategy? Do they fit in at all? Is social media something you think you should be using, but you don’t know where to start? Agent Pete will be explaining … Continue reading

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No-one is spreading nasty rumours about you on Twitter!

If you’re new to Twitter, you might start to see warnings via the direct messaging (DM) facility claiming that ‘someone is posting nasty rumours about you’. Out of a concern for your personal or brand reputation, or maybe just out … Continue reading

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Don’t put your faith in Miracle Marketing

Do you subscribe to Miracle Marketing? It’s very popular, and easy to do! Simply conduct some marketing activity – print some brochures, book an advertisement – then cross your fingers or pray. Divine Intervention will do the rest. Except it … Continue reading

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Become great at your own marketing

It’s why a lot of people have signed up to our news list. And we’re happy to share tips and advice on this blog and give away free guides. But nothing beats a bit of real life learning, and the … Continue reading

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Here’s my card…

Be honest, what do you do with the dozens (hundreds?) of business cards you receive in a year? Become a customer? Bin them? Put them in a box? Or do something constructive with them (by which I do not mean … Continue reading

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