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Blog
- Is your website on the pages that mention you?Photo by Ebba Thoresson on Unsplash
- How to set up agile in a marketing team, and what to do when it isn't workingPhoto by Wattanai on Unsplash
- Squads, scrums and agile: what they actually are, and whether a marketing team needs any of itPhoto by Michael Dziedzic on Unsplash
- I defined innovation in 2018, and I'd keep the definition. The word is the problem.Photo by T on Unsplash
- What AI actually changes about marketing your businessPhoto by Eric Prouzet on Unsplash
- What I got wrong about online marketing in 2018Photo by Bernd 📷 Dittrich on Unsplash
- Do countdown timers work in a sale?Photo by Alexandar Todov on Unsplash
- Do 'only 2 left' messages make people buy?Photo by T on Unsplash
- Does adding a fee at checkout sell more?Photo by pure julia on Unsplash
- Does 'up to 50% off' pull people into a sale?Photo by Ruta Gudeliene on Unsplash
- Does a 'was' price make a sale sell better?Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash
- Can a small shop risk these sale tactics?Photo by Alexandr Popadin on Unsplash
- AI isn't the problem, humans arePhoto by Lucas on Unsplash
- GA4 tells you nothing useful? Set up key events, step by stepPhoto by Scott Rodgerson on Unsplash
- Google Ads spending without returning? An audit checklist, in the order to lookPhoto by alex cherry on Unsplash
- Google Business Profile: how to set one up properly, in the right orderPhoto by Paul Marlow on Unsplash
- Google Consent Mode, explained: what is settled and what is notPhoto by mk. s on Unsplash
- Is blogging worth it for your business?Photo by T on Unsplash
- Marketing for a small local business: what to do first, and what can waitPhoto by Wolfgang Rottmann on Unsplash
- A messaging framework for your business: who you are for, why you, and how to say itPhoto by Glen Carrie on Unsplash
- A one-page marketing plan for your business, with a free templatePhoto by Mediamodifier on Unsplash
- The launch checklist: what to check before a new website or campaign goes livePhoto by Joshua Dixon on Unsplash
- Can you pay to be recommended by ChatGPT? AI visibility guarantees and GEO packagesPhoto by William Warby on Unsplash
- Do Google Ads help your organic ranking?Photo by Roman Synkevych on Unsplash
- Do you need a cookie banner before you can use analytics?Photo by Vitalii Kyktov on Unsplash
- Do you need a twelve-month SEO contract?Photo by Wilhelm Gunkel on Unsplash
- Does Google penalise content written with AI?Photo by camilo jimenez on Unsplash
- Does the length of a page matter?Photo by Diana Polekhina on Unsplash
- Does adding schema markup improve your ranking?Photo by Jan Antonin Kolar on Unsplash
- Is a bigger agency safer than an independent?Photo by Rebecca Campbell on Unsplash
- Is SEO dead now that everyone uses AI?Photo by Phil Hearing on Unsplash
- Should you block AI bots from your site?Photo by Katerina on Unsplash
- Should you only ask happy customers for reviews?Photo by Towfiqu barbhuiya on Unsplash
- Bing's AI Performance report: how to see where Copilot cites your websitePhoto by fr0ggy5 on Unsplash
- Do you still need a website, or is Instagram enough?Photo by Julian Rösner on Unsplash
- Fractional marketing director: what one does, what it costs, and when it is worth itPhoto by Fabien TWB on Unsplash
- How to get your business on Bing, Bing Maps and CopilotPhoto by Glen Carrie on Unsplash
- Google Business Profile suspended? Why it happens and how to get it backPhoto by Tim Mossholder on Unsplash
- How long does SEO take? An honest answer for UK businessesPhoto by KAi'S PHOTOGRAPHY on Unsplash
- How much do Google Ads cost a UK business?Photo by William Warby on Unsplash
- How much does a business website cost in the UK?Photo by Hal Gatewood on Unsplash
- How much does SEO cost for a UK business?Photo by Sasun Bughdaryan on Unsplash
- How to choose a web designer: questions to ask and red flags to spotPhoto by Christian Agbede on Unsplash
- What an independent, founder-led marketing agency is, and when it beats a bigger onePhoto by Barn Images on Unsplash
- Is Google Ads worth it for your business? Do the break-even sum firstPhoto by Sumudu Mohottige on Unsplash
- Is SEO worth it for your business? How to work it outPhoto by Myles Bloomfield on Unsplash
- Questions to ask a marketing agency before you sign, and the answers to listen forPhoto by Diana Polekhina on Unsplash
- Why is my website not showing up on Google or Bing? A step-by-step diagnosisPhoto by Sean Davis on Unsplash
- What an SEO audit should include, and how to judge the one you are givenPhoto by Anatoliy Gromov on Unsplash
- What marketing costs in the UK: a price guide for small and medium businessesPhoto by Sarah Agnew on Unsplash
- Who owns your Google Ads, analytics and domain? Check before you switch agenciesPhoto by Alicia Christin Gerald on Unsplash
- Agency, consultant, freelancer or fractional? How to choose marketing helpPhoto by Robert Anasch on Unsplash
- Do small and medium businesses need to worry about AI search yet?Photo by Denise Jans on Unsplash
- How do I know if my marketing agency is doing a good job?Photo by Andrijana Bozic on Unsplash
- What does a fixed-price marketing project actually include?Photo by NORTHFOLK on Unsplash
- How much does a marketing consultant cost in the UK?Photo by Joachim Schnürle on Unsplash
- Do you actually need a digital marketing strategy? Seven signs you doPhoto by Theo Jores on Unsplash
- How much should a business spend on marketing, and how should it be split?Photo by Towfiqu barbhuiya on Unsplash
- Local SEO for UK businesses: the complete checklistPhoto by Tim Mossholder on Unsplash
- Why your Google Ads aren't working: no impressions, no clicks or no conversionsPhoto by David Clarke on Unsplash
- Meta ads vs Google Ads: which is right for your business?Photo by Aliaksei Lepik on Unsplash
- Nine homepage mistakes that quietly cost you enquiriesPhoto by Danae Paparis on Unsplash
- Landing pages that convert: the structure, section by sectionPhoto by Marvin Meyer on Unsplash
- Content strategy on a small team: publish less, earn morePhoto by Cht Gsml on Unsplash
- Can you explain what you do in one sentence? How to fix your messagingPhoto by Patrick Fore on Unsplash
- GA4 without the headache: the only five reports you needPhoto by Nick Brunner on Unsplash
- Is ChatGPT recommending your competitors instead of you?Photo by Judah Wester on Unsplash
- How to find and pitch the right brand partnersPhoto by Tanja Tepavac on Unsplash
- Choosing a social media agency: the questions to ask firstPhoto by Annie Spratt on Unsplash
Community
- Business improvement districts, explained: how a town's businesses vote to pay for their own high streetPhoto by T on Unsplash
- The Epsom & Ewell Business Awards: yes, you can nominate your own businessPhoto by Giorgio Trovato on Unsplash
- Kingston First: what Kingston's businesses pay for their town centre, and what they get backPhoto by Vadim Koza on Unsplash
- Leatherhead's businesses voted to fund the town centre, but only a quarter of them took partPhoto by Y.A on Unsplash
- Surbiton's town centre plan, and where it has got toPhoto by Emily Jackson on Unsplash
- Business support in Somerset in 2026: the Growth Hub, the new hospitality grants and what else is openPhoto by John-Mark Strange on Unsplash
- Business support in Surrey in 2026: what is open and what is notPhoto by Sandro Cenni on Unsplash
- East Surrey Council: what the change in April 2027 means for Epsom businessesPhoto by Joanna Kosinska on Unsplash
- The Frome Independent, the Sunday market that fills Frome's high streetPhoto by Anna Mould on Unsplash
- Shepton Mallet Sunday Market, once a month in the Market PlacePhoto by Giada Venturino on Unsplash
- How a Somerset art gallery put Bruton on the mapPhoto by Luca Nicoletti on Unsplash
- Bruton's farmers' market brings a Saturday crowd to the high streetPhoto by Austin on Unsplash
- Castle Cary on Glastonbury weekend, with the crowds passing throughPhoto by Max Langelott on Unsplash
- Castle Cary's Market House, and why the town kept itPhoto by Pawel Czerwinski on Unsplash
- Castle Cary's Tuesday market, and the shops built around itPhoto by Shubham Sharan on Unsplash
- How to choose which local networks are worth your timePhoto by Anggi Tampubolon on Unsplash
- How Epsom's businesses came together to fund their own high streetPhoto by Kevin Musumbu on Unsplash
- Derby Day: what one race meeting is worth to the rest of Epsom's businessesPhoto by Kássia Melo on Unsplash
- Epsom's markets, and who each one suitsPhoto by Jonathan Borba on Unsplash
- How independent businesses compete with national chains onlinePhoto by Andrew Medhat on Unsplash
- Surbiton Business Community: a networking group that actually gets people in a roomPhoto by 五玄土 ORIENTO on Unsplash
- What Surbiton's farmers' market does for the shops around itPhoto by Ashley Winkler on Unsplash
- Trading a mile from Kingston: what that means for an independent in SurbitonPhoto by Johen Redman on Unsplash
- Wincanton, the town that gave a national company its namePhoto by Luke Heibert on Unsplash
- What a local business community actually doesPhoto by Hans Eiskonen on Unsplash
- The Wincanton shop with fans on every continentPhoto by Debby Hudson on Unsplash
- Six signs that a town's businesses are pulling togetherPhoto by Gabriella Bortolussi on Unsplash
- Why local search matters more than it did five years agoPhoto by Etienne Girardet on Unsplash
- Wincanton's high street, and the case for keeping it independentPhoto by Vladimir Gladkov on Unsplash
- The South Somerset Circle, an introductionPhoto by Linus Nylund on Unsplash
- Was Bruton a media hype? Part two, social mediaPhoto by Vojtech Bruzek on Unsplash
- Responses to Wincanton against BrutonPhoto by Valeria Reverdo on Unsplash
- Was Bruton a media hype? Part one, the localsPhoto by Margo Brodowicz on Unsplash
- Why Wincanton is the new BrutonPhoto by Hassan Pasha on Unsplash
- An interview with Truffles BrasseriePhoto by yuk on Unsplash
- The Bruton Packhorse Fair 2015Photo by Maria Moroz on Unsplash
- Bruton. Media hype, or the real deal?Photo by Tato Lopez on Unsplash
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