Glossop-based creative design and marketing agency, Fig Creative, has recruited two new members of staff to join its growing team. Becky Marsden joins as sales & marketing assistant, while Tom Lay takes up a new role as accounts executive. Both Becky and Tom will be working across Fig Creative’s large portfolio of clients including The Old Hall Hotel, Building Projects UK, and Buxton College. After seven years working at Newsquest Northwest, sales and marketing assistant Becky will be heading up [...]
2013 has been a good year for Fig Creative and we hope it has been for you too. There’s no doubt its still tough out there and I think we can all say we have to work much harder to see the benefits of our labour. But I’m forever a ‘half glass full’ type of person and so are my team. They are proud to work with businesses like yours, using good messaging and design to help you stand out [...]
Last month, we were delighted when two of our Marketing Partner clients between them won three awards in one night. As marketing professionals, we know that as well as providing a welcome pat-on-the-back, awards present a great marketing opportunity. Winning, or even making the shortlist for an award, says a lot about your company. It says that you are confident in your ability to deliver, and that you strive to be the best in the market. Both of these are [...]
I was astounded to read a recent survey of over 2000 UK businesses*, that 23% of those surveyed didn’t have a website and 30% of those who didn’t have a website weren’t thinking of getting one. I think this is very short sighted. The internet has literally transformed our lives and how we buy products and services in the last 10 years. Even if we don’t buy online, we’ll probably do our research first and have a look at a [...]
Your website is your shop window to the outside world. It should be working for you, selling your products and services when you’re not there. Even if your customers can’t actually buy from the site, it should make them want to talk to you more. What’s your opinion of a company whose site hasn’t been updated? There’s nothing worse is there? Broken links, product information that’s out of date, news that’s 2-3 months old or worse, photographs that look like [...]
