1. Know your company background and culture. Ensuring your web designer knows as much as possible about your company from the start will help them create the perfect website for you. 2. Are you redesigning your existing website or building a new site? Regardless of your answer, your web designer will be able to...
Does Your Business Need a Marketing Agency?
Marketing Agencies have the ability to prove ROI on your marketing activities. Proving ROI on marketing activity is not an easy thing. If specific measurement is what you require, become a true partner with your agency and the results will be magical. Marketing Agencies can present you in a better light than you could...
Social Media Marketing Tips from Paige
Marketing Manager at Give the Dog a Bone These days it is common practice for both new and well-established brands to use social media to grow their following, generate leads and increase sales and market exposure. With all the different social media platforms available, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed when building your brand. But...
Working From Home? Make a daily plan!
Following Boris Johnsons announcement at 08:30pm last night, the UK and it’s people now face a 3-week lockdown with thousands of people likely to be working from home for the foreseeable future. Below are a few points to help you be a productive as possible over the coming weeks. Get up and dressed as...
This isn’t goodbye!
Helping us all stay safe Following the announcement from Boris Johnson last night, Give the Dog a Bone have made the decision to temporarily close our office until further notice to help prevent the spread of Coronavirus. For the foreseeable future, the GTDAB team will be working remotely. If you require our support, please...
Tips for Effective Email Marketing
Include your visual brand No matter what type of marketing you’re trying to implement for your business, you must always reinforce your visual brand, and email marketing is no different. Always ensure your logo and brand style is reflected throughout any email campaign. Subject Lines Always keep it strong but simple – we’d...
Common spam words to avoid in email marketing
Have you often wondered why your carefully planned email campaign doesn’t receive the interaction that you had hoped for? One of the most common reasons for this is that your email actually arrives in your recipients junk folder rather than their inbox. There are many reasons why this could happen, from poor domain authentication,...
Looking to create a consistent social media presence?
As a company, it’s likely that you already have 101 tasks to complete day-to-day, so finding time to manage a social media strategy can sometimes be tricky. No doubt, you’ll be looking to improve your footprint in the world of social media, because that’s what everybody seems to be doing – including your competitors!...
Social Media ‘Image Size’ Cheat Sheet 2019
When promoting your company through social media it’s important to show your brand in the best light possible. Due to the quick scroll nature of social media platforms, one of the easiest ways to catch your audiences attention is through strong imagery. However, a common issue with uploading images to the various platforms is...
Instagram to ‘hide’ fake likes and followers
Instagram hides ‘likes’: Instagram is hiding the ‘likes’ count on the app in several countries to remove social pressure on users. This update allows only the user to see the number of likes a post has received. The followers of the user won’t be able to see it. The photo and video-sharing social networking...