Why do I need a Marketing Plan?

Now is the perfect time to be planning for next year’s Marketing activities. With so many companies taking a more ‘ad-hoc approach’ we take a[…]

Lessons I’ve learned being Self-Employed.

Amazingly, almost a whole year has gone by since I first started BEAN Marketing and this is what I’ve learnt about being self-employed! Some people[…]

Lead the way with Lead Gen

Lead gen or more specifically creating high quality leads is massively important for any company regardless of size, but it can also be very difficult,[…]

Benefits of Outsourcing

As a Freelance Consultant it’s not surprising that I’m going to extol the virtues of Outsourcing but before you immediately reject this out of hand[…]

Is social media killing marketing?

Before everyone starts shouting at me, hear me out! Since the advent of social media, getting your brand out there has never been easier. Well[…]

How BEAN came to be

Admittedly this isn’t really a blog but it is a fun little video of how BEAN Marketing came to be (ok I admit it I[…]

GDPR – a Marketer’s perspective

There are just a few months left until GDPR arrives and what appears to be painfully clear is the large amount of companies that aren’t[…]

Chatbots in Marketing

Over the last few years there has been a major increase in companies using Chatbots as part of their Marketing. Simply put a Chatbot is[…]

2018 Marketing trends

Another year has flown by so I have put together the main marketing trends I think are going to be big this year. Marketing Trends[…]

Agile Marketing – surely it’s just common sense Marketing?

Agile Marketing – just what is it? Six weeks in to the New Year and you find the Annual Marketing Plan still isn’t in place,[…]