The call usually comes at the worst possible time. A journalist wants a comment on a fast-moving story. They need it within the hour. Your founder, chief executive or technical lead now has to decide whether to step forward, stay silent or say something that won’t create a bigger problem. That’s where most businesses realise […]
Most advice on press releases writing starts in the wrong place. It starts with format. That’s backwards. A journalist doesn’t care whether your boilerplate is polished if the story itself isn’t worth opening. On a live newsdesk, no one rewards effort. They reward relevance, speed, clarity and trust. If your release reads like marketing copy […]
You’re probably in one of three positions right now. You’ve got social channels that look busy but don’t move the business. Or you’ve handed social to a junior hire, a freelancer, or whichever person in the office “gets Instagram”, and now you’re not sure what you’re buying. Or you know your firm needs a sharper […]
A lot of founders hit the same wall. The product is good. Customers who find it tend to stay. The website is live, the LinkedIn page is active, maybe some paid spend is ticking along, yet the business still feels oddly invisible. You search your own category and see competitors quoted in trade titles, interviewed […]
You’re probably reading this after one of two experiences. You hired someone because they “knew social”, posted constantly, made the feed look busier, and gave you monthly reports full of reach, likes, impressions and little else. Or you’re about to hire your first senior social lead and you’re trying to avoid that mistake. That decision […]
You’ve probably felt this already. The business is solid, the service is strong, clients are happy, but online you still look quieter than competitors with half your substance and twice your noise. That’s common in Edinburgh. A firm can have a real reputation in its sector, strong referrals and a decent website, then still lose […]
Video is no longer a nice extra in UK marketing. It is part of the core mix. In 2025, 89% of UK marketers adopted video content and 93% rated its ROI as strong, according to HereNow.film’s analysis of video marketing statistics. That matters because it changes the fundamental question. It is no longer “should we […]
A lot of founders start in the same place. They have a clear point of view, strong industry knowledge, and a decent microphone sitting in a shopping basket. Then the practical questions arrive all at once. Who will shape the format? Who will brief guests? Who will fix poor audio from a remote interview? Who […]
You are probably looking at Spotify for one of two reasons. Either paid social has become noisier and more expensive than you like, or you want a channel that reaches people when they are not doom-scrolling past your message in half a second. That is where advertising with spotify gets interesting for UK SMEs. It […]
Your phone starts vibrating before you have finished your first coffee. A customer has posted a video. Staff are forwarding screenshots from WhatsApp. Someone from a national newsroom has left a voicemail asking for comment by 10am. Your legal adviser wants caution. Your operations team is still trying to work out what happened. Meanwhile, silence […]