Although it has been disputed, there is evidence to suggest that the average human attention span is now shorter than that of a goldfish. With infinite amounts of copy available online, you need to find a way to make yours stand out.
In this week’s back to basics blog, we’re talking SWOT analysis. Chances are, you know what a SWOT Analysis is. It’s a document, chart, mind map or graph that shows the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats of your business.
One of the simplest tools in the marketer’s arsenal is the persona. When considering any marketing activity, be it targeting, segmentation or strategy, personas are invaluable to helping you ground your customer in reality.
For those that aren’t familiar with this exercise, what exactly is a persona?
In 2016, inner London office floorspace accounted for nearly one quarter (23.68%) of the total office floorspace in England and Wales. That’s a lot of space. A lot of space to use well, or to use badly.
The Make Happy studio is located in a coworking space in the heart of east London and can comfortably accommodate 8 people while still being a healthy work environment. After working here for a while, I’ve learnt some lessons about what makes this space the efficient work hub it is.
…Or just in chaos, for that matter. Trying to run accounts throughout the quiet summer months, Christmas, illness, maternity cover, or any extended period of disruption can be challenging. When you’re trying to keep a tight schedule and keep a project on track, you tend to rely on the team around you keeping up their roles, which doesn’t always come to fruition.
We hear time and time again that having problem-solving as a skill is essential. Lists of ‘Top Skills any Employee Should Have’ are forever telling us we need to be solution-oriented and have a problem-solving mindset.
What exactly is this mindset and why is it so important?
Having only worked in the creative and marketing industries for a year, I’ve been surprised to see the impact it’s already having on my daily life. From seeing everyone as a potential client, to realising the significance of marketing for businesses of all sizes, marketing is a career that has several effects on your day-to-day life.
Traditionally, in August, the creative industries have their annual lull. Whilst clients are taking their infants to the Costa del Sol and saving their projects for the autumn, you have a small amount of time to play with. This year, although the heatwave has dried up Victoria Park, it certainly hasn’t dried up our work stream, as we’re having one of our busiest ever summers. Should you get the time, however, here are some of the things that we would be doing during downtime.
Inspired by a recent talk at Stylus’ Decoded Future event, I’ve been thinking about whether ‘ niche is the new mass ’ when it comes to marketing. Some of the major trends that have come out of branding in the last 5 years are personalisation, bespoke products and individual focus and customer support.
At Make Happy, we like to think of ourselves as a boutique agency, the independent coffee shop of the marketing world, that is swamped by huge Starbucks agencies. Small agencies do not always have the same allure of larger ones, with big-name clients and serviced offices and free smoothie deliveries, but there are some huge incentives to work at smaller agencies.
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