My Blog
I share practical perspectives on marketing, growth, and decision-making based on my work with founders, leadership teams, and agencies.
These posts explore what I’m seeing across retail, direct-to-consumer, and global brands, with a focus on clarity, priorities, and making marketing work harder without adding unnecessary complexity.
A guide to different areas of marketing
Marketing covers everything from digital channels and content to partnerships and customer loyalty. This guide explains the main areas of marketing and helps you choose the right mix of methods for your goals, audience, and stage of growth, so your marketing works smarter, connects better, and drives real results.
Marketing strategies for increased sales
Want to increase sales but not sure where to focus your marketing? This post shares seven proven strategies - from creating a clear offer and using social proof to nurturing leads and selling to existing customers - to help you grow sustainably.
Managing your marketing campaigns effectively
Effective marketing campaign management is key to achieving business goals without the stress. Start by setting clear, measurable objectives. Whether increasing brand awareness, generating leads, or driving sales.
Understanding your audience ensures the message resonates across the right channels like social media, email marketing, or PPC. With a detailed timeline, you can stay on track, adjust as needed, and track performance in real-time.
Don’t forget to review and learn from each campaign to improve future efforts. By focusing on strategic planning and flexibility, you can streamline your campaigns and boost your results.
The Power of Hiring a Marketing Consultant for Your Business
Ambitious. growing businesses need effective marketing to stand out. A marketing consultant like me offers expert strategies, faster results, and cost-effective solutions, helping you attract the right customers and grow.
Consulting for marketing in tech and gaming
Marketing is about crafting stories and building loyalty, but many businesses struggle to turn technical expertise into effective messaging. As a strategic consultant with experience in tech, gaming, retail, and D2C, I help businesses refine their marketing strategy and connect with their audience.
Strategic marketing: 5 big brand tactics you can use too
Let’s explore strategic marketing tactics used by global brands like Apple, Nike, and Spotify, and adapt them for small businesses. In my blog I will explain how to create emotional connections, community engagement, regional relevance, and personalised experiences to grow loyalty and reputation, regardless of budget size.
Understanding your audience’s current needs
Have you checked in with your audience lately? Customer needs evolve over time, and it’s essential to stay ahead of these changes to maintain strong connections and effective marketing. In this post, I share how you can identify shifts in your audience's needs by analysing buying patterns, reading reviews, conducting surveys, and more.
How to develop a content marketing plan
In this post, we’ll walk through the key steps to developing an effective content marketing plan that aligns with your business goals and resonates with your audience, because they should always be the foundation of everything you do!
Embracing collaboration and working with other marketing agencies creates a more valuable result
A key factor in unlocking new clients and projects for HCxConsulting has been to partner with other dynamic agencies and freelancers in the industry, creating solutions-focused teams, built for purpose, with complimentary skill sets.
This approach unlocks the best value for clients, bringing together the best in the industry to help them with their marketing campaigns and projects.
What's your most productive work environment?
I share my thoughts on my most productive working style and how changing up my work environment allows me to deliver the best results for my marketing clients.
I know how you are feeling…
Confused about where to start with creating a marketing plan, lacking a solid strategy foundation from which to build, scattered ineffective campaigns, and processes which don’t enable your best work?
I know how you are feeling… and I can transform your marketing with HCxConsulting and together we can drive your business growth and impact with your audience.
Can you deliver authentic marketing without understanding your authentic self?
How have my life experiences led me to deliver the type of marketing I do today?
Whether it's being a parent, being involved in a community group, or championing a subject you are passionate about all these experiences outside of work can have a huge influence on how you work as a marketer, and how you understand people and talk to them.
What experiences have you had which influenced the way you work as a marketer?

