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A quarter (28%) of small businesses in the UK are now generating more sales from social media than from any other channel, including e-commerce and bricks-and-mortar stores, according to research from BT.

With the summer holidays in full swing, it is time to fill your Instagram feed with eye-catching photos to engage your followers and bring them along on your holidays. As design and visual communication play an increasingly significant role in our daily lives, it has never been easier to create captivating on-trend content for social media to keep everyone up to date on where you are and what you are up to.

Marketing and PR are vital elements to startup growth, but they refer to an expansive, all-encompassing discipline that can as easily lead to loss as it can to growth, without the right strategy and partner. Knowing where to start, and with whom, is key.

Monzo has analysed the businesses registered at GOV.UK Companies House to find out the most popular words and terms used in business names. Following this research, Monzo has teamed up with business experts to reveal the top dos and don’ts when naming a business.

With an estimated 4.9 billion social media users across the world, it’s easy to understand why social media marketing is an essential for businesses.

Just recently I led a PR workshop for tech startups focused on tackling air pollution. These startups and scaleups are on the Breathable Cities accelerator – a programme designed by Growth Studio and partnered by Impact on Urban Health to support UK air quality innovators.

Since ChatGPT burst onto the scene late last year, AI has been dominating headlines around the world. 

The B2B landscape is incredibly competitive. Add to this the fact that many B2B companies operate on a tight marketing budget, with little margin for error, and it quickly becomes clear how important an effective strategy is for creating awareness and generating qualified leads.

Have you ever wondered about the secret sauce behind successful SEO strategies? Well, I did. After spending more than a decade in the trenches of digital marketing, I stumbled upon the crucial ingredient: author authority. Let me explain why it’s worth more than its weight in gold.

The Scale-Up Institute estimates that the UK’s 34,000 scaleups contribute £1.2 million in turnover and employ 3 million+ people, making these businesses incredibly important for our economy. But as a startup transitions to a scaleup, its brand and business become increasingly visible, so knowing how to behave and communicate is integral to keeping the business operating and thriving.

With fear-mongering stories appearing in the news, on almost a daily basis, you could be mistaken for thinking it’s an easy job to get your AI solutions communicated to the media. The danger is right now the media is saturated with news on artificial intelligence, both negative and positive, with the former dominating the last few weeks.

The benefits of social media advertising are undeniable. It can help businesses with finding and attracting new audiences, crafting strong brand messaging and, crucially, driving sales.

For every startup founder, getting to grips with digital marketing is a must.

Data trends in the realm of B2B marketing are constantly evolving, making it essential for companies to stay ahead of the curve to maintain a competitive edge.

ChatGPT has taken the world by storm over the last few months, with businesses swearing allegiance to the platform and its productivity potential. It’s true that it can be useful for just about anything, from planning what to cook for dinner to generating complex code.

While summer 2023 hasn’t officially begun, the prospect of Christmas appears distant. However, for product-based startups, the most significant time of the year for a successful festive season is just around the corner. For many startup brands, the final 6 weeks of the year account for approximately 50% of annual sales but the work to get there starts a lot earlier.

In today’s cutthroat startup landscape, where innovation reigns supreme, and competition is fierce, one factor often separates the winners from the rest – personal branding.

“There has been a real rise in interest in audio content within the entrepreneurial space…”

London-based global fintech, Unlimint, has announced a rebranding of its name to Unlimit, which will reflect the company’s new positioning, unify its product line, and highlight its mission to eliminate financial borders, enabling businesses to operate both locally and internationally with ease across Europe, the UK, LatAm, APAC, and Africa.