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Marketing consultancy that makes choosing you the easy option

Whether you’re supporting an in-house team or starting from scratch, we help you work out how your customers actually decide.

Our experience

A marketing consultancy works out why your customers choose, or don’t, then turns that into a strategy and the brand, website and marketing to deliver it.

A few of the businesses we’ve helped grow: HCML, Conergy and Staffline.

Phones laid at an angle with campaign and event pages of sites we built: Paris House's festive menu, golden ticket and awards news, Bush & Co's PI Awards win and a seminar, and HCML's HealthCast
A visitor in glasses talking across our meeting table, a laptop open in front of him, from a film of our office
Simon at a sticky-note planning grid on the wall, turning to talk to the team, from a film of our office
Five men in work boots talking by the fence at the launch of a Conergy solar farm, one in a Conergy jacket, the panels behind
A tablet showing the Overview of our own SEO board, scrolling down through Google's clicks, impressions and average position for our site, month by month

Marketing assessment: We get under the skin of your business, your market and your customers, assessing what’s working and what isn’t.

Strategy development: We turn the assessment into a clear strategy, designed to reach the people who matter through the channels that actually move them.

Tactical planning: Specific marketing tactics and steps, mapped out with the channels, content and campaigns that will deliver the strategy.

Implementation: We put the plan into action, whether we’re delivering it or working alongside your in-house team, so momentum doesn’t stall.

Measurement and analysis: We track the results and refine as we go. You see what’s working and the next move, backed by evidence.

Why use a marketing consultancy?

Bringing in experienced help gives you the strategy, the objectivity and the pace to move faster without guessing.

  1. 01

    A strategic marketing plan

    We build a plan around how your buyers actually decide, so every pound of budget has a job to do.

  2. 02

    Expert advice

    Years of brand and marketing experience, applied to your problem, not a one-size playbook.

  3. 03

    Save time

    You stay focused on running the business while we carry the strategy and delivery.

  4. 04

    Latest techniques and strategies

    Behavioural science, search and content worked into the plan, kept current as the market moves.

  5. 05

    Results-based experts

    We measure what people do and change what isn’t working. Impact, not activity.

  6. 06

    An extension of your team

    Senior people who feel like part of the business, communicating openly and moving with you.

From a brand built from scratch to the full marketing engine.

When the water market deregulated, businesses could choose their supplier for the first time. We created the water2business brand and proposition from scratch, then ran the full marketing engine: campaigns, PR, sustainability seminars and a digital hub.

From strategic plans to social media and e-shot campaigns, a new website, events and exhibitions, we have handled every aspect of their marketing and comms. We organised sustainability seminars with leading businesses across the South West. The press releases and articles received extensive pick up in local and trade press, and the discussion points became a well-received white paper.

Read the water2business case study
Two water2business brochures, Introducing water2business and 5 reasons to manage your water supply, on the brand’s blue and orange

Questions we are asked

Can you support both strategy and delivery?

Yes. Our work is designed to connect the thinking with the doing. We can help define the strategy, shape the messaging, create the brand or campaign idea, and then deliver the assets needed to put it into market.

Do you work on retainers or one-off projects?

Both. Some clients come to us for a defined project, such as a brand refresh, website, messaging framework, campaign or sales deck. Others work with us on an ongoing basis for senior marketing support, content planning, digital activity, campaigns and optimisation.

What do you mean by human-centred marketing?

Human-centred marketing means building strategy, messaging, design and campaigns around how people actually think, behave and make decisions. It means looking beyond what the business wants to say and considering what the audience needs to understand, trust and act on.

Why a small, senior team?

We’re deliberately small and senior. Instead of selling execution and hoping, we do the thinking that makes the execution work, and stay close enough to change course when the evidence says to. For many businesses that means sharper focus and less wasted spend, not more.

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Close to us? See marketing in Bedford.

“No surprises, and you see the thinking at every step. You see what’s working, the money well spent, and the next move, backed by evidence.”

Simon Baghomian, Creative Director and Founder, Ideate Partners

Some of the organisations we have worked with

  • Conergy
  • HCML
  • Staffline
  • Sava
  • Anderson Group
  • Bush and Co
  • NHS
  • Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority
  • Water2Business
  • Maxell
  • Loop, for Table Tennis England
  • Energy Saving Trust
  • Paris House
  • Tourism Australia
  • kbs Intelligence

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