What I have to offer

I am a versatile, creative marketing and communications professional with considerable experience gained in the private, public and charity sectors in Paris, London and South Wales. I have excellent organisational skills and am adept at managing projects from conception through to final evaluation. I have a strong design sense across a range of media, including websites, promotional materials, corporate branding and publications.

If you could use some no-nonsense, practical help with marketing your organisation, product or service get in touch.

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Anyone! Particularly if you have a small business with no full time marketing function and just require assistance from time to time.A freelance marketing professional fits the bill. I can provide general advice on marketing your business, product or service; produce detailed strategies; help you design and print brochures, or guide you through how social media can work for you. We can work together at whatever level of service you require.I will come and meet you to discuss your needs and give you an idea of what I could do to help. Contact me today for a no-obligation initial consultation on 07866 685828 or caroline@reesmarketing.co.uk

Initial consultation

  • To get an understanding of your business
  • To establish your target market
  • To establish your main competitors as you see them
  • To find out what you currently do to market your products and services
  • To understand what you wish to achieve with your business
  • To establish a budget
  • To set timescales

Proposal

Based in the above, I can produce a written proposal of the marketing services I will provide to help you achieve your goals.

Full marketing plan

  • To create a marketing plan for your business for a period of up to one year, which will include a full analysis of target market, a communications strategy and details of how to implement the plan

Communications strategy

  • Less comprehensive than a full marketing plan, this will detail how best to promote your business/product/service to your target market.

Branding

  • Creation of a ‘look’ or brand for the business/product/service
  • Establishing guidelines as to how this brand works throughout a communications strategy
  • Delivering printed materials using that branding Creation of promotional literature
  • Establishing the requirement for promotional literature
  • Writing a detailed spec for requirements
  • Sourcing illustrations or photographs
  • Obtaining quotes from designers and printers
  • Managing the design and print of materials
  • Ensuring consistency of branding throughout
  • Business cards
  • Flyers
  • Brochures
  • Posters
  • Banners
  • Newsletters
  • Magazines

Social Media

  • Advice on how to integrate social media into your marketing strategy
  • Support for setting up Facebook and Twitter accounts

Electronic mail services

  • Advice on setting up electronic mail systems
  • Designing templates
  • How to write good emails
  • Evaluating what works

Direct mail

  • Sourcing lists
  • Composing letters and/or promotions
  • Managing the mailing
  • Evaluation of responses

Media advertising

  • Sourcing the appropriate media in which to advertise
    • Newspapers
    • Magazines
    • Radio
    • TV/Video
    • online
  • Creating an advert
  • Negotiating rates and deciding timescales

Website creation

  • Advice on how to set up a website
  • What to include
  • How it should look and work
  • Managing the process on your behalf

Event management

  • Small or large events
  • Venue sourcing and management
  • Joining instructions for participants
  • Programme co-ordination
  • Special event booking eg grand openings, party, gala dinner, trips etc
  • Post-event evaluation

Promotional ideas

  • Sourcing company gifts and giveaways appropriate to the business
  • Creating promotional offers to attract or retain clients

Customer newsletters

  • Developing appropriate formats for communications with prospects or customers
  • Writing copy
  • Designing formats
  • Managing distribution

Managing suppliers on your behalf

  • Designers
  • Illustrators
  • Photographers
  • Printers
  • Web creation companies

Get in touch