Author Archives: Peter Davison
Classic Cars Driven accelerates away while Culinary Capers site sizzles
Regular readers of Secret Agent Marketing newsletters, blogs and social media posts may recall a post from waaaaaaay back on March 20 this year, about a client whom we helped launch a career as a professional writer. Matt Nichols is … Continue reading
Become great at your own marketing, say experts
Brilliant marketing is the difference between business success and failure, says a Marlborough-based consultancy that aims to show companies how to be great at their own promotion. Secret Agent Marketing, which works with a range of clients across the UK, … Continue reading
Festival Chronicling…baa!
Next week is my first official job as a Festival Chronicler. Both Agent Pete and I are chronicling the Swindon Festival of Literature which starts this bank holiday monday (at 5:30am, yikes!) for twelve days. We’ll be reporting, gossiping, photographing … Continue reading
Become great at your own marketing
It’s why a lot of people have signed up to our news list. And we’re happy to share tips and advice on this blog and give away free guides. But nothing beats a bit of real life learning, and the … Continue reading
Here’s my card…
Be honest, what do you do with the dozens (hundreds?) of business cards you receive in a year? Become a customer? Bin them? Put them in a box? Or do something constructive with them (by which I do not mean … Continue reading
Auctioneers get stuck into stamps
As the posting public reels from the price of stamps going up to 60p – or 50p if you don’t really mind how quickly your letter gets to its destination – auctioneers at Cirencester’s Moore Allen & Innocent getting stuck … Continue reading
Agent Pete to give marketing talk
Secret Agent Marketing’s Agent Pete will be the guest speaker at Wiltshire Business Club on Thursday, May 19. He’ll be giving a talk entitled Marketing for Beginners, where he’ll introduce networkers to the concept of the seven Ps of marketing, … Continue reading
What Are You On? Get our beginners’ guide to social media
A recent study by Constant Contact reveals that almost 40 percent of UK small and mid-sized enterprises are using social media to market their business. The mathematically-minded among you will have already calculated that those figures suggest more than 60 … Continue reading
Auctioneers get excited about the Olympics… the 1984 Olympics
Olympics fever is hitting antiques auctioneers Moore Allen and Innocent this week. But being an auctioneer of antiques, it’s not London 2012 they’re getting excited about – it’s Los Angeles 1984. A limited edition 80-colour silkscreen print commemorating the LA … Continue reading
Lowry-esque orchard scene makes top price at auction
A Lowry-esque painting of Apple Pickers Going Home, by the contemporary artist Mary Newcomb, exceeded all expectations when it was sold at a Cotswold art auction last week. The long, thin painting, measuring 44 cm by 213.5 cm, was expected … Continue reading