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Why The Marketing Hive?

You can do anything. But not everything. Marketing help for business owners who don't want a big agency, don't need a full-time marketer, and are tired of figuring it all out alone.

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🐝 The Marketing Hive is 11 today! 🤯 Eleven years.

🐝 The Marketing Hive is 11 today! 🤯
Eleven years. That feels a bit surreal.
When I started The Marketing Hive back in 2015, I had no idea where it would take me. I just knew I wanted to help small businesses with their marketing in a way that felt practical, affordable and jargon-free.
Fast forward 11 years...
I've had the absolute privilege of working with hundreds of brilliant business owners, built friendships through networking, celebrated clients' successes as if they were my own, won a few awards along the way, and I still genuinely love what I do.
There have been highs, challenges, lessons, plenty of coffee, lots of dog walks and more networking one minutes than I care to remember!
To every single client, collaborator, networking buddy, referrer and friend who's been part of this journey... thank you so very much. You've helped shape The Marketing Hive into what it is today, and I'm incredibly grateful 💛
Here's to the next chapter.
Now... where's the cake? 🎂🐝

🏆 Turns out there was one more thing to add to thi

🏆 Turns out there was one more thing to add to this weeks to-do list...
Collect a Special Recognition Award from Business Women UnLtd.
What a bloody lovely surprise! 😯
On Wednesday I was celebrating 15 years of Business Women UnLtd at their Summer Event, surrounded by so many brilliant business owners. Some I've known for years, some have become great friends, and some I've had the pleasure of working with as clients too (lucky me!)
Receiving this award was completely unexpected and genuinely means the world 💛
A HUGE thank you to everyone at @businesswomenunltd, and to all the amazing people who have supported The Marketing Hive over the years. Whether you've been a client, collaborator, networking buddy, referrer, cheerleader or sounding board, you've all played a part.
I genuinely love what I do, and I feel very lucky to be part of such a supportive business community. 🐝
Right, that's quite enough about me...
Who's got a business win to celebrate this week? I'd love to hear it and celebrate with you 🤩💃
#TheMarketingHive #BusinessWomenUnLT

💛 Client Love 💛 A huge thank you to Leanne from @d

VOICE NOTES. The Marmite of modern communication.

VOICE NOTES. The Marmite of modern communication.
You either love them or you'd happily launch your phone into a hedge when one lands in your inbox.
I'll be honest...I'm firmly in Team Hedge "Please Just Send Me A Message."
Not because I'm grumpy (👀). But because voice notes are often only really convenient for the sender and often inconvenient for the receiver.
Now before the voice note lovers come for me, I understand the appeal. They're quick. They're personal. They're great when you're driving, walking the dog or trying to juggle 47 things at once.
But here's my issue...
Voice notes are often only really convenient for the sender, not the receiver.
Picture this.
You're in a meeting.
You're in a busy coffee shop.
You're between client calls.
Or you're trying to catch up on messages in the five minutes you've got spare.
A text message can be scanned in seconds.
A voice note demands your full attention.
You need a quiet space.
You might need headphones.
You might even need a pen and paper.
And occasionally the patience to listen to three minutes of: "Hiya, hope you're okay, just thought I'd jump on here quickly..."
before getting to the actual point.
Then comes the inevitable: "What was that thing they said halfway through?" 🤨
So you replay it.
And replay it again.
And somehow a 20-second piece of information has taken five minutes to process.
But here's the thing...
This isn't really about voice notes. It's about communication.
As business owners, we're always told to think about our ideal client.
Yet it's surprisingly easy to communicate in a way that's easiest for us rather than easiest for them.
Whether it's a voice note, an email, a social media post or your website copy, ask yourself:
"Am I doing this because it's easiest for me... or because it's easiest for my ideal client?"
The businesses that communicate best are usually the ones that make life easiest for their audience.
They get to the point.
They remove friction.
They respect people's time.
And that's a lesson worth remembering long after the voice note debate is over.
Because great marketing isn't about making it easy to send. It's about making it easy to receive 🐝

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