Sponsorship for start-ups

“Particularly for small businesses, it is a way that they can really stand out from the competition for a comparatively small amount of money,” says Sophie Morris, founder of Millharbour Marketing.   Morris suggests that starting local can be a sensible strategy for start-ups. Sponsoring a nearby sports team, she argues, can provide a far deeper…

Beacons are here, like it or not.

Marketing Magazine has reported that Tesco is trialling iBeacons in its Chelmsford store. The GPS based apps can determine your location to within 2 cms and therefore deliver relevant information to you.   Some of it will inevitably be promotional, pinging you an offer for a product that you’re about to walk past, but it…