Telling your story to win business
Hello and thanks for visiting
So, you are in business and you’ve got great products and services, fantastic customers and clients, a brilliant team and you do great things with charity, community and sponsorship – but you don’t have time to tell anyone.
That’s where we can help
What we do
Get you in the news
Make your message clear
What’s on your channels?
You’ve got channels to broadcast your message online, but what’s the content like? If it’s boring, dated, confusing or sometimes non-existent, then you’ve lost your audience. We can write interesting and engaging content that will build loyalty and make people want to engage with you and your business.
Tell your story
A picture is worth a thousand words
Simple planning
Fail to plan, plan to fail. You will be undertaking lots of marketing activity, but do you have a plan? A simple session can put all your marketing ducks in a row, resulting in a short concise marketing plan which prioritises actions and clearly sets out targets and timings.
Rhyme Time
Try something a little different. We can compose a poem or limerick to get your message across in a fresh, witty and memorable fashion.
About Me
Extremely motivated marketing and PR professional with over 30 years’ experience in marketing and PR roles in the public and private sector.
I have run my own business as a freelance marketing and PR consultant since August 2012 and I have a mix of regular clients and consultancy work.
Specialties: Copywriting, content; PR; marketing strategy; digital marketing and photography.
I also edit the Staffordshire Chambers of Commerce magazine, Focus.
I have been a board member of the Staffordshire Moorlands Chamber of Commerce since its inception in early 2015.
I want to talk to any business about how they can improve their media presence and I am also, happy to talk to anyone thinking of taking the plunge into self-employment.
Spare time interests: Kitchen dabbling, photography, watching live music, Lego nut and travel
I'm based in Leek in the beautiful Staffordshire Moorlands and I'm fortunate to source a lot of my work locally. However, geography is no boundary and I'm happy to work with anyone from the rest of the UK and worldwide. Just drop me a line on the contact form below.
Associates
Cathy Bower
Professional photographer who will capture the true spirit and personality of her subjects
Giles Metcalfe
Digital expert who knows all the tricks to boost your online presence
The Capture Factory
A web design company in Leek, Staffordshire offering a full suite of digital marketing solutions
Gavin Bowyer
A fine artist who can make your business stand out with personalised art or profile pictures. Check out my profile picture
Press release archive
Staffordshire’s first purpose-built indoor self-service dog wash, Happy Henry’s! opened at Amerton Farm, Stowe-by-Chartley, in April. The business is the idea of Staffordshire born Victoria Shepherd. Origina...
A Leek based youth charity is celebrating after a successful bid to the National Lottery Community Fund worth £75,000. The Leek Youth Project, based in Market Street, known as @21, has been running for over 20 ...
A Leek based business network organisation, which has been meeting online since March 2020, is due to return to face-to-face meetings following the latest easing of lockdown restrictions. Gone Fishing 4 Business...
Director of Valentine Clays board member of Staffordshire Chambers of Commerce and Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire Local Enterprise Partnership and newly appointed chair of the Staffordshire Place Branding init...
Leek based LSGK Accountants Ltd are the latest business to sign up to a scheme to ensure the survival of a Leek youth club. @21 is based in Market Street, Leek and plays a vital role in helping and protecting th...
Cheadle based contract cleaning and janitorial supplies business; Moorland Contract Group have entered an exciting partnership with the UK’s leading manufacturer of alcohol-free sanitisation products. McKLords...
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Blog
The latest edition of Staffordshire Chambers of Commerce magazine Focus magazine is available to read online: Focus Spring 2021 Final – Flipbook – Page 1 (paperturn-view.com)...
Special edition featuring the winners of the 2020 Staffordshire Chambers Business Awards http://bit.ly/3gZ0d3q ...
I suspect like most people I listened with a mix of dread, fear and a sense of the inevitability, to the PM’s statement on Monday. I’ve spent the intervening days worrying about catching the virus, plummetin...
This edition of Focus has has an emphasis on finance. There is an interview with the leader of Stoke-on-Trent City Council, councillor Abi Brown and a new feature called the Blog in Print with Jon Eeles, FD...
Sometimes when you work for yourself you can feel that you are trying to dress up your offer to potential clients to make it sound, fresh and of intrinsic value to their business. Your offer will evolve but esse...
I’ve been asked to give a short lunchtime talk to a group of self-employed workers who are hot-desking at a brand new co-working space in Stoke-on-Trent; The Wheelhouse. I’m always up for the chance to speak...
Testimonials
I’ve worked with Mark for two years and now consider him to be an extra member of our comms team. At short notice I’ve called on him to write articles, press releases, case studies, marketing copy and even support with social media posting. He has an innate ability to understand what a client requires, despite the shortest of briefs and ... Read More
Gemma Whalley, Marketing Manager, Staffordshire Chambers of Commerce
“Working with Mark over the last 18 months has drastically improved our marketing and PR. Mark has delivered on a number of projects for us, particularly our ‘Young Engineer of the Year’competition, and he has launched our excellent newsletter, ‘Metal Press’. Mark’s success has led us to employ our own marketing graduate to carry on his work and his handover ... Read More
Gareth Higgins, KMF Group
Mark has been writing press releases to tell our business story for a year now. We’ve had a hectic twelve months as we have moved headquarters and launched two new businesses within our group. Having a series of press releases has helped keep businesses aware of our developments and we gained a sizeable client from the first one. Mark manages ... Read More
Suzanne Davy, Moorland Contract Group
I have worked with Mark for the last nine years and he has always been highly professional, efficient and brings to his writing a sense of fun, engagement and real understanding of the subjects. He always does his research incredibly fully and is never afraid to advise that we might have got the wrong approach to a topic and to ... Read More
Sara Williams, Staffordshire Chambers of commerce
Mark has been managing our marketing and PR since 2018. During this time, the profile of the practice has been raised significantly, our customer base has grown, and our profits have risen 20 percent year on year. Having Mark and hiss associate Giles Metcalfe look after our marketing and PR means we can get focus in our core business whilst ... Read More