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
Avid gamer Matthew Martin and his wife Corina are enjoying their new venture as joint owners of a mobile fish and chip business following many years of long unsociable hours in the hospitality trade. The couple,...
Having skipped a year due to the pandemic, the ninth annual Leek Blues & Americana Festival was back with a vengeance with five days of live music featuring 70 acts playing in 20 venues around the town. Despite ...
A special business launch and information evening held at the Foxlowe Arts Centre by a Leek-based charity was hailed as a success with over 40 people attending the event. Youth charity, @21 used the platform to ...
Following a year’s absence due to the pandemic, the Leek Blues & Americana Festival is back with a bang running from 29th September to 3rd October with a packed programme of over 70 events in 20 venues around ...
Leek based lettings agency, Westwood Lettings has added a new member to the team as it pushes to expand following its busiest ever period in a frenzied property market fuelled by high demand and a shortage of qu...
A new app developed by a surgeon at Royal Stoke University Hospital is having a significant impact on waiting lists created by the Covid pandemic by simplifying the access to patient data. The Remcare app has be...
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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...
The latest copy of the Staffordshire Chamber magazine, Focus is online. This is a special sustainability themed issue with articles and insight into what business is doing to tackle climate change issues. It...
I’ve recently fallen into the trap of assuming everyone knows what I do. My PR work is probably the most visible example of my work, I’ve posted some recent articles and photos here. However, when talking to lon...
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 Lawson, 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