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#MarketingTitbits – media mentions, coding, Twitter

1. The companies with the most media mentions in 2013  Each year, Dow Jones publish their Global Dow Index which includes a list of the companies with the most media mentions for that year. Unsurprisingly US tech giants topped the list with Google being number one, Apple coming in a close second and Microsoft coming […]

CamKids 2010 Charity

TLC Business has always placed a great deal of importance on its charitable activities. Having raised £1000s of pounds for local hospice Naomi House over the last few years, this year we have decided to direct our fundraising towards a project slightly further afield. ‘CamKids’ (The Cambodian Children’s Charity) is TLC Business’ charity for 2010. […]

New Year, New You: FREE Marketing MOT

Does your marketing need a kick-start? Not sure where to begin? Need to re-focus your efforts in 2010 or put a plan in place? TLC’s Marketing MOT is the perfect starting point. This one-hour session with one of our Marketing Managers allows a systematic examination of all of your marketing activities. We’ll put your marketing […]

Five Minutes and Fifty Business Cards

Five Minutes and Fifty Business Cards 01.02.10 The Golden Rule of Networking Today we’re off to a speed networking event, and we’re going smugly prepared, determined not to fall into that trap. You know how it is. You come away having met some great people, made some really useful contacts and then several months later […]

Stationery to Smile About

We’re very excited here at the TLC Business office. Our new business cards, letterheads and comp. slips have just turned up! Now, new stationery is always exciting, but our new stationery is extra pleasing which is why couldn’t help shouting about it! Not only does it look lovely but it’s got some serious green credentials […]

The TLC Business Marketing Formula

We’ve spent a lot of our time recently asking a lot of questions. We’ve blogged and tweeted and spent time in marketing forums. We’ve grilled all the people we’re in touch with and listened closely to their answers. Our aim – to really gauge businesses’ marketing needs and identify areas where people feel more could […]

The Importance of Being Prepared

16.02.10 Part 1: The TLC Business Marketing Formula OK, so this is going to be a five-part blog where we walk through the five phases of the TLC Business Marketing Formula. Today we start with ‘preparation’ – perhaps the most important, and most overlooked, phase of all. We know for a fact there are a […]

Time to Get Creative

23.02.10 Part 2: The TLC Business Marketing Formula This is the second in a five-part blog where we’re pulling apart the TLC Business Marketing Formula. This is where it gets interesting. We’re talking about inspiration. Flair and imagination –yes, but it’s got to be careful, clear, precise and concise. It’s surprisingly difficult to get it […]

Bucket Loads of Perspiration

02.03.10 Part 3: The TLC Business Marketing Formula We’ve reached part three in a five-part blog all about our TLC Business Marketing Formula. This is where it all happens. It’s time to get busy and put all the preparation and plans into action. We like to call this ‘doing’ part the ‘perspiration’ phase because, believe […]