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Case study - integrating marketing tactics for efficiency

15/11/2020

 
Integragrated marketing tactics for efficiency - Write in Danderyd

​How important is it to integrate marketing tactics? 

It can be crucial.  Integrated marketing tactics that convey the same message across different channels is a powerful enough strategy to directly reduce marketing costs and increase sales.


Background

​This 90-bed hotel and activity centre is in a area of Sweden that is very popular with Chinese tourists and its main season is from autumn to spring, through the winter. Guests stay for the landscape, night sky and snow-based activities.
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​The industry

​European hotels with specialist activities are seeing huge growth in tourists from China as a rapidly increasing middle class there becomes able to afford to travel and wants to see the sights outside of China. As hotels reimagine their services in 2020, lifetime experiences will survive better than breakfast buffets.
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​The problem

​When we met the client, the main issue was that, although the business operated a full range of activities, many guests didn't know that until they arrived and therefore had booked their activities with another provider.

Additional challenges included:

  • There was no organised marketing.
  • Booking of activities on site, rather than in advance, made them difficult and costly to run.
  • The graphics were done as a favour by a local printing company.
  • The summer was extremely quiet so they needed more guests then.
  • Information was needed in multiple languages.
  • The existing website didn’t work properly and was very costly to update.
  • One large target group was in mainland China where the website and booking system was not available.
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​How we jumped in

A guest staying at another hotel in the area took part in an activity organised by the client. They suggested to the client that they contact us for help promoting the activities and so they came to Stockholm to meet us. A happy client referral!
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The client’s goals for us

Initially, the client asked us to deliver Content Marketing in the form of ongoing, regular blog and social media posts. Subsequently, we took on responsibility for delivering all the marketing strategy and tactics for the global marketing of the hotel.

The client's trust in us gave us the freedom to solve the problems in efficient and effective way. By working on the entire marketing effort, we could integrate campaigns and channels, improving the effectiveness of them and keeping costs as low as possible.

​What we did to help them

Strategic marketing from Write in Danderyd
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  • We began with a full website analysis to see where their potential market base was, ow they accessed the information, what they looked at and crucial elements like which language their computer or phone system was in, to tell us the language they most likely would want booking information in.

How people find a website - Write in Danderyd
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  • The client chose blog posts as a need and we worked this into a full content marketing strategy, including the blog, social media portals and email marketing.

Blog post writing - Write in danderyd

  • While potential Chinese guests living outside mainland China could already access the .com website and receive the existing marketing, the biggest target market group were in China and they couldn't. We created an entire strategy for reaching and marketing to the immense travel-hungry Chinese middle class.
 
  • People tend to buy - and book - in their main language. We created a strategy to reach potential guests in the five main languages we identified as main languages of guests and of website visitors.
Language locatisation from Write in Danderyd
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  • To address the key problem of guests' lack of awareness of the activities, we created an integrated email and content marketing strategy that ensured awareness of activities shot up, especially once guests had booked the accommodation.
Website development from Write in Danderyd
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  • We built a .cn website in mainland China and developed Chinese social media marketing and PR.
Chinese marketing from Write in Danderyd
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Tactical marketing services from Write in Danderyd

  • We redeveloped and produced all the marketing materials, including posters, flyers and brochures. The hotel is full of materials showcasing the activities available and encouraging guests to explore the spectacular scenery.
Flyers and posters from Write in Danderyd
  • We replaced the existing external SEO provider and developed effective on- and off-page SEO.
  • We rebuilt the .com website and extended it substantially to cover five languages. We handled all the translations using expert, mother-tongue translators to properly localise the content - making it make sense to the reader and working effectively to market the hotel to them.
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​What the project achieved

​The client needed a large increase in activity bookings and more hotel guests during the summer. The work we did achieved both these goals.

We also worked to make the hotel's marketing more sustainable, enabling them to repeatedly and consistently reach a much bigger target audience.

​Would you like to combine your marketing activities so that you save yourself time and energy and get better results? Read more about the services we offer above and/or get in touch to talk us through your needs.

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Growing your business with us

25/8/2020

 
Write in Danderyd is a full-service marketing agency that provides all the services the smallest of business needs to grow and thrive. What can we help you with?
Marketing services to build and grow the smallest of businesses - Write in Danderyd

We offer:

  1. Content marketing
  2. Social media marketing
  3. Graphic design
  4. Website design and management
  5. Search engine optimisation (SEO)
  6. Newsletter and email marketing
  7. PR and media
  8. Events
  9. Advertising
  10. Sales support

1. Content marketing

Content marketing from Write in Danderyd
Content marketing works to pull visitors into your website and to reach them there, on social media and by email. It is the best thing for building up awareness of your business and for taking potential clients through their buyer journey to the stage when the book with or buy from you.

In practice, this means putting new or updated material on your website, often in the form of blog posts and then spreading the news that the new material is there via the channels. For a small business, it can be the main source of new business.

We can help you work out what content to put up, we can produce it for you or use content you have created and help you get it out to your potential and current clients.

2. Social media marketing

Social media marketing from Write in Danderyd
Social media marketing covers everything from creating text and graphic posts, keyword research and posting to engagement and follower-building activities.  For the smallest businesses, posting when you have very few followers isn't where the focus should be.

We can produce and publish your content and grow the number of people looking at it. We can do it as a project or as a regular activity, in as little as two hours a month.

3. Graphic design

Graphic design from Write in Danderyd
People make decisions based on their first impression of a company, a person or a product so good design is crucial for business success. Small businesses need everything from a logo to social media images and they need them from the very beginning.

We work with you to create everything from a logo - including versions of your logo for every use, printing stationery and the right sizes and formats for social media sites (each, of course, being different!) - to newsletter design, brochure design, websites, signs, event equipment and everything inbetween.

4. Website design and management

Website design and management from Write in Danderyd
Web design plays a vital role in how your brand is perceived and how your website works can allow or stop people form booking or buying your products and services.

Another important factor is how well the website works for you. Can you easily update it, add what you need to be visible and change the content without it taking forever? Does it look good when you make changes?

We work with you to find the best system for you and your business and then get it setup and running. We support websites made in all systems and can help you with anything.

5. Search engine optimisation (SEO)

Search engine optimisation SEO from Write in Danderyd
If your website isn’t optimised for search engines, they literally can’t see it and won’t show it to your target market. SEO explains what you site is about and who the targeted audience is based on the information the site provides.

We provide SEO services designed especially for the smallest of businesses - so you don't pay for something you don't need (yet...!):

WEBSITE REVIEW: A comprehensive review of your website, including user experience (what it is like for a stranger to use your site), design and content, plus all the above SEO elements. Included are specific tips under each section and the information you need to see and work on your on-page SEO.

ON-PAGE SEO WORK: Working through each page on your website, we create and put in keywords, titles and descriptions for each one. We'll look at your images and add optimised descriptions for them too. As many or as little hours as you want and need

LOCAL SEO: If your target market is right in your neighbourhood, there are specific cost-effective SEO tactics we can use to get you in front of as many locals as possible.

OFF-PAGE SEO: Social media marketing and blog outreach are two affordable off-page SEO tactics that we can help you with.

6. Newsletter and email marketing

Newsletter and email marketing from Write in Danderyd
Potential customers/clients need to ‘meet’ you a good few times before they are likely to buy your products/services. Email is one of the cheapest, most effective and traceable approaches to get them understanding why they need to buy from you.

We can get you set up and ready to reach out to your audience and use our experience and your past marketing to establish what your audience likes to receive by email.  We can run campaigns for you or help you work out how to do it yourself.

7. PR and media

PR and media relations from Write in Danderyd
There are occasions where getting coverage in the media gets your message out to the audience you want and need. We work with local, national, and international journalists and target press for both the public and specific, targeted audiences.

PR is perfect for book and research report launches, for example.

8. Events

Event management and marketing from Write in Danderyd
Under normal circumstances, we help organise and run events around the world. Right now, we help publicise and host events across the internet!

We can help with a whole event and we can help with just one element – signs and posters, social media promotion, online course systems and anything else.

9. Advertising

Online, mobile and traditional advertising from Write in Danderyd
From billboards and posters to pay-per-click online advertising, we can help you with your paid marketing campaigns. We will also advise you to stay away from channels and advertising tactics that don't work for the smallest of businesses - we'll help you spend your budget in the most effective way.

10. Sales support

Sales support from Write in Danderyd
Most business owners know, to an extent, how potential clients turn into paying ones (and the same for customers in/on a shop). What is harder is working out the point where potential clients/customers drop out of their buying process - where are you losing potential business?

We look for the entire journey the buyer takes and spot the gaps, supporting you with ideas, content and tactics to plug them and build up your sales. We can advise on marketing and sales automation too - getting technology to move potential clients  through their journey without needing your personal attention. We can also work with you on specific sales campaigns, from filling the sales funnel at the top with new leads to converting prospects into buyers at the final hurdle. All with your small business in mind.

Why choose us:

Write in Danderyd’s marketing services are specifically designed to build and grow the smallest of businesses. That means the business you run from home, the consulting firm you have, the local business you’ve set up and any business that has less than 10 employees. Or no employees.

We pick and choose the best marketing tactics that work for the smallest of businesses.

We don’t recommend or use tactics that take a lot of time, energy and budget to action.

We don’t use tactics that need you to have 10,000+ followers on social media or an email list with 10,000+ addresses on it. If you have 10 email addresses, that is where we will start.

Learn to market your business yourself
Sometimes you need to market your business yourself and we support that too. We run courses and workshops (mostly online at the moment but IRL too!).

Check out our selection and let us know if you’d like to learn about something we haven’t got a course for: My Own Marketing Coach.
 
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Every business is different. Get in touch with us to discuss yours.

Choosing the best website system for your business

11/5/2020

 
There are far more options for building websites than most people realise. Picking the right one starts with working out what you need and want.
What do you and your business need from a website system? - Write in Danderyd
Is the site a place to reinforce who you are or is it your shop-front?

Do you need a custom design or could your branding fit into a template designed to work well on the web?

Are you looking for clients to contact you directly or customers to buy online from you?

Do you need password-protection, membership areas and online courses?
There is a solution that suits you and your business - it is worth taking the effort to find it. Write in Danderyd
 The problem with specialists

Many website designers work with one system only. They are specialists in that system, which is great when you need technical help.

What they aren't good for is helping you choose the right system for you.
Website design specialists are not good at helping you choose a system - Write in Danderyd
Choosing from the range of options
There are two main groups of website building systems that are best for your size and type of business:

1. Hosted website builders

These are the easiest to use and are the most stable options for building your website.
Pros and cons of hosted website builders - Write in Danderyd
You may have heard of Wix, Weebly, SquareSpace and One. These are all hosted website builders.

There are hosted website builders that specialise in online shopping websites. These include Shopify, Tictail,

If your business model is membership and training-based, there are hosted website builders that provide you with all you need to manage members and password-protected areas and online courses. Kajabi is a well-liked option but you see that the pricing reflects how powerful it is. Some of the standard systems, like Wix and Weebly can handle basic versions of membership sites and training online and they are far cheaper.

2. Self-hosted content management systems
These over a lot more opportunity for custom development - programming your own site elements - but this comes at a price. These really require help from a developer who specialising in the particular system. They need hosting somewhere and they need protecting. Security risks are higher, especially if you don't update the software immediately as a new update comes through.
Pros and cons of self-hosted content management systems like Wordpress - Write in Danderyd
The most well-known self-hosted CMS is Wordpress. It isn't alone, there is Drupal and Joomla, Magento and a whole lot more.

There are also custom coded sites which big companies with complex sites and a high level of security use.

How to choose the best one for your business
How to choose the best website builder for your business - Write in Danderyd
Free website review - Write in Danderyd

5 reasons why you should get an SSL certificate for your website - as soon as possible

27/11/2017

 
We realise this isn't the most exciting of marketing topics but it is really important, so please do read it...
Key benefits of SSL - Write in Danderyd
Google thinks that all websites should have an SSL certificate.

If you have not heard about SSL till now, then here's what SSL actually means - Secure Sockets Layer. It is an encoding system in which all the data that gets transferred between your website and the server is encrypted in a language which is unreadable by third parties. It remains secure from hacking.

An SSL certificate helps your website in several ways:

1. It improves your ranking on the search engine
Search engines like Google, Bing and Yahoo generally display those websites on their top results page which come with SSL certification. Being a small business owner, it is imperative for you to get the customer's attention online. To improve your ranking and visibility online, you should go for SSL certification. Your ranking for the SEO keywords that you are targeting also improves rapidly if you have an SSL certificate.
HTTPS - Write in Danderyd
2. You gain the customer's trust
Almost 50 percent of online shoppers have said that they trust an e-commerce website more which has an SSL certificate and prefer to shop from such websites only. Imagine the number of customers you are losing out on just because your website does not have SSL certification! You can attract so many more customers if you opt for one.

3. The safety of your data is ensured
Sensitive data like credit card numbers, usernames and passwords are protected by SSL encryption. All the transactions that take place through your website are hundred percent safe and secure. The danger of hacking drops right off and you can carry on your business without worrying about data leaks.
SSL - Write in Danderyd
4. You get extra authentication
The SSL certificate that you get from a trusted provider makes your confidential information unreadable not only to third parties using other servers but also to those devices which are on the same server as yours. This additional authentication is provided by the public key infrastructure or PKI.

5. You can avoid from being declared dangerous by Google
Google is ensuring that all websites that show up on its search engine have an SSL certification indicated by the https:// in their website addresses. This is being done with the help of the red font color which is appearing on the link of non-secure websites in the form of http://. This red color warns the visitors to your website that it is not secure enough for sharing sensitive data. This can ruin your credibility online. SSL certification is a necessity for e-commerce websites specifically because of the transactions that are carried out.
 The general advice is if you want your small business to perform well on online , you need to get an SSL certification as soon as possible.

We advise ALL our clients to get SSL certificates as soon as possible.

Contact us if you need help. In many cases, they are free.

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