Today marks TWELVE years since we started our business, tent. A lot has happened over those years both professionally and personally and we are both very proud of the fact that we have started and kept a business going for… READ MORE
Q&A: Faye Clark – Finale Shoes
New up in our Q&A series is Faye Clark who runs the fabulous Finale Shoes in Corbridge, one of the North East’s best independent shoe retailers with an emphasis on unique style and hands on customer care. How did you… READ MORE
Q&A: Joanna Feeley – Trend Bible
Welcome to the first in our new series of blog posts; Q&As with business owners and leaders from our region and beyond. First off the blocks is the inspirational Joanna Feeley, Founder of Trend Bible, a Newcastle based trend forecasting agency with… READ MORE
Start up & blast off for just £1495!*
If you are reading this as a start up business who has been trading for less than 24 months, or you know a new business who could do with some help, read on… We really like working with new businesses and… READ MORE
BLOG: Using Twitter like Tim – why twitter is still important to your business
I remember a couple of years back talking to a friend over a glass of wine about work etc. And I mentioned how useful I found twitter for our business. ‘Oh twitter’ she said. ‘Tim (her husband) is always on… READ MORE
Ten good reasons to blog
I’ve been talking to a few clients and contacts recently, offering feedback and helping them to find their blogging way. You might be a non blogger reading this, or perhaps someone like me with good intentions but who doesn’t blog… READ MORE
Is visual content the future of digital?
When people think of the content for their digital marketing, their website and social media posts etc., they often think about the words. Content is often seen in terms of website copy, blog posts, articles, news items. Even tweets we… READ MORE
5 myths of email marketing
Email marketing can be a brilliant way of small businesses promoting themselves to their customers and their potential customers. With software like mailchimp and the like it is easy to get onboard with this aspect of marketing. Apart from the… READ MORE
Are you responsive?
Is your website important to your business? Is your website responsive? Responsive web design, put simply, is a website which adjusts to fit the screen size that the user is viewing the site on, be that a smartphone, a tablet, a… READ MORE
tent included in Lissted’s Top 70 North East Digital Influencers on Twitter
We were delighted to discover today that tent director Sarah Raad’s twitter account @tentspitch has made the list of North East’s most influential in digital as compiled by Lissted, which identifies the truly influential voices in any community. After analysing… READ MORE
Content marketing – an intro
Yesterday I told you a story from the early days of content marketing – which can be read here. Today I will set the scene, so if you are already very familiar with what content marketing is and it’s purpose… READ MORE
Cooking up content
Hello! I’m writing a little series of blog posts for January around the subject of content marketing. Tomorrow I’m going to start with the basics but today, I just want to tell you a story. Are you sitting comfortably? Then… READ MORE