News – Page 21

Why digital marketing? It’s 2018 and no longer acceptable for businesses to just have a five-page website and go to sleep!

Contrary to popular belief, you don’t have to have the budget of the likes of Virgin or Apple to market your business.

Anyone who shows an interest in a business or organisation’s services or products and intends to use them in the future can be classed as a lead.

This week marks the 12th birthday of Shooting Star and the team is busy preparing for our birthday celebrations, which of course includes a huge cake!

We often get approached by new clients who say they’ve tried pitching their stories to journalists only to encounter all sorts of problems and challenges.

Shooting Star has welcomed Emma van Nieuwenhuijzen to the team as the new Senior Account Manager.

Whether you work as part of the communications team or you’re a sole trader or a small enterprise, the day-to-day running of your business can be a daunting task. Throw in the need to promote what you do and it sometimes feels as if there aren’t enough hours in the day!

What to do if you face a communications crisis? Read our blog to find out our top five crisis comms tips.

As you might have gathered from our celebratory tweets this morning, we love an award nomination. But it’s not just for ourselves that we advocate entering awards – they really are for everyone.

We understand that not everyone has had experience of using an agency to support their business before, so we thought we’d dispel some of the myths and reassure you that there are many benefits!