Hi I’m Sarah your Marketing Mentor
I’m passionate about helping small businesses build the Marketing foundations to gain clarity, focus and structure to grow their business with confidence
Time to Fast Track your Marketing Knowledge and Skills
I set up Market Explorers to mentor small business owners on how to make marketing work for their business – piecing together the seemingly complex pieces of the marketing jigsaw to form a cohesive strategy and plan to meet their business goals.
I see so many small business owners with a great product or service really struggling to grow. Juggling many plates, with everyone telling you to grow your social media presence and scatter-gunning activity with no clear direction or plan. It’s easy to miss the big marketing picture and opportunities because the foundations were not in place from the outset.
I’m here to help.
Does this sound like you?
- You’ve recently set up your business or have been trading a couple of years and feel like you are treading water.
- You do all the “Marketing” yourself but have no clear plan and tend to scattergun your activity.
- You’ve spent ages searching all the “free” advice available online, but it’s not tailored to your business, and it can be really time consuming.
- You feel swamped and overwhelmed with everything it takes to run your business alongside all the other home and family commitments you have.
- You’re lacking direction on where to next. You need a strategy and a fresh pair of eyes on your business.
- You need structure and a plan that will bring you focus.
I understand exactly how you feel, I’ve been there…
I’m a small business owner too, following my passion for Stationery and wearing multiple hats each day. With over 30 years Marketing experience I also know how important it is to get the right Marketing foundations in place first.
This step is often bypassed yet is fundamental to help you focus on getting the right product, for the right customers with a joined-up communications and activity plan that you can deliver.
Combining large corporate strategic expertise with a small business lens, I’m passionate about mentoring, guiding, and helping businesses to GET THEIR MARKETING PROPOSITIONS RIGHT.
Why a Marketing Mentor?
A mentor is an “experienced and trusted advisor” someone who shares their knowledge, skills and or experience, to help others develop and grow.
I can bring…
A fresh pair of eyes on your business
Be your sounding
board for ideas
Focus your efforts laser targeting your Marketing activities
Create a roadmap to where you want to be in the future
“Learn to say that you need help and don’t see it as a sign of weakness. See it as a point of strength”
Hiten Shah
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Our programmes will help you:
Understand the Marketing Foundations of your business
We’ll explore the pillars of your business, brand and customers helping you to define your USP, your differentiator. Feeling confident in this foundation, you’ll be able to focus your activity, be clearer with your communications and targeting and build rapport with your customers.
Explore all the opportunities that Marketing offers your business and help you find the gaps
Work with you so you understand where you currently are in the market and where there are opportunities to grow using both offline and online channels.
Map out your Strategy and Marketing Plan
Based on our learnings we begin to work together to set your goals, develop your strategy and map out your Marketing Plan that fits with your expertise, skills, time, and budget to set you on your journey.
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