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Sustain manufacturing growth through modern marketing practices with customer focus

gsfgadministrator August 24, 2017

The most successful businesses strive for growth, embrace digital and are constantly looking for ways to deliver and exceed customer expectations. Digital transformation and evolving customer expectations now combine to create a more transparent operating and trading environment than ever before.

Customer awareness is not enough in the modern world. Businesses are rapidly shifting towards customer-led models. High-growth organisations focus on their customers in every aspect of their business and allow them to provide insight that supports the future development of the company. Customer-obsession, and the business growth that follows, is not possible without first considering a customer’s expectations. Today, the modern customer expects a digital presence from the suppliers they use and expect prompt responses to their queries

Helping you to secure business funding

gsfgadministrator August 24, 2017

Whether you are looking to expand your business, undertake a specific project or simply fund your day-to-day purchases, you might be seeking funding. Obtaining funding is not always easy – that’s where we come in.

GetSet for Growth specialises in helping small to medium sized businesses, across a diverse range of sectors, with their individual business, marketing and and finance requirements.

How can membership organisations improve member engagement?

gsfgadministrator July 26, 2017

For membership organisations to stay relevant, and continue to succeed in today’s world, they need to listen to and adapt to the evolving needs of their audiences.

They also need to undergo digital transformation to keep up with the changing needs of their members, and to provide new ways of interacting with and attracting potential members from the next generation.

“Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before the defeat”

gsfgadministrator July 5, 2017

Many business people mistakenly assume that when you talk about “marketing”, you’re automatically talking about “tactical” marketing – e.g. placing ads, sending out mailers, attending trades shows, creating brochures, and so forth.

Tactical thinkers tend to focus on “doing things right,” and strategic thinkers are concerned with “doing the right things.” If you do something “right,” but it’s the wrong thing to do, your efforts will be futile. Conversely, if you do the “right thing,” but you do it wrong, you’ll also fail miserably.

Gaining an external view on your business will help you to grow

gsfgadministrator June 29, 2017

You want your business to succeed and thrive for the long term, but do you know where your future growth will come from?

As your company moves beyond start-up phase, your business-focus changes: identifying opportunities for growth becomes the priority to ensure future enterprise stability. You need to take stock of the shape your business is currently in, and ensure that your company is properly structured and resourced to make a growth strategy a viable option.

Have you done your digital audit yet? Learn why you should….

gsfgadministrator June 29, 2017

The digital and eCommerce industry changes very quickly. Digital marketing itself comprises an array of different channels, platforms and processes. It is little wonder that few companies have formal, well-defined digital strategies that articulate their digital vision and to govern investments and behaviour.

A digital audit is a method for establishing a comprehensive understanding of the performance all your digital and online initiatives, and can be used to inform an optimised digital strategy. A digital audit provides a detailed view of the various digital channels and touch points your brand is using. This information helps identify underperforming digital assets, competitive opportunities and additional ways to reach your audience and gain market share.

The impact of getting your social media strategy right: UK Election 2017

gsfgadministrator June 19, 2017

Social media is one of the most powerful tools in your marketing arsenal. It can enable strong personal connections with your prospective customers, when done correctly.

To get it right, it is critical that it is underpinned by a clear strategy and plan. They need to answer the questions of what you are trying to achieve, who your customers are and what your competition are doing.

GetSet Marine makes a splash at Seawork International

gsfgadministrator June 16, 2017

This week, we launched our new, dedicated management consultancy for the marine industry, at Seawork International in Southampton, UK. GetSet Marine represents a new concept in business consultancy for small and medium-sized companies. Our marketing and finance experts can help source tens of thousands of pounds of funding that businesses may not have been aware they were eligible for. Our goal is to assist SMEs in meeting their growth aspirations through effective marketing and commercial advice, and operational cost and process optimisation.

Bev Hurley, GetSet CEO, said, “I am delighted to announce the launch of GetSet Marine, providing specialist services to the marine sector. This is due to the increased demand we have experienced from local marine-based firms for our consultancy services to help them improve their marketing, finance and operations. The GetSet Team in the Solent has already enabled local SMEs to raise £3.5 million in growth funding since January 2016. Due to this upturn in demand from the marine sector, we have formed this new dedicated service for them.”

Mission impossible – Accomplished!

gsfgadministrator May 30, 2017

A mission to support 10,000 entrepreneurs and established businesses has not just been achieved – but exceeded by 50%, and four years early.

Back in Autumn 2006, the YTKO Group set out on an exciting but seemingly impossible challenge for an SME to undertake: ‘to support the start up and growth of 10,000 businesses by 2020, collectively contributing over £1 billion pounds each year to the UK economy.’

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