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Clients: who APS have worked with – past and present

Admin and More, Islip – social media advertising (LinkedIn)

Cambridgeshire Wellness Clinic, Peterborough – marketing strategy

Career Inspiration Ltd., Wellingborough – marketing strategy

Champion Information Services (IT & cyber security), Northampton – marketing strategy/plan, radio advertising, social media advertising, direct mail and promotional items

East Midlands HR, Ecton – marketing strategy/plan, social media advertising and direct mail

JPAD UK (Photography), Long Buckby – marketing strategy

Rhoda Thomas Bookkeeping, Daventry – marketing strategy/plan, digital advertising (Law Society) and social media advertising

TEC Fire and Security, Marston Mortaine (Beds) – marketing strategy/plan, CRM, training videos, social media, direct mail and promotional items (see case study)

The Tubby Tyre Scooter Company, Northampton – marketing strategy/plan, target market data selection, direct mail (design, production & execution) and promotional items

Wallis Payroll, Wellingborough – marketing strategy

Watch My Chops Dog Training – marketing strategy, social media

Web Alliance Ltd., Northampton – marketing strategy/plan and direct mail

Zinc Books, Northampton – marketing strategy

CASE STUDIES

Background

  • The Tubby Tyre Scooter Company build the UK’s coolest road-legal electric scooters.
  • Each Tubby Tyre Scooter is built to order and comes with a full customer peace-of-mind care package, including 12 months warranty and on-going maintenance support.
  • There are Off-road, road-legal, all-singing all-dancing with ultimate personalisation options available.

Objective

During 2022, the Tubby Tyre Scooter Company hatched plans to expand its audience and grow the customer base to include businesses who require small, efficient, environmentally-friendly modes of transport for leisure or work purposes – such as golf clubs and mobile home/caravan owners – in addition to interested individuals.

The decision was made to outsource the marke to help reach that goal and formulate a sound strategy and plan.

The 3-wheel Tubby Tyre Scooter targeted at golf clubs

APS Involvement

Following discussions to learn more about the goals of the company, we set about producing a strategy to reach the new markets in a cost effective way utilising several traditional, social media and digital marketing activities.

We became their marketing department, helping to plan and deliver the various activities identified, while adhering to a strict budget, by introducing new marketing options to the mix thus raising the profile and boosting awareness to new markets.

Results

To follow on completion of planned campaigns

Background

  • Bedfordshire’s leading suppliers of quality bespoke fire safety and security systems and maintenance to educational, commercial, and retail premises across the UK.
  • Consistent growth over ten years.

Objective

During 2020, TEC embarked on an expansion programme, moving to new offices and growing their team. The need now was to introduce them to a wider audience and grow the customer base, initially within a set geographic operating area.

With marketing not being a strong point for the TEC team, they decided to outsource, approaching APS to help them move up to the next marketing level with a solid marketing strategy and plan, targeting their core prospects to consolidate existing customers and bring in new business.

APS Involvement

After initial discussions to learn more about the values and mission of the TEC business and setting of the budget, we produced a marketing strategy and plan designed to achieve their objectives involving several traditional, social media and digital marketing activities aimed at their target market.

Our task was then to act as their ‘marketing department’, delivering day-to-day marketing activities and bringing in additional niche expertise where needed, while strictly adhering to the budget. In addition, we have introduced new options to support the main marketing actions raising the profile of the business and their team to boost awareness.

Results

Since December 2020, as well as introducing a more structured and controlled approach to TEC’s marketing, we have:

  • launched a regular customer newsletter to build existing customer relationships
  • increased postings on social media (Facebook & LinkedIn) to raise awareness and increase engagement and follower community
  • raised awareness and business profile through editorial and advertising campaign (print & online) in a notable regional business magazine resulting in acquisition of new business
  • sent direct mail targeted at specific business types
  • started development of video training for YouTube and social media
  • progressed with crucial SEO activity on website and through regular blogging
  • researched events to attend/exhibit in 2022
  • set in motion both a ‘welcome pack’ for new customers and an ‘info pack’ for newsletter subscribers

This was, and still is a fantastic project, working with a great team of people who are forward thinking and open to new ideas … as well as some more traditional ones!

Client Comment

“Andy at APS Marketing Consulting has helped us with the fundamentals of marketing our business and increasing our profile.

Using our strategy, developed by APS, to target our core market we were able to instigate a planned approach, set behind a specific budget, allowing us the freedom to test different marketing options and see what works best for our business.

I am happy with what we have done to date and plan to do. If you asked me a year ago what I would ideally want from marketing just read above. Most of all Andy is amenable, delivering a professional support service to help you get the most out of marketing. “

SIMON PHILP – MD, TEC Fire and Security