#socialmedia

Damian Burgess

Aug 4, 2018
1 min

Managing your Facebook Page

Many businesses that I speak to every week in Cardiff or Aberystwyth have their social media accounts set up and ready, but they are either lost with what to post, type of content to share or how much to post. The first place they venture when setting up their social media channels is Facebook, creating a page, adding their logo and little description and then sharing their first post. After that, some more posts follow they invite their friends and family, 50 or so followers

Damian Burgess

Jul 27, 2018
2 min

Measuring your own social media success

I have a number of businesses contact me weekly to ask about the success of their social media, if I can offer them an audit and what can they do to improve they're success with social media. As I have had over a dozen email in the last two weeks about Twitter in particular I'll start with that... I love twitter and love using it for my own business to promote what I do, promote who I work with and to interact with as many businesses and business people that I can; it's my go

Damian Burgess

Jun 29, 2018
1 min

The Best Social Media Tactics For Driving Shop Footfall

The Best Social Media Tactics For Driving Shop Footfall 👇 Of course social media is a key part of your marketing strategy - with over 1.6 billion active users on Facebook alone, have you ever been able to reach an audience that size before social media?? Having a clear social media strategy is very important for any business and it’s not just about driving traffic to websites and generating leads it can also play a big part in driving footfall into your shop. How? Align what

Damian Burgess

Jun 20, 2018
1 min

World Cup Marketing Campaigns

We have all seen the ads on TV around the World Cup or the promotions in the supermarket, but you don't have to be a FIFA global partner and World Cup sponsor to capitalise on one of the biggest sporting events in the World. We have helped a number of brands recently with campaigns in the build up to the World Cup including restaurants and take away outlets, Car dealerships and of course pubs and clubs. One of our campaigns was to help the Royal Pier (who we just added a bran

Damian Burgess

Jun 18, 2018
1 min

Entrepreneur of the year 2018

It has been a busy year so far in 2018, in front of the computer and on stage.. This week I was lucky enough to come away with the Entrepreneur of the year award at the Bierkeller Awards in Cardiff. Up for two awards and up against some great companies it was a surprise to scoop the award and I would like to thank everyone who has supported me over the last two years. A massive thank you to my clients and a huge thank you to other business owners who have always given me time

Damian Burgess

May 24, 2018
3 min

How do you market a gym?

Last week I met with Dan from UFIT in Cardiff, Dan is a flexible dieting coach and vlogger who has created some great content for his own social media channels and website as well as for Ufit. I spoke to Dan about the marketing side of things at Ufit, managing it in-house and what it is that works for them at the biggest gym in Cardiff to get new faces through the doors. There are quite a few gyms in Cardiff, what’s your biggest marketing channel that you use here at UFIT? So

Damian Burgess

May 21, 2018
2 min

The face behind the name

I have met with so many businesses over the last week at Award ceremonies, conferences, networking events and at the Digital Festival in Cardiff, most say the same thing "we have connected on social media but I didn't know what you looked like" Part of that is my fault, I don't really put my face out there all too much and maybe I should who knows. (I have added a few extra photos of me below to make up for it lol After speaking to these businesses and many more at a workshop

Damian Burgess

May 19, 2018
1 min

What wedding??

So unless you have lived under a rock, woken up from a very long sleep or you've just blocked it out of your brain, you'll know there is a massive wedding today.. MASSIVE!! But what as that got to do with marketing.. shed loads!!! Talking about trending topics on social media is one of the many ways brands connect with consumers on a daily basis and how they create conversation with their users. Some brands do it really well, others hit it out of the park. Social media has be

Red Squirrel influences and wins it again

Damian Burgess

May 17, 2018
1 min

Red Squirrel influences and wins it again

Back in 2017 we entered a few different awards around Cardiff and South Wales as well as back in Aberystwyth, we were highly commended in some, didn't get the win at others but managed to win the Online Influence award at the Zokit Conference. Well this year we went and got the most votes once again, coming out head and shoulders above the rest. To influence an audience on social media is difficult, we try our best to do it day in and day out with our clients marketing, we tr

Damian Burgess

May 8, 2018
2 min

What now for social media

I have so many questions emailed in to me about what is next for social media or how a business can better use social media, the first thing I ask is if the business is using social media ads, and specifically Facebook ads to reach more and new people. So what now for social media?? Gone are the days of playing this social media marketing game for free, time to have a go at paid advertising. Many are put off by using facebook ads because they think it's complicated but also b

Damian Burgess

May 1, 2018
1 min

Branding the Bristol Bears

You may know them as Bristol Rugby, or maybe Bristol Shoguns as they were known in the early 2000's, but now you'll know them as the Bristol Bears.. until they go back to Bristol Rugby maybe? (we like the new look btw and hats off to the team behind the rebrand) Most rebrands these days come with fan uproar, a slight tweak in some logos go unnoticed but when Leeds made the error of trying to change their badge to the hug disappointment of the fans you would think other sports

Damian Burgess

Apr 30, 2018
2 min

Your business needs social media

Are there any businesses that aren't on social media? Successful businesses? (This doesn't count if a business used to be on social media and then for PR reasons shut down their accounts.. cough cough Spoons!) If you were to start a new business today, a website, a business bank account, a logo, business cards and of course social media would all be the first things to sort out and then you're up and running. My guess is that you already have social media set up for your busi

Damian Burgess

Apr 25, 2018
2 min

Do you know your competition?

I always get asked who is my competition? With the creative and marketing industry saturated with new businesses offering very similar services it's easy to look at companies and individuals like this as my main competition. But I'm thinking differently on this one, as much as my direct competition is the various marketing, social media, design and web companies in Cardiff and Aberystwyth I also have a much bigger competitor.. and that's businesses, small and medium size ones

Damian Burgess

Apr 22, 2018
2 min

Are more followers and fans the answer?

Your a new business, you have a brand name and great new logo, you're thinking of having a new website, you've got the team uniform ready and you're now on social media.. it's one of the key elements of having a business these days. We speak to new businesses and business people every week in Aberystwyth and Cardiff and help them take their first steps in to social media and marketing their business. Now we all start at the bottom, no fans, no followers and no likes...GULP!!

Damian Burgess

Apr 19, 2018
4 min

Social Media with the Cardiff Devils

This week I met with Cardiff Devils Social Media Manager Fie Adolfsen to talk about social media, sport and fan engagement at one of the best Ice Hockey teams in the UK. Fie started at the Devils in September 2017 and was straight in to the action with pre season matches and European league matches, a busy first few days but this allowed Fie to get to know all the players and staff pretty quick. What appealed to you about working with the Cardiff Devils? “Moving my whole life

Damian Burgess

Mar 19, 2018
2 min

Life as a freelance

Love Monday?? I do!!! Working freelance and going it alone was one of the best desicions I made nearly 3 years ago, I had always thought about it but never though it would be a reality. I started Red Squirrel Marketing as a side project, it was made to give me a brand name rather than Damian Burgess the freelancer and it worked. Many businesses contact me every week, asking to speak to someone in the Social media department, or to speak to my website designer.. some are surpr

Damian Burgess

Mar 8, 2018
2 min

Give me more Insta fans!!

It's the dream of any social media manager or social media agency to have a successful social campaign which turns lookers in to bookers, fans in to customers and a positive ROI for the client or business.. but after every campaign I hear the same questions from people, how many extra fans do we have or how many more likes do we have? On Facebook and Twitter, the 'fake fan" or 'bought like' is common to see, tens of thousands; maybe a hundred thousand followers or likes? But

Damian Burgess

Feb 27, 2018
1 min

Say hello to my Vero friend

So you've heard of Vero right? No... Well let me introduce you to the new kid on the block, yep another social network! After the change in the Instagram feed and many users looking for an alternative, Vero seems to be the popular choice. The only issue with being very, very popular is that you may crash! And that is exactly what Vero has done. We were one of the first million to join Vero on the weekend and we have tried to take a good look at it since but so far we just hav

Damian Burgess

Feb 25, 2018
1 min

Nike sells out on Snapchat

We've spoken about selling on social a few times this month, our work with businesses in Cardiff, Aberystwyth and anywhere else in the UK on social media is all about a positive return on investment. Our blog post last week spoke about the new Snapchat store built within the app, they've now given us a glimpse of whats to come with it's partnership with Nike, Shopify and Darkstore. Nike has become the first brand to sell a product directly through the Snapchat app at the NBA

Damian Burgess

Feb 22, 2018
1 min

Using storytelling to build your brand

Rational vs emotional… Does this photo make you smile? Has it tapped into an emotion?Emotionally marketing to people impacts in a quicker, e

RED SQUIRREL MARKETING

info@nutsaboutmarketing.com

CIM Qualified

CAM Qualified

Our Services

- Marketing

- Graphic Design

- Website Build and Design

- Motion Design

- Social Media Management

- Video Marketing

Contact

- info@nutsaboutmarketing.com

- 07376 114 032

Terms and Conditions

Privacy Policy

SITE BY RED SQUIRREL MARKETING | COPYRIGHT 2021 (C) | NUTS TO MEET YOU