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Anyone who knows us at Red Kite Services will also know that we love Capsule CRM – we use it for our own business and help many of our clients set it up. It is easy to use, well priced (free for up to 250 contacts) and I keep finding new things that I…
We have covered Capsule CRM in several previous blogs because here at Red Kite Services we reckon that Capsule is a cracking bit of software which can make the labyrinthine world of small business management significantly less daunting. In previous blogs we’ve covered Opportunities, Tracks and Projects, useful functions of Capsule CRM that allow us…
We are delighted that Red Kite Services has signed up to the Business Charter for Domestic Abuse launched by Ros Jones in 2023. Did you know that 1 in 5 men and women experience some form of domestic abuse, according to the Office for National Statistics? This means that there is a chance that people…
We are delighted to introduce you to Phoebe Pulleine who has joined our team as an admin assistant and has already been working hard on providing social media support to some of our clients and administrative support to Red Kite Services. She also lives in the Scottish Borders, happily surrounded by countryside. Being outdoors in…
I have long advocated Capsule CRM as the go-to customer relationship management tool, however over the last couple of years the fact that it did not have an integral marketing/newsletter system was a drawback. Now, however it has launched a new integration with Transpond and my initial investigations into this new service make it look…
Vicky Clapham, Managing Director of Bevic Marketing Services Ltd is back with her second guest blog for us, this time sharing her top tip for How to Write a Press Release. How to Write a Press Release When writing a press release the best tip is to go for the upside down triangle approach, with…
I am delighted to welcome this guest blog from Vicky Clapham, Managing Director of Bevic Marketing Services Ltd talking about why you need PR and some fabulous top tips for business owners. What is PR? PR or public relations is one of the key components of the ‘marketing mix’ and can play a valuable role…
We recently had a discussion at my networking group, The Business Wellbeing Club, about how to build the membership and how to make it appeal to people. This got me thinking about what is Business Wellbeing – at least what is business wellbeing to me? One of the crucial things about the Business Wellbeing Club…
The ability to set up a landing page in Mailchimp is a really useful addition to your marketing within Mailchimp. It allows you to entice customers to sign up for your newsletter with very specific offers. For example you can use a landing page to: promote a new product give customers exclusive content with a…
Many of us send out standard emails on a regular basis and setting up a template for these emails is an excellent time-saver. If you are a Gmail user it is now super simple to set up a template email using a Gmail account. Here are the six simple steps: 1) in…