Marketing Services

 

As an experienced freelancer, I’ll provide the same level of resource as you would expect from an in house marketing manager or marketing director. This means that I will take on a proactive role within your business, and not simply wait to be told what to do, as a marketing agency might.

 

This frees up your time to carry on with day-to-day activities, without having to worry about micro-managing me, which could be the case with a full time, but more junior, marketing resource. It also means that, for one-off projects, I can really hit the ground running and just make it happen.

 

Ongoing support

If we agree that I will take on the role of your marketing manager, then I’ll firstly take time to understand your business and your target audiences - before helping you to decide what marketing activities should be carried out. We can then develop a plan and a schedule of activity (within your available budget of course!) which I will execute, with as much or as little input from your management team as you prefer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Working with external suppliers

Having operated as a freelancer for many years now, I have built up a bank of tried and tested suppliers for services like design, print, email broadcast, web programming and so on – and can bring in these resources with confidence, as part of my support function. Having said this, I am of course equally happy to work with your own existing suppliers, if you have these and prefer to do so.

 

Any external companies which I introduce would of course bill you directly, as I am not an agency and would never ‘buy in’ a service and then mark it up before selling it on to you.

 

Charging structure

I charge a simple hourly rate for marketing or copywriting services, and will always agree a set number of hours with you up front for any project-based work. Alternatively, we can agree a fixed number of hours per month, and I will then track my time and provide a detailed breakdown of work carried out - making you aware well in advance if I’m reaching our agreed monthly limit, so that we can agree to reschedule work or use additional hours in any given month, if appropriate.

 

 

 

 

 

COPYWRITING

Many of my marketing clients also require copywriting or editing services, but I also offer these as a standalone service if that’s what you need. Ideal for design or marketing agencies that do not want to employ a full time writer!

 

Please visit my Copywriting Services page to find out more and to request samples of work.

 

“Gill has been providing Spitfire with marketing support for over ten years. During this time she has managed a wide range of successful but very complex campaigns for us, including advertising, direct mail campaigns and so on.

Without her knowledge these projects would have been far less effective - as her ability to plan in detail and pinpoint the correct approach makes all the difference.

She works with us as our marketing team and her responsive, proactive and helpful project management is always a vital factor in the success of our campaigns. I would not hesitate to recommend her." 

Susie Ward - Director, Spitfire Technology Group

 

 

Telephone: 07595 161855     Email: gill@contractmarketing.biz