44 days to go!

It's good to be back in your inbox again, after missing a week last week - I hope you don't mind my occasional vanishing acts - it's just I only want to send you news when I have something of value to share!

It's hard to believe that we are almost half way through November.?I remember saying how fast September went, and then October zoomed by and now we're only 44 days away from Christmas!

In my world

Speaking of Christmas, the planning has started in our?household.?I'm usually very bah-humbug with Christmas but I'm on my game this year!!??I've managed to come up with a few gift ideas (and purchase a few - although?I'm no further on getting that live Pegasus!), preparing address labels for Christmas cards and I've ordered the gifts for the team. The big question now that we have a dog, is where is the Christmas Tree going to go, and is it worth even having one this year going by Ember's track record of destruction??If you don't have a tree, what do you do instead? Let me know, as I really can't see a tree surviving longer than a day in our house!

On the blog:

Why you should use MailerLite to step-up your email marketing game

Email marketing is a key channel that can help businesses reach their target audience and grow. Creating an email marketing strategy, building new templates, and managing email campaigns, consumes time and resources that most small businesses don’t have. But the answer is not just pushing it aside and forgetting about it, the answer is to find tools that can help you make the process more efficient, so that it consumes less time while still producing the same benefits.

The question then becomes, what is the best email marketing tool to use?

We have an answer to that question based on our experience. MailerLite is an email service provider that is perfect for growing businesses because it helps them plan and execute email marketing campaigns efficiently.

From growing your mailing list, to sending emails to leads automatically, offering a range of different templates, and a drag and drop editor to customize them; you will see the benefits from using MailerLite in no time.

Let’s go into more detail about some of the other features you’ll find using this programme.

TOP TIP FOR THE WEEK

I attended a webinar with CUBE last week as part of my membership with them and learned a great tip that I wanted to share with you.?If you use MS Forms, you can upload a form you have created in Word and it creates the form for you!?You can then even change it to a quiz in the click of a button!?I've created this short video to show you how.

(credit goes to CUBE, from Appetite For Business for sharing this tip!)

The Good Business Charter

I am proud to share that I am now part of the Good Business Charter. It's a simple accreditation which organisations in the UK can sign up to in recognition of responsible business practices.

It was fantastic to attend my first Good Business Charter Monthly Meetup this week?and learn from other accredited companies on how they embed and live the values of the charter within their businesses. If you want to find out more about the Charter, check it out here.

Client Feature

Free open surgery fundraising sessions for small charities

From Friday 11 November,?Nova Fundraising will be launching their FREE monthly open surgery fundraising sessions for small charities.?

It’s easy to spend a lot of time on social media without much purpose. Every organisation knows that they should be on it, should be using it, but they're not always sure about the why, the who or the how. Every organisation is feeling under pressure, so it's even more important that every minute and penny spent on marketing and promoting your message is worth while. This session will answer these questions as well as giving you practical tools and tips to create worthwhile content without it costing the earth in time or money.

Register for the event

I hope you've found this week's content useful, thank you for giving me a little of your time to share my tips with you.?