[caption id="attachment_3662" align="alignleft" width="225"] The Mayor of Manilva Introducing our charity networking event[/caption] As I explained in a previous blog post corporate social responsibility (CSR) is an excellent way to do good and benefit your business at the same time. It can be difficult to know how...
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One of my favourite books of all time is Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson and so when I was thinking about how I should share my experiences of living and working in the small village of Manilva on the Costa del Sol, I thought that I would call it Notes from a Small Spanish Village as a bit of a homage.
I do hope that I am not infringing copyright or aiming too high by aligning myself with one of the funniest, most observant authors, but hopefully he can inspire me to relate my tales in an entertaining way.
Let me begin by giving you some background. My partner and I have been living and running a marketing agency on the Costa del Sol for seven years, but always in the cosmopolitan town of Marbella. Whilst Marbella is a small place it has a real buzz, an International population, loads going on and great bars and restaurants and we loved the lifestyle there. However, when we wanted to capitalise on the property market crash and buy a property, our budget would only buy us a small apartment in Marbella, so we started to cast our net wider and see what was around.
Don't be like 75% of people and have a fear of public speaking! As I shared in a previous post, if you can speak to someone then you can speak in public, but fear paralyses people and makes them commit so many errors that they fall...
Continue ReadingThere are many ways in which living and working in Spain is a really difficult challenge, and as a marketing agency on the Costa del Sol for the last 7 years, we've lived through a lot of up and downs. However, what is never in...
Continue Reading[caption id="attachment_3644" align="alignleft" width="200"] My lovely son, ready for the Carnival this year. What are we going to do with him next week?[/caption] My son is three and last September started school in the Spanish state system on the Costa del Sol. Before then we'd had...
Continue ReadingThe endless talk of the work, life balance in my experience leads to a lot of guilt and feeling of inadequacy, particularly in working Mums who want to give their all to their family and their jobs. Running a Costa del Sol marketing agency, as...
Continue ReadingAs Monday’s are always busy, I wanted to give you a snapshot of the 5 key marketing methods – Advertising, Sales Promotion, Public Relations, Direct Marketing and Personal Selling, with this simple infographic. This summarises the key points of these techniques and their applications, it also...
Continue ReadingGive yourself a marketing audit to review what you’ve been doing, the materials you have, what is working and what is not. Start by reviewing your marketing plan (if you don’t have one - do it) and see if anything needs adjusting. Have things changed, are...
Continue ReadingTomorrow morning from around 9am to 11am there will be a partial eclipse of the sun visible in Spain and we're getting ready to see this rare event! We were really pleased to see the advice from Specsavers Opticas about how to protect your eyes from...
Continue ReadingEnvironmental charity Arboretum Marbella is marking the start of spring on Sunday 22nd March with a fun day of activities at their public park behind Marbella bus station. From 10.00-17.00 there will be stalls with organic and environmentally friendly products, artisan foods, plus arts and...
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