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Communications Strategy
From PR and digital campaigns to link-building and content marketing, we’ll help you develop a communications strategy that’s aligned to your business objectives.
Align your comms
What is communications strategy?
Every piece of content you create, from a simple social media post to a blog, email or magazine feature, should be guided by a communications strategy.
Creating one will help you to define your communications goals, work out how you are going to achieve them and measure your success.
It should also be aligned to your overall business strategy to ensure that your marketing activities support your business objectives.
At-a-glance
Communications strategy key features
Create consistency
The way your business communicates has a significant impact on your audience. Taking a strategic approach will help create consistency across all your marketing channels.
Understand your audience
A communication strategy will help you define your audience so you can tailor your message, delivery channel and timing for maximum impact.
Support your objectives
Your communications should support your overall business objectives. Having a clear strategy in place will make it easier to achieve your goals.
Bring your message to life
Having a communications strategy which supports your key message will help you bring your brand story to life, engage your customers and make a memorable impact.
Co-ordinate your marketing activities
Having key communications objectives, supported by a well thought out strategy, will help you better plan the marketing activities you need to undertake to get results.
Improve your performance
A communications strategy makes it easier to assess how your marketing is working against your key performance indicators, so you can enhance what’s working and fix what isn’t.
Support your objectives
Build your narrative
For many businesses, knowing what they want to say is one thing, but knowing how to say it in the right way, at the right time, is another thing entirely.
At QBD, we’ll take the time to really get to know your business and your objectives.
We’ll use that insight to define your message and develop a communications strategy which is aligned to your goals, targets the right people and delivers results.
From campaigns to crisis communications, having the right communications strategy in place will ensure your message gets heard.
Supporting your growth
Take your business growth to the next level
Growing a business requires regular, continuous, focused marketing to achieve the results you’re looking for. All those quick wins soon add up to long-term, sustainable success. That’s what G-Series is for.
From starting out to levelling up or supercharging your online growth, our G-Series packages combine ongoing marketing support with growth consultancy to help your business reach more, attract more and achieve more.
Whatever your budget, we’ve got a G-Series plan for you.
Reach more people
Why do I need a communications strategy?
When it comes to any form of marketing activity, you want your message to be heard by the right people, at the right time, in the proper context. A communications strategy that is aligned to your business objectives will help you achieve this.
At QBD, we’ll work with you to gain a deep understanding of your business, your goals and your customers. We’ll then take this insight to create a strategy which enables you to deliver your message in a consistent way across all your communications channels.
In the competitive world of business, having a robust communications strategy is paramount. At its core, it’s about communicating effectively to both internal and external audiences. Engaging a communications expert can assist in understanding your communications needs and building a holistic communication plan. A good strategy starts with defining your communication goals. What do you want to achieve? Maybe you aim to inform stakeholders about new company developments, or perhaps your focus is on branding and establishing strong brand communications. Identifying strengths and weaknesses in current communication processes can offer a direction.
It’s not just about disseminating information externally, but also about engaging employees through internal media, ensuring effective communication in the workplace. Employee communications tools like intranet and newsletters can be used, while for broader audiences, platforms like public-relations channels and interactions with journalists are key. Utilising tactics like storytelling can lend credibility to your messages. Moreover, adopting the right tone of voice and being thoughtful in how to write can make a difference in how messages are received. Two-way communication platforms allow feedback, ensuring relevance and fostering a sense of advocacy among stakeholders.
In times of uncertainty, crisis communication becomes vital. Being prepared with talking points and understanding the target audience ensures that the company’s stance is clear and measurable. With the increasing need for integrated marketing, tools that ensure consistent messaging, from the company’s mission-statement to its advertising, are vital. Every tool, from communication tools to strategies like segmentation, plays a role in making the message relevant.
Your communications strategy must be tactical. It should motivate action, be it from employees or customers. Understanding and positioning according to the stakeholder interests is fundamental. A strategic communication approach ensures that your business can convey its values, goals, and aspirations to its audience effectively. Whether you’re emphasising advocacy or addressing weaknesses, having a solid communication strategy ensures you are heard, understood and valued.
Tell your story
Understanding your business
We’ll work with you to understand your customers, your objectives and your ambitions, before creating communications strategies which help you reach your business goals.
We combine creative flair with technical insight and understanding to create strategies which bring your message to life across multiple marketing channels, to connect, engage and inspire your audience and prompt them into action.
We can also provide ongoing growth consultancy and support to help you keep pushing your business forwards, ensuring our brand, digital and marketing solutions are working as hard for you as they possibly can, to maximise the return on your investment.
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Get your message heard
Communications work better when they are supported by a strategic approach which allows you to tailor your message to different audience groups across multiple channels.
Whether you’re looking for a one-off product launch or media announcement, ongoing promotional campaigns to build your customer base or support in communicating sensitive news, we can help.
Our starting point is always your customer. We help you to put yourself in their shoes and look at your business through their eyes.
Once you understand what they see when they look at you, we’ll help you communicate with them in the right way.
Why not give us a try?
You can buy any of our content services as a one-off purchase, or they can be part of a G-Series Growth Package and include additional services with easy monthly payments to support your ongoing growth objectives.
It all starts with a conversation. To find out how we can help you get more from your content, get in touch today.
I was really impressed by the depth of expertise and knowledge that the QBD team possess. They were able to quickly develop and deliver a solution, supported by an ongoing strategy, that will help us to achieve our objectives and build our business.