John(Nick) Atkinson The CreActivist Marketer® who is Doing it Differently! Hello Reader, This is a great way to get your Business and Brand Story Bang On And I'll show you How and Why for Free The CreActivist Method - use it for yourself now Spinning Wheels, No Clarity - and no idea what your Marketing is all about? You’re not alone. I see it every day. Business owners with bold ideas and big dreams spinning their wheels, stuck in the same cycle. Trying one tactic after another. Throwing...
4 months ago • 1 min read
John(Nick) Atkinson The CreActivist Marketer® who is Doing it Differently! Hello Reader, My Weekly Views from the Office "How to Create LinkedIn Posts That Actually Get Noticed" LinkedIn isn’t just a digital resume dump. It’s a game-changer if you know how to play. But let's not sugarcoat it. Most posts on LinkedIn are ignored, lost in the sea of corporate jargon and generic business waffle. What if you could flip the script and make every post you write a showstopper? Dean Seddon, a social...
7 months ago • 3 min read
John(Nick) Atkinson The CreActivist Marketer® who is Doing it Differently! Hello Reader, I have just 2 places left for the next CreActivate 90 Programme starting in January 2025 - yes we're nearly there! Check it out here, press play - and see what your investment would be. So what's it all about? 90 days to show you what we can do together Then we start Doing it Differently Big Goals, Big Dreams but not doing shitty activities Only by Doing it Differently can you change Doing the same as...
8 months ago • 1 min read
John(Nick) Atkinson The CreActivist Marketer® who is Doing it Differently! Hello Reader, Branding vs Marketing So a guy walks up to the girl in a yellow shirt at the Bar. "Hey, I'm Jake and I couldn't help noticing you've been watching Wimbeldon on the Big Screen. I have 2 tickets for the Doubles Final - would you like to join me?" ( The Chat Up line is Marketing ) She looks at him, he looks cool and confident and then remembers him helping an elderly lady in the shop earlier. He was joking...
12 months ago • 1 min read
John(Nick) Atkinson The CreActivist Marketer® who is Doing it Differently! Hello Reader, Now is the time to get noticed, get some quick wins! Now here's the bottom line. You're looking for some Quick Wins? Let's get a bit weird, imagine for a moment that you are in the midst of a zombie apocalypse and two gunsmiths are fighting to do business with you. Gunsmith #1 says he has a perfectly satisfactory shotgun that can blow the brains off zombies but certainly won't "wow" you with a bunch of...
about 1 year ago • 1 min read
John(Nick) Atkinson The CreActivist Marketer® who is Doing it Differently! Hello Reader, Here’s the harsh truth. Nobody really knows how good you really are. Because if they did, and you are truly the best in your area, then you would never have a problem finding new customers or clients. Let that sink in… Isn’t it time to start Doing It Differently? Getting out of your comfort zone is sometimes hard; but whatever size business you are in, I’m your Strategist, Copywriter, Marketer and all...
about 1 year ago • 1 min read
John(Nick) Atkinson The CreActivist Marketer® who is Doing it Differently! Hello Reader, Scale your Business with Partnership Marketing Sometimes, you need to step back and think about how you can get new customers and make more sales without the usual media tools - social media, paid ads, Radio, TV, Outdoor etc. And over the last few months, we have put together some awesome partnership deals that have really helped both parties grow their businesses - working together is good. Some quirky...
about 1 year ago • 1 min read
John(Nick) Atkinson The CreActivist Marketer® who is Doing it Differently! Hello Reader, Every time something goes dodgy in my life I keep saying to myself, " I had a gut feeling this was wrong or wont work or whatever ." It's ridiculous because deep down, you even think through all this before hand too! Your subconscious understanding is trying to tell you something. And yes, even when we know something is right, we doubt the gut feeling! Maybe intuition - but its bloody important as...
about 1 year ago • 1 min read
John(Nick) Atkinson The CreActivist Marketer® who is Doing it Differently! Hello Reader, Every time something goes dodgy in my life I keep saying to myself, " I had a gut feeling this was wrong or wont work or whatever ." It's ridiculous because deep down, you even think through all this before hand too! Your subconscious understanding is trying to tell you something. And yes, even when we know something is right, we doubt the gut feeling! Maybe intuition - but its bloody important as...
about 1 year ago • 1 min read
John(Nick) Atkinson The CreActivist Marketer® who is Doing it Differently! Hello Reader, GOOGLE IS YOUR FRIEND Do you have a Google My Business account for your business? If no, you need one. Have you heard the saying, "All roads lead to Rome?" It's an ancient saying meaning that no matter where you were within the Roman Empire, whatever road you traveled would lead back to the center of the Roman Empire which was Rome. So how important is your GMB account? Think of your GMB account as Rome....
about 1 year ago • 1 min read