Work experience day 1 at the marketing agency

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I’m Jake and for the duration of this working week I will be working at Marketing Zone on work experience. I go to Freman College, and as part of the curriculum, all students have to take a week out of standard education in year 10 and go and get a taste of life in...

Work experience day 1 at the agency

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For two days I will be working at Marketing Zone as part of a work experience scheme run by my school; Freman College. Today was my first day. Anxious to make a good impression, I had been wearing what Mark Ganellin had described as appropriate, “Smart but casual, but...

Help students with their project

Clients, Creativity, Local, Websites

Students at the University of Hertfordshire are working on an e-marketing project about Polaroid Sunglasses. They’d appreciate it if you could spend five minutes of your time to answer three short surveys to help them develop their digital marketing skills. Visit...

Marketing agency gives back to the community

Campaigns, Local

Marketing Zone has strong relationships with young people and young businesses in the community. We’ve support the Prince’s Trust and local football teams, so when the University of Hertfordshire approached us, we were delighted to help them. It’s motivating to be...

Running a marketing agency is a lot like running a race

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Those of you following this blog may know that I trained for the London Asics 10k run held on July 12, 2009. It was my first ever running race. I completed it in one hour and four minutes and I raised close to £500 for Paralympics UK. It was a good race. I couldn’t...

A marketing company with a LionHeart

Creativity, Local

A marketing company should always be focused on the future. And Marketing Zone is no exception. By looking ahead and keeping an eye on trends, we’re better equipped to help clients reach their goals and use innovation to their advantage. It’s exactly this interest in...

My running blog – clarify your goals

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We’re always asking our clients to clarify their goals. And we do the same for our own business. Having a clear picture of where you’re going and when you expect to get there is fundamental to the success of any business. Equipping our clients to get where they want...

My running blog – set your goals

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With the sunny day and longer evenings, I’ve been able to get quite a bit of training in. I like to mix it up a bit. So when I want to try something else, I get on bike for a few hours. For me, the key to preparing for a race is variety. I like some change in my...

Running the 10k

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I have to admit that I’m not a particularly natural athlete. I don’t remember ever coming home with any prizes on school sports’ days. But as the years have gone by, I’ve continued to run, cycle and windsurf. In fact, I won my first prize last year when I competed in...

Enterprising Women Awards finalist

Communications, Local

When Enterprising Women launched their business awards, Marketing Zone’s Laura Dolby nominated our own Dee Twomey as best employer of the year. Dee won the most votes and took her place on the stage to be recognized as the most popular boss. Congratulations Dee, well...

My how we’ve grown!

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Marketing Zone has now expanded its premises. We’ve now got double the room. It allows us greater privacy for meetings with clients and more space to create and run the digital communications campaigns our clients expect. We’re still easy to find with our marketing...

Marketing Zone visit the Palace!

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Having volunteered for the Princes Trust for 10 years, Mark and Dee were invited to Buckingham Palace to celebrate 30 years of the Princes Trust. There, they met Prince Charles, enjoyed cucumber sandwiches and rubbing shoulders with celebrities and other Trust...