Just Say Marketing

28/10/2020

Our founder Joana did an interview for her Alma Mater, King's College London, on Careers in Marketing, offering advice for students and recent graduates:

Industry insights into Marketing: KCL alumna Joana’s career journey (1/2) Posted on October 26, 2020October 27, 2020 by Laura Patari Today we have an exciting case study with Joana, a KCL alumna. From studying Comparative Literature with Film Studies, Joana’s career journey has taken her through...

30/09/2020

We both turned a year older over the weekend and just wanted to come on here and wish everyone a lovely week! Have a good one and stay safe.⁠⠀
Joana & Simon

21/09/2020

Meet your strategic creative team 👩🏻👨🏻⁠⠀
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Joana and Simon are the duo behind Just Say Marketing, a London-based brand studio and consultancy, focusing on:⁠⠀
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💻 Marketing and Content 📷⁠⠀
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📊 Strategy and Consulting 📋⁠⠀
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🖍️ Branding and Design 🎨

10/09/2020

How do we create a marketing strategy in a constantly changing world?⁠
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This is a question our clients ask us often, and that we think about a lot as business owners ourselves!
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We have spent the last few months helping brands with short- and longer-term marketing strategy and consulting businesses on marketing and sustainability. It's been a hard time for many, but we're lucky enough to be able to help others get through this time.
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We have a few essential pillars we stand by when creating a strategy, and they are especially true during hard times: ⁠

1️⃣ Think outside the box⁠: it takes some creative thinking to get people to listen, among a lot of other things that are demanding their attention! Creativity and out-of-the-box thinking pays off and gets you to think differently about your brand.

2️⃣ Be flexible: you have to be able to change things around in your editorial calendar, especially if something new comes up or if there are new regulations that might affect your business.

3️⃣ Leave some room to be reactionary⁠: no matter the times, memes and movements are still as common and fast-moving as they were before COVID.
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If you want to find out more about how we work about our 1-2-1 marketing strategy consultations, you can book a discovery call with us to see if we're a good match! DM us or email us on [email protected]⁠

05/09/2020

✨ What even is a "brand identity"? ✨⁠
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Every element of your brand should work in perfect harmony to show to your ideal client that it's the right fit for them. ⁠
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Your brand identity can be defined by everything - your logo, the shapes, colours and text that make up your brand, the communication, messages and visuals you put out online and offline.

Branding is all connected to psychology - and the psychology of colours specifically shouldn't be underestimated! Knowing how to use it to your advantage can really elevate your branding and content.

A brand designer will know how to utilise this to make sure that every part of your product, packaging, print or digital materials are recognisable and relevant.⁠
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We can help formulate the entire identity of your business through our Full Branding Package. No matter if you're about to launch or if you're rebranding, our streamlined process will create your Brand Bible. ⁠

Covering everything from:⁠
🖋️ messaging and tone of voice 📓⁠
🎨 to design and visual language 👩‍🎨⁠
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This process will help you get clear on what your brand is and why, where it’s heading and how!⁠
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Get in touch on [email protected] to find out more!

04/09/2020

😨 THE R-WORD 😨

Starting or running a business during an economic downturn can take up even more of your energy than usual, and we know that first-hand 🙋

Sometimes, you just can't do it alone. That's why we created our bite-sized packages to help you through uncertain times. For the places in your business where you can use just a little bit of extra support, like:
✏️ Content and marketing management
💻 Website and online shop creation and management

Or when you need someone to clearly guide you down the right path for your business, we offer:
🏁 Short-term marketing strategy and consulting

We'll help you streamline and strengthen your business and marketing, quickly, cost-efficiently and while focusing on the results!

Check out more about this here:

Our new introductory services to help future-proof your business during uncertain times. We understand this is a hard time for many businesses…But we don’t think that means you should stop improving your business or speaking to your customers. That’s why we are offering three special introduct...

03/09/2020

Getting back to the kitchen... or rather the photography studio! 🍩📸

We're experts in food and product photography and styling and we're dedicated to helping brands show up and shine in front of the right audience 🌟 If you're looking for some awesome images for your brand, we can help - DM us or email us ([email protected]) to chat more.

02/09/2020

How to make your business more eco-friendly?
The folks over at Startups, one of our favourite magazines, give you some great tips:

As we continue to work towards the government’s net zero emissions by 2050 commitment, businesses are naturally becoming increasingly aware of the need to be more eco-friendly. Other strategies, such as the Clean Growth Strategy, which aims to promote economic growth at the same time as decreasing...

15/04/2020

We've put together our top tips for moving your business online:
justsaymarketing.com/blog/how-to-move-your-business-online

15/04/2020

We were pleased to see this photograph from our shoot with KillaVanilla make it into The Guardian. We look forward to watching their business grow in the coming months!⁠

14/04/2020

Our friends at Circla.co.uk are offering some awesome care packages you can send to loved ones, full of great products. ⁠
We got familiar with the whole range when we did this photoshoot for them, so we would highly recommend checking them out!⁠⁠

06/04/2020

Happy Monday! If you can't quite get into the flow of the work week yet, our latest blog post wraps up some of our favourite apps that make a little easier, quicker and more efficient.
https://justsaymarketing.com/blog/working-from-home-our-favourite-apps-and-tools-for-remote-working

We have been working from home, either as employees or running Just Say Marketing for years. We are no experts and definitely some days are more productive than others, but there are aids and software that make it all easier, quicker and more efficient. With more people working remotely than ever