History is littered with the remains of failed expeditions. From disastrous wagon trails to abandoned Artic missions, there is no shortage of stories of people who, more foolhardy than brave, set out to conquer new territory with little or no planning or expertise.

The period immediately after you come on board as a new Marketing Director is so critical. This is when you need to establish your authority, get your house in order and start proving you can do what you’ve been hired to do. 

We know that holiday reading time is valuable, and there's nothing worse than wasting your time and money on a book that you give up on after just a few pages,  so we've put together a list of five reads that come recommended by our team ... Happy Reading!

  Marketing is not a new concept. In fact, marketing as we understand it today actually began as far back as the Industrial Revolution of the late 18th and early 19th Centuries. Of course, although the basic concept hasn’t changed, the way in which we do marketing today definitely has. One of the more recent innovations is the advent of the part-time marketing director.

  To non-marketing people, marketing is a somewhat vague concept. Some people even go so far as to call it “fluffy.” It’s often perceived as a “nice to have” instead of the ‘mission critical’ function it actually is. Because clearly, marketing people do nothing more than play around all day on social media!