What’s the difference between strategic and tactical marketing?

What’s the difference between strategic and tactical marketing?

Marketing efforts involve a blend of strategy and tactics, but these terms are not interchangeable. Understanding the distinction between strategic and tactical marketing can help businesses plan and execute more effective campaigns. Strategic marketing Strategic...
Sales and marketing: the perfect match

Sales and marketing: the perfect match

The sales and marketing functions in your business both play crucial roles: Marketing attracts new leads to an organisation and improves brand image and visibility Sales nurture those leads and turn them into customers Traditionally viewed as distinct entities with...
Tips to help you achieve marketing success

Tips to help you achieve marketing success

What might be considered as a successful marketing campaign? In our experience, a successful marketing campaign effectively engages your target audience, drives brand awareness and meets or exceeds key performance indicators, such as increased sales, website traffic...
7 reasons to schedule regular 121’s in your diary

7 reasons to schedule regular 121’s in your diary

No doubt you’re familiar with networking events; you see them promoted on a regular basis for business communities to come together in large or intimate groups either face-to-face or online.  Inevitably, those larger format gatherings lead to more personal one-to-ones...
How to choose your company’s brand colour palette

How to choose your company’s brand colour palette

At OCTOPUS, we’ve worked on a plethora of brand projects in recent months. What we love about branding is creating a company personality that resonates not only with the product or service offering and target audience, but also with the company owner who will...