A massive congratulations to all the other fantastic teams taking part in Startup Newcastle this weekend at Newcastle University Business School. I’d never tried mentoring start-ups before but really enjoyed it and I’ve come away still buzzing and feeling so happy for all the teams involved. Brilliant ideas, great people with some real energy and inspiration. [...]
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Making the first move with Caroline Theobald
February 1st, 2012 
Vicki Stone In my view a lot of the talk around ‘the art of networking’ is a lot of phoey –dreamed up by expensive consultants. Networking is about making the most of yourself and your business wherever you are and whoever you meet. It’s not a black art or a learned magic – it’s about doing your [...]
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Tags: Bridge Club Ltd., Caroline Theobald, netoworking, Vicki Stone Marketing 
No Comments »Shy birds get nowt – tweeting for business
January 4th, 2012 Vicki Stone Twitter is a great tool for building your brand awareness (for new and existing businesses big or small); you can create loyal followers who often refer businesses to you and is an easy to use tool to drive traffic to your site and/or blog. Twitter can also help raise awareness of your new products and services [...]
Posted in industry, marketing, news, social media Tags: blogging, Twitter for business, Vicki Stone Marketing 1 Comment »Marketing agencies in Newcastle
April 23rd, 2011 Vicki Stone At Vicki Stone Marketing we’ve worked in big Advertising and Design Agencies in the Midlands in our previous lives. Agencies like http://www.cogent.co.uk/, http://www.palmerhargreaves.com/ http://www.parenthesis.co.uk/. We’ve worked on big brands like National Express, Denby, Rightmove, Ford of Britain, Department for Education & Skills, with lots of marketing managers, directors, commercial directors and MD’s. We know that having a [...]
Kick start your business leads in Jan 2011
December 22nd, 2010 Vicki Stone As well as effective design and digital media, Vicki Stone Marketing also works on sales lead generation campaigns with lots of our clients across the North East.
We didn’t WIN
November 20th, 2010 Vicki Stone We were delighted to be a finalist at this year’s North East Women Entrepreneur of the Year awards 2010 for best home based business. So, we bought the tickets, the spotty dress, the lovely red shoes and matching handbag, got Mr S. in a tux, the kids off to granny’s, and there we’re sat, watching [...]
My top 5 business networks in the North East
November 1st, 2010 Vicki Stone There are lots of business networks across the North East. Here are my top 5 which I’ve found to be very fruitful
Posted in events, industry, marketing Tags: business clubs, business networking, face to face networking, networking 1 Comment »
