These issues are all too common for businesses small and large. The good news is you have just found the solution! I am Sarah Ainslie, a freelance marketing specialist, and I can offer your business a full range of creative marketing services, without the commitment of employing qualified marketing staff. Based in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, I work with businesses in Yorkshire and beyond to achieve their marketing objectives.

TAKE ACTION! Marketing your business is now more important than ever! In difficult economic times the temptation is to reduce spending and 'baton down the hatches'. The reality is that failing to market your business during a recession is the worst thing you can do. How do you expect to create sales if you are not communicating, engaging and motivating your customers to buy from you? What about your competitors? If they continue to market will you get left behind? If they don’t is this your opportunity to get ahead of the game? Research shows that companies that actively market their products and services during a recession are in a much stronger position when the economy starts to recover.

Do you have marketing cohesion or marketing confusion? Every organisation needs some kind of marketing strategy; do you have one? Perhaps you're conducting piecemeal activities with no real plan (and no real results to speak of) or maybe you're just not doing anything and hoping for the best?

Whatever you would expect an employed Marketing Manager to do, I can do – at a fraction of the cost! As a freelance marketing specialist and Chartered Marketer I can offer the full range of marketing services, from the creation of a strategy and plan to hands on tactical activities such as literature development, copy writing or online marketing. I can even mentor your in house staff to develop their marketing skills tailored specifically to the needs of your company.

Whatever your requirements I will work with you to put together the right marketing package, at a budget that works for you. I am here to offer whatever your business needs, when it needs it. Just think of me as your virtual marketing department – without the commitment of an annual salary!!