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Strategy & Consultancy

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Grow Your Business

From experience, we know that the most successful companies have a defined strategy behind them. It comes before everything. With this in place, and having understood your ambition, we can match your commercial purpose. Our team will work with you to understand your business, budget, and the marketing goals you’re aiming for. We can then devise and cost the best possible plan.

Strategy

As an integrated agency, we can draw on a whole range of expertise and insight to really maximise your investment. Your marketing strategy could contain anything from a PPC campaign to a TV ad, and everything in between.

We’ll explore and recommend a mix that will reach furthest, connect deepest and return the most. Our tried and tested approach means we ensure that every decision we make always ties back to the core aims of the campaign, and the strategy at the heart of your brand.

Marketing strategy and consultancy services are being developed at Vivid Creative.
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Consultancy

We know that not everyone needs an agency to do all their marketing for them. Sometimes all you need is an upfront strategy that allows you to unlock and maximise the ability of your internal team. At Vivid we provide an unbiased view, enabling you to audit and benchmark your current performance. Whether it’s a launch or a one-off campaign, our consultancy will help you to hone or deliver your strategy.

We offer senior-level consultancy that delivers:

  • One-off strategic projects, such as brand or campaign strategy
  • Audits, performance analysis and insights
  • Digital marketing training
  • Research and competitive intelligence
  • Reporting setups

As a truly integrated agency, our aim is to provide you with the best possible solution, shaped to exactly meet your needs.

 

Grow Your Business

How it works

1. Aim

Define the overarching business aims.
– Quantitate and/or qualitative aims
– How are we tracking against aims?

2. Analysis

Understanding the audience, market etc.
– Segment current audience and/or market
– Analyse micro & macro environments

3. Brand positioning & values

How do we achieve the overarching aim/s?
– Define target segments
-Define positioning, partnerships, process etc.

4. Measurement

KPI.
– Set KPIs
– Tracking requirements / platforms / framework.

5. Tactics

Channel selection & mix key campaigns, execution.
– Targeting for each target audience segment positioning & KPIs
– Budgeting

6. Results

Review & optimisation
– Reporting dashboard
– Attribution
– Brand metrics

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Read our Google Reviews

Maria Piastre - VP, Commercial and Trading

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Had the most amazing experience working with Vivid as our marketing agency during my tenure as CEO of Metallix Refining. They are able to interpret and showcase your brand on a creative, engaging and innovative way. Would not hesitate engaging them over and over again.

Jonathan Billing - Head of Strategic Marketing, Jigsaw24

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I've worked with Vivid for a number of years and they've always delivered.

Giles Polito - Fractional Marketing Director

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I have worked with Gerry and the Vivid team for over 20 years and would recommend them to businesses who want to elevate their brand and drive growth. They are creative and commercial in a very balanced way. They know when the project needs greater creative flare and know when to really focus on ROI. From a Bridgedale repositioning to Rohan retained campaign work and Cycle King digital marketing, the Vivid have always delivered.

George Burtoft - Sustainability Analyst ​​​

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We wanted to completely revamp our old sustainability brochure, and tasked Vivid to create a new strategy document from scratch. Vivid perfectly captured our brand’s vision and turned our long-complicated text and statistics into a stunning, visual, easy to follow document. We’ve received fantastic feedback from our customers, and we couldn’t be happier with the final result!

Edward Thatcher - CEO, Endeavor 

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Working with Vivid Creative and Gerry has been an absolute pleasure. To help sustain and grow our charitable work, we deliver team development and leadership programmes to commercial businesses. Over recent months Gerry and the Vivid team have generously provided pro-bono support to strengthen our branding, communications and reach into this market.

Andy Irvine - Partner, Shorts Chartered Accountants

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A great team with real skill, commitment and specialist knowledge. They have helped take our marketing to a whole new level. Highly Recommended !

Mel Pengelly - Managing Director, AIT3CH

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I have been working with Vivid for over 18 months now. I sat with Gerry and his team to create our branding and website from the outset of my AI startup. Having a marketing background myself I knew how hard it was to find a company that actually listens and interprets your needs. Well I found them. Vivid Media. Branding helps create not just an image of a company but sets out what journey for that company if it’s done right.

Robert Newton - Head of Marketing, Symphony Group PLC

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Gerry, Jon, Ben and the wider team at Vivid has been helping drive forward our marketing activities for many years now. Their creativity, design ideas, branding and all round marketing support has really elevated our brands. Thanks to the team there for all your great work.

Scott Devonshire - Marketing Director, DURO Yokota

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The highest quality marketing agency. Creative, knowledgeable, confident in taking you in the direction you need to go, deliver results that can drive your company forward as they have done with mine. Highly recommended to anyone looking to take their marketing to the next level, or starting from scratch - either to use Vivid as a sole external source or to work along side an existing marketing team.

Steve Davidson - Digital Marketing Manager, Close Brothers 

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I had the pleasure of working with Vivid Creative during my time at Close Brothers, and I can confidently say the team consistently delivered exceptional work across every campaign we collaborated on. Their creativity, responsiveness, and attention to detail made them a trusted extension of our marketing function. From campaign support through to delivery, the Vivid team always brought fresh ideas, strong strategic thinking, and a genuine commitment to achieving the best possible outcomes.

Strategy Consulting Frequently Asked Questions

  • What is marketing strategy consultancy?

    Marketing strategy consultancy helps organisations identify opportunities, solve marketing challenges and create clear plans for growth. It combines research, insight and strategic thinking to guide decision-making and improve marketing effectiveness.

  • Why would a business use a marketing strategy consultant?

    Businesses often work with marketing strategy consultants when they need an independent perspective, specialist expertise or support with complex marketing decisions. Consultancy can help clarify priorities, improve performance and align marketing with wider business objectives.

  • What does a marketing strategy consultant do?

    A marketing strategy consultant analyses markets, audiences, competitors and existing activity to identify opportunities and challenges. They then provide recommendations, frameworks and action plans designed to improve marketing performance and support business growth.

  • How is marketing consultancy different from marketing execution?

    Marketing consultancy focuses on analysis, planning and strategic advice, while marketing execution involves delivering campaigns and activities. Consultancy helps determine what should be done and why, whereas execution focuses on implementation.

  • What should be included in a marketing strategy review?

    A marketing strategy review typically examines audience insight, market positioning, competitor activity, channel performance, messaging, customer journeys, budgets and measurement frameworks. The aim is to identify strengths, weaknesses and opportunities.

  • How can marketing consultancy improve business performance?

    Marketing consultancy helps organisations make more informed decisions about investment, channels, messaging and audience engagement. By identifying opportunities and addressing inefficiencies, it can improve both marketing effectiveness and commercial outcomes.

  • When should a business seek marketing strategy consultancy?

    Businesses often seek consultancy support when entering new markets, launching products, repositioning a brand, reviewing performance or developing long-term growth plans. It can also be valuable during periods of change or transformation.

  • What is market positioning and why does it matter?

    Market positioning defines how a business wants to be perceived relative to competitors. Strong positioning helps organisations communicate their value more clearly and gives customers a compelling reason to choose them.

  • How do consultants measure marketing effectiveness?

    Marketing effectiveness is measured using objectives and KPIs that align with business goals. Common measures include awareness, engagement, lead quality, conversions, customer acquisition costs and return on investment.

  • What makes an effective marketing strategy?

    An effective marketing strategy is built on audience understanding, clear objectives, strong positioning and measurable outcomes. It should provide direction while remaining flexible enough to respond to changing market conditions and business priorities.

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