Strategic marketing planning and advice
Clear strategic recommendations, practical plans and senior challenge to help you choose the right direction and priorities.
Strategy & plans →Business consulting · Birmingham
Business consultant, Birmingham.
Strategy, priorities and the processes behind them — for Midlands SMEs and technology companies that want the next stage of growth decided rather than guessed.
A sample of Epitomise customers
The situation
Growth stalls on decisions, not on effort.
Most Midlands SMEs we meet are working hard on too many things at once. Two new markets, three service lines, a website rebuild and a recruitment plan — each of them defensible on its own, and together enough to make sure none of them lands.
A business consultant is worth having when the question is which of those to back, what to stop, and what evidence would tell you sooner that you were wrong. Epitomise brings senior judgement to that decision, then stays involved while the plan meets the diary.
Engagements are scoped by outcome rather than by hours: a defined piece of work with an agreed target, small enough to start on and specific enough to be someone’s job.
How we can help
Three ways in, and they combine.
Clients engage Epitomise in three complementary ways, choosing one service or combining them as their needs evolve.
Mentoring, coaching and training
Hands-on support that builds confidence, capability and best-practice ways of working across owners, leaders and teams.
Mentoring & training →Campaign delivery and implementation
Agreed marketing campaigns and execution support delivered within the scope, budgets and approvals we set together.
Campaign delivery →The Transform Accelerator
One framework, four stages, run as a quarterly rhythm.
Discover new opportunities in your business and sustainably increase revenue by following a trusted plan — manageable growth that respects today’s challenges and cash-flow constraints.
- 01 · Review
Get a new perspective on your business. Discover its value to guide the transform strategy.
- 02 · Focus
Identify and prioritise new ideas to design a manageable plan of action to transform your business.
- 03 · Implement
Empower your team, build new processes, create assets and deliver through the most effective channels.
- 04 · Optimise
Test and measure performance, optimising often to grow results and improve return on investment.
What clients say
Three clients, in their own words.
Have worked with Epitomise for over six years and very happy with the level of service they provide. Our marketing campaigns are providing more enquiries than we can handle. Luckily, they are always available to help tailor the marketing to suit our budget and month to month requirements.Anton Van Der WattDirector · Digital AV · quoted in 2021
Steve is a pleasure to work with. His extensive knowledge of marketing, and specifically in our sector, is impressive, and his structured and inclusive style worked well in getting us all to focus on what really makes the difference. I’d recommend him to anyone who is looking for real strategic advice and guidance that comes with practical and clear deliverables.Cindy PhillipsHead of Marketing · OGL
Steve clearly knows his stuff – his expertise, enthusiasm, fresh ideas and detailed research have helped take our strategic marketing to the next level. Very happy with the fantastic service from Epitomise.Michelle RobinsonMarketing Manager · Versinetic
- 16
- client engagements published in full, with the work shown
- Four
- sectors, from EV charging design to domiciliary care
- 11
- guides written and published
- 2017
- the year Epitomise was founded
Selected work
Three businesses that started with a plan, not a campaign.
A sample of engagements across IT services, audio-visual technology and architectural design.
IT services · Windows migration
APP Technology
A joint marketing plan, then successive campaign waves — website content, collateral, webinars, search and display — introducing APPtechnology’s new offerings and building a pipeline of new client opportunities.
Read the case study →
Audio, visual and data technology
Digital AV
A three-year business and marketing strategy, two websites — one commercial, one consumer — and a continuing campaign programme: 40 leads in the two months after the November 2018 launch.
Read the case study →
Architectural design
Escape Design
A strategic marketing plan, then website messaging and campaigns targeted service by service and place by place — 148 enquiries in a three-month snapshot.
Read the case study →Who we work with
Midlands businesses, and the sectors behind them.
IT and ICT
Managed services, security, consulting, solutions, cloud, software applications and IT support.
Electronics and engineering
Design consultancy, hardware and software design, vehicle and machine electrification, process improvement, sustainability and manufacturing services.
Business improvement
Employee engagement, customer experience, human resource management, consulting, performance psychology and coaching.
Consumer
Home technology, home extension planning, online doctors, national sport, domiciliary and social care, footwear manufacturing, physiotherapy, cleaning, specialist food, personal care and specialist furniture.
Free guide
26 marketing strategies to grow leads & sales in 2026
Hints, tips and best practices, including the strategies, approaches and tools Epitomise uses with clients.
Related
Related pages.
- Birmingham marketing consultancy — the marketing-specific version of this page.
- A strategic business consultant — the same service without the location.
- London — for work based in the capital.
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