Strategic marketing planning and advice
Clear strategic recommendations, practical plans and senior challenge to help you choose the right direction and priorities.
Strategy & plans →Marketing consultancy · SMEs & technology
Your expert marketing business consultant.
Marketing director-level thinking and specialist support for SMEs and technology companies, without carrying the cost of the hire.
Agreed performance targets · engagements scoped by outcome, not by hours
A sample of Epitomise customers
The situation
A marketing plan is cheap. Holding one is not.
Owners rarely need another list of tactics. They need someone senior enough to say which of those tactics is worth the next quarter, and honest enough to say so when the answer is uncomfortable.
Epitomise works across the whole picture: strategy and plans, brand and value-based messaging, demand generation, product and service launches, sales channels, and the processes and people who have to run it all afterwards.
The work is scoped by outcome, not by hours, and it is designed to leave capability behind rather than a dependency.
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.
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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.
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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
The businesses Epitomise works with.
Sectors where the market, the buyer and the sales motion are already familiar.
- IT & ICT
- Managed services, cyber security, consulting, cloud, software applications, communications and IT support
- Electronics & engineering
- Design consultancy, hardware and software design, vehicle and machine electrification, EV charging design, process improvement, sustainability and manufacturing services
- Professional services
- Employee engagement, customer experience, human resource management, business process consulting, performance psychology and coaching
- Business to consumer
- Home technology, home extension plans, online doctors, national sports, domiciliary and social care, physiotherapy, cleaning, specialist food, personal care and specialist furniture
Most clients combine strategy with a defined piece of delivery, so the plan is tested rather than filed.
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.
- A strategic business consultant — when the brief goes past marketing.
- Marketing and growth consulting — the shape of a typical engagement.
- Strategic business marketing advice — advice at board level rather than campaign level.
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