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Meet the team: Darren
Fellowship founder, Darren Hickey, has had a lively career following a range of creative pursuits. Aged 13 he got heavily into the hip hop scene – music, graffiti and breakdancing. In his early years he did graffiti commissions ranging from friends’ bedrooms to youth clubs...

How to increase E-commerce sales
The golden rule with eCommerce is to make it as easy as possible for people to buy from your website. This list of useful tips will increase conversions and generate more revenue from your online shop.

What’s your marketing problem?
What we do isn’t rocket science. Nor is it easy. If it was, there’d be a lot more businesses building brilliant brands and enjoying significant growth.

Brand your business to get you noticed
When you look at your business alongside the competition, does it grab attention? Or does it look much the same as others in your sector?

To make it big, think small
‘Think Small’ is arguably the greatest advertising campaign of all time. It’s how VW sold the Beetle – a small, ugly car beloved of nazi Germany – into a postwar America infatuated with Detroit gas guzzlers. The Beetle became a huge success and an enduring icon. And pa...

Rebrand or refresh – which is right for you?
Your brand is your reputation. It’s how other people think and feel about your business. As Jeff Bezos says, “Your brand is what people say about you when you’re not in the room.” You can’t control it. But you can improve it by managing the things you do that infl...

Isn’t it time your business took branding seriously?
Even some sizeable businesses think branding means little more than a new or refreshed logo. And that a simple design job ticks the branding box. Which means we marketers have failed to sell the importance and impact of a strong brand. Ironic, given we’re in the business of per...

Fellowship attend WordCamp London 2019 – The Annual WordPress Conference
As WordPress specialists, the Fellowship team recently attended WordCamp London 2019, for the third year running. Our Digital Account Manager Matt covers a range of topics from some of the sessions we attended.

How to make your business as special as a Spitfire
I took my son to the air museum at Duxford at the weekend. We marvelled at the Concorde, soaked in the atmosphere of the WW2 Operations Room and competed to see who has the faster reactions. (Modesty prevents me saying more.) After lunch in the café, we walked among the old p...

How to judge creative work
So, your agency/designer/copywriter just presented you with some new creative work. You’re feeling a little uncomfortable. It’s sort of interesting, but you don’t really like it. Not least because it’s very different from what you’re used to. While you dislike giving ne...

Why to avoid using third party WordPress themes and a suggestion on a much better alternative
If you know anything about Wordpress, you'll probably know that sites based on it use plugins and themes. Plugins are used to extend the core functionality of Wordpress and themes are used for the presentation (layout and styling) of the website. We love Wordpress here at Fellow...

Do you struggle with business strategy?
Relax. You’re not alone, many businesses struggle to develop a clear and cohesive business strategy. Don’t relax too much. This stuff really matters. I once asked the MD of a new client whether he had a business strategy. Back came the answer, “Our strategy is growth.” ...

Are you investing enough in building your brand?
“Your brand is the future cash flow of your business.” So says Tim Ambler, arguably Britain’s greatest marketer. A strong brand enables you to charge more for your products and services, ride out economic downturns and attract higher quality clients and staff. Yet, many bu...

Four ‘big brand’ lessons to boost your business
It would be easy to think ‘everyday’ businesses on a budget have little in common with how billion dollar brands tackle their marketing. But if you would like to attract more customers and outsmart the competition, then read our four 'big brand' lessons to apply to your business.

It’s not difficult to create a strong password
This blog post covers everything you need to know about keeping your passwords secure, along with some hard truths about how easily passwords can be hacked.