Orchard Marketing Associates Review

Sarah and I have worked together on many projects for a diverse range of clients and it is always an enjoyable experience. Sarah is professional, committed, knowledgeable and thorough in her approach to marketing adding value for the client is always her focus. She respects the experience and expertise of fellow professionals, and is also great fun to work with.

I attended a Social Media Content workshop hosted by Sarah this week and it was brilliant. Informative, engaging and inspiring. Sarah knows her stuff and gave us some brilliant insights and information along with an excellent workbook. Thank you Sarah - I can't wait until the next workshop.

We have a 4 year business relationship with Sarah and her excellent contact base. She has created, over that time, a multi channel marketing presence for us, culminating in the launch of our new website in the summer. The site was a finalist in the National Online Recruitment Awards and it is all down to Sarah! Sarah takes a project from start to finish, with great attention to detail and uses her skills and those of her contacts to deliver consistently excellent results on time and to spec. Using Sarah has been one of my best business decisions in the near 20 year life of our firm!

I can strongly recommend Sarah as an adviser and have recent and genuine experience of using her services. Before choosing Sarah I contacted two other advisers from the Government's 'online marketplace' as a comparison, and Sarah s professionalism, enthusiasm, intelligence and sincerity stood out from the rest.

Sarah assisted me with a marketing strategy and I am confident that with Sarah s input and recommendations my business will be in a much stronger position than before. I would also like to continue with Sarah s services at the end of the consultancy which is testament to Sarah s delivery.

Throughout the consultancy Sarah has been really perceptive. She quickly understood my business and its challenges and gave me sensible and straightforward advice. Thank you Sarah.

Sarah is an extremely knowledgable marketing consultant and working with her is rapidly improving my understanding. She is honest in her feedback, but supportive in her recommendations. I am looking forward to my next session on Google Analytics.

The Marketing Review I had with Sarah gave me a clear and realistic marketing 'to-do' list that is starting to have an impact on growing my business. And I really enjoy blogging and promoting my business now that I know what I am doing!!! I am thrilled with the outcome of the website and have received some really positive comments. I can't recommend Sarah highly enough for any small business owner who needs to clarify what marketing they SHOULD be doing or a start-up business needing to hit the ground running.

Sarah helped me get my gardening business of the ground by putting together a free website that was available at the time for new businesses. She created some superb graphics and text and made the website very attractive and personal in no time at all.

Sarah also showed me how to quickly upload new photo's onto a "before & after" page that showed my gardening projects off very effectively. A brilliant idea if you ask me!

Without any effort on my part, three years later, the phone still rings regularly from people finding my website.

Thank you Sarah!

Prior to hiring Sarah, we fumbled around with a number of half-baked marketing ideas but no real strategy or coherent approach to marketing our services. Sarah listened very carefully to what we do, where we want to go and what we want our marketing to achieve and helped us to develop an excellent marketing strategy that is perfectly in tune with our business values. I only wish we had found Sarah sooner

I have been working with Orchard Marketing Associates for well over two years now. I first contacted Sarah because I wanted to totally rebrand my business and the whole experience of working with Sarah was one of total professionalism. Sarah took time to understand my business and my clients and then guided me through the whole process of new name, new logo, new website and so on.

I have no hesitation in recommending Orchard Marketing Associates to anybody that needs help with their marketing. Sarah is extremely approachable and her understanding of marketing in this high tech, fast moving world is second to none.

I approached Sarah to assist in guiding the growth and expansion of my small business. Her marketing action plan helped me clearly see areas where I can improve and how to best apply the limited resources available to me. Her initial review of my business' marketing impact was eye opening and very informative.

Starting your own business can be very daunting but having someone you can trust to guide you in your marketing and get it right first time is so invaluable. Sarah is just that! She will make sure you don't make any expensive marketing mistakes. She really knows her stuff and can put you in touch with the right web designers and other great people to help you. I'm delighted with my new website and I know exactly what I need to focus on in terms of the marketing, thanks to Sarah.

Sarah Orchard has been extremely helpful to my business - I had my initial marketing review with her at the beginning of the year and she knew exactly what I needed to do to market to my target audience (she even helped me find who my target audience was) and how to do it. She's also helped me with blogging and networking with potential new clients, and also clients of hers! The visitors to my site have now gone up considerably with her help. She is always on hand if I have any questions or need more help. I cannot recommend her highly enough.

Sarah Orchard
Sarah gave me marketing advice on the introduction of a new line of photography under the growth Vouchers scheme.
It is safe to say that I have rarely been more motivated or excited in my whole life than I was at the end of our discussion, and again when reading the marketing strategy document she prepared for me.
I had given a considerable period of thought to the idea of introducing equine photography to my existing professional photography portfolio, and had some ideas about the first steps I should take.
I had been a horse mad youngster but had little connection with the horse world in my adult life except through occasional riding lessons to re-engage the interest I had always had from my earliest days.
Sarah agreed with the preliminary ideas, as far as they went, and then shaped them and expanded hugely on the plan I had in mind, offering to make contacts for me to follow through and explaining in detail how the horse world is structured and how it functions.
Even having started to see the scale of the challenge ahead of me I am still fizzing with excitement at what could be done, and so eager to get going that small interludes for holidays and pre-booked weekends away almost seem like a nuisance to be hurried away so I can get on with what is stirring in my thoughts and dreams.
Probably the most telling moment in our whole discussion was when she asked me to say why I wanted to do this type of photography and emotion completely overwhelmed me - so much that I could hardly speak. That was enough of an explanation for Sarah who understands horses well and knows the passionate devotion they can engender within people.
Sarah s clarity and the guidance of her marketing strategy document has focussed my attention in the right places and promises to make my activities more targeted and effective than I could ever have hoped without her advice.
On a more mundane level Sarah was the first person I approached through the Growth voucher site who responded to my approach, and was incredibly helpful and flexible about meeting, as well as being prompt in delivery of the report she had promised. She is a true professional, but for me it is important that she also shares my passionate interest in horses.

Working with Sarah has always been a pleasure for us at Silvertip Films, she knows exactly what her clients need, gets them the best marketing available and gets them seen by people - which is the most important thing. Shooting a video for her clients is always a smooth process as we know what she wants from us, to give her clients the best usage of video.

Geoff Cockwill, Director at Silvertip Films

I contacted Orchard Marketing Associates on the advice of a good friend and have certainly not been disappointed.

Sarah Orchard has provided me with the most professional and expert advice regarding how to set up my new business. She has provided a very comprehensive but bespoke service to suit my current needs, and has also provided me with a easy to follow longer term approach that will support my growing business needs.

I have thoroughly enjoyed working with Sarah and can only applaud her integrity, and how she truly cares about guiding and supporting her clients.

Sarah takes the time to thoroughly get to know and understand want you want to do - even if you are not quite sure yourself!

Sarah has really helped to shape and structure my thinking regarding the product I want to offer and how I can realistically do that.

I found her services to be very good value for money and her enthusiasm and passion priceless!

Before I started working with Sarah, my website wasn t generating the leads my business needed to grow. After a half-day marketing review workshop with Sarah, the changes recommended have transformed my website s performance. It is now More