Activ Marketing North Essex

Activ Marketing North Essex Professionally designed websites for small businesses and sole traders at affordable, fixed prices

We are a small company based near Great Dunmow who believe in going that extra mile for our clients. We won't bamboozle you with jargon to try and inflate our prices, we'll speak plain English and get to know your business so we can build you a website that works for you. We are straightforward and will always give you honest advice. We know we provide great value for money and will build you a website that not only looks good but is built and maintained in the right way too. If you already have a website we can help you raise it's profile on the internet and attract more visitors to it.

Autumn is often when local recommendations start doing the heavy lifting, as North Essex businesses gear up for a busy f...
22/10/2026

Autumn is often when local recommendations start doing the heavy lifting, as North Essex businesses gear up for a busy few months ahead.

We work with businesses across Great Dunmow, Braintree and Bishop's Stortford, and the pattern is the same everywhere: word of mouth often brings someone to your door, but what they find online decides whether they get in touch.

A recommendation only carries a business so far if the website or social media someone finds afterwards doesn't back it up.

Worth thinking about both sides, the local reputation you've built, and what it looks like from the outside to someone searching for you for the first time.

Fifteen-plus years of working together has taught us one thing above everything else: the businesses that do best are th...
20/10/2026

Fifteen-plus years of working together has taught us one thing above everything else: the businesses that do best are the ones who keep coming back to our marketing, not the ones who set it up once and forget it.

What's one thing in your own marketing you haven't looked at in a while? Tell us in the comments, we might have a quick tip.

More followers doesn't automatically mean more customers.It's one of the most common misconceptions we hear from local b...
15/10/2026

More followers doesn't automatically mean more customers.

It's one of the most common misconceptions we hear from local business owners, that a bigger following is the goal.

A smaller, genuinely engaged audience of people who are actually local, actually interested, and actually likely to buy from you will usually do more for a business than a large but disconnected one.

The better question isn't "how many followers do we have?" It's "are the right people seeing this, and are they doing anything as a result?"

Worth reviewing what you're actually measuring before assuming your social media isn't working.

We often notices the same thing when reviewing a business's online presence: a strong website, but a neglected Google Bu...
13/10/2026

We often notices the same thing when reviewing a business's online presence: a strong website, but a neglected Google Business Profile sitting right next to it.

Your Google Business Profile is frequently the first thing a potential customer sees, often before they ever reach your website. Opening hours, photos, and reviews all shape a first impression before a single click happens.

A few practical things worth checking this month: are your opening hours accurate for the season ahead? Have you responded to your recent reviews? Are your photos current?

None of this guarantees a higher ranking overnight, but a well-kept profile builds trust the moment someone finds you, and that trust carries through to your website and beyond.

Worth five minutes with your own profile this week.

When did you last test your own website enquiry form?We review a lot of local business websites, and a surprising number...
08/10/2026

When did you last test your own website enquiry form?

We review a lot of local business websites, and a surprising number have forms that quietly stop working, nobody notices until an enquiry goes missing.

Worth five minutes of your time before things get busy. Fancy a second pair of eyes on yours? Just ask.

Business owners often ask us the same question: where should we put our marketing budget first, SEO, paid ads or social ...
06/10/2026

Business owners often ask us the same question: where should we put our marketing budget first, SEO, paid ads or social media?

There isn't one right answer. It depends on what the business actually needs right now.

If people already know who you are but cannot find you locally, SEO usually deserves attention first. If you need enquiries quickly around a specific offer, paid ads can move faster. If you're building recognition and trust over time, social media plays the longer game.

The mistake we see most often is businesses trying to do all three at once, none of them properly. A smaller, focused effort on one channel will almost always outperform a stretched effort across three.

Before choosing, it's worth asking what your business needs this quarter: visibility, enquiries, or trust. That answer should decide where your time and budget goes.

Not sure which channel fits your business right now? We are always happy to talk it through.

We see the same thing every September with businesses across North Essex, from Great Dunmow to Braintree to Bishop's Sto...
24/09/2026

We see the same thing every September with businesses across North Essex, from Great Dunmow to Braintree to Bishop's Stortford. A quieter summer, then suddenly everyone's busy again and marketing gets squeezed into whatever time is left. The businesses that cope best tend to have support already in place before things get hectic, rather than scrambling to catch up once they're in the middle of it.

Does business pick up or quiet down for you as we head into autumn?

Book a call with Lisa here: [email protected]/" rel="ugc" target="_blank">https://bookings.cloud.microsoft/book/[email protected]/

Something we hear a lot from local business owners this time of year: "I know exactly what needs doing with my marketing...
22/09/2026

Something we hear a lot from local business owners this time of year: "I know exactly what needs doing with my marketing, I just haven't got the time to do it." That's honestly where we're most useful. Not just pointing out what needs sorting, but actually getting on and doing it, so it's off your plate. If that sounds familiar, let's have a chat.

What's the marketing job you know needs doing but never seem to have time for?

Book a call with Lisa here: [email protected]/" rel="ugc" target="_blank">https://bookings.cloud.microsoft/book/[email protected]/

18/09/2026

Nice email to finish the week..... Hi Lisa, that looks perfect, Many thanks.

Quick one for anyone who set up their Google Business Profile once and hasn't touched it since! Out of date hours, old p...
16/09/2026

Quick one for anyone who set up their Google Business Profile once and hasn't touched it since! Out of date hours, old photos, reviews that never got a reply. Small things, but they add up. It's an easy one to fix, and September's a good time to get it sorted before things get busy again.

When did you last look at your Google Business Profile properly?

Book a call with Lisa to talk through your local visibility: [email protected]/" rel="ugc" target="_blank">https://bookings.cloud.microsoft/book/[email protected]/

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