Four new CIM commendations

Our marketing, digital and communications study centre goes from strength to strength with high pass rates and commendations from CIM on the quality of our teaching. In addition to nesma’s fantastic pass rate of 96% ranging from Level 3 to Level 7 successes, the Awarding Body at The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) has commended North East Sales & …

Level 7 is the highest CIM qualification

Dan Kempin, Business Development Manager, ALE Offshore Services is one of our graduates from the CIM Marketing Leadership Programme, which is the CIM’s highest level qualification. Here’s what he said when we sent a note congratulating him on his achievement! It’s a weird feeling really, now it’s over. The funny thing is that I remember …

Think about this for an instant…

Are you missing out? Often when it comes to social media the main focus for a lot of businesses are Twitter and LinkedIn. However, not incorporating Instagram into your marketing strategy for 2019 would be a big mistake. As Instagram is an incredible storytelling tool that if handled correctly will help to create an emotional connection between consumers …

Meet Peter from The Auckland Project

Meet Peter Cumiskey part of the Marketing Team at The Auckland Project, a visitor destination in Bishop Auckland.  Tell us about your career journey so far? Shortly after graduating from university, I had a few internships including at Visit County Durham and New Writing North. My internship at New Writing North led to a part-time role …

What is the Value of Values?

Work with values? Isn’t that just soft? What we’ve learned is that the soft stuff and the hard stuff are becoming more intertwined. A company’s values – what it stands for, what it’s people believe in – are crucial to its competitive success. Indeed, values drive the business. Robert Hass, when CEO and Chairman of …

Top tips for maximising your success on Instagram

Do you have a business Instagram account that has been sitting dormant for months? Do you struggle to find strong visual posts? Don’t worry! Many businesses find it hard to create new and innovative content on social media. Often if you don’t have a dedicated social media manager within your company, platforms like Instagram are not seen as …

Find out which CIM courses qualify!

Good news! CIM is offering a 20% discount on all their training courses booked in January – And there are some great ones running in Newcastle that will qualify!  The discount (JAN20) applies to training running in January, February & March 2019. In Newcastle that will include; Managing Digital Marketing – 27/03/2019 Introduction to Customer Experience – …

Veronica is up for North East Champion

It’s that time again, time for the Glass Slipper Awards 2019 Where the achievements of inspirational women across the North East will be recognised at The Chronicle Sunshine Fund’s Glass Slipper Awards 2019. The headline sponsor this year is North and the afternoon awards ceremony will take place on Friday 22nd February 2019 at the Hilton Newcastle Gateshead. nesma boss, Veronica Swindale,  is absolutely delighted to be …

A New Year catch up with Kirsty

Veronica caught up with Kirsty Ramsey, Chartered Marketer and Senior Marketing Manager at Tait Walker at the beginning of the year to congratulate her on her successful graduation from the CIM Marketing Leadership Programme (Consultancy) in 2018. Tait Walker is a North East Accountancy firm with five offices across Newcastle, Durham, Teesside, Northumberland and Carlisle and Kirsty is responsible for …

There are a lot of firsts this month!

It’s been a great start to the year, and we have already had a lot of firsts this January! We have our first CIPR Professional PR Diploma cohort starting this week, which will enable our students to gain an advanced understanding of professional practice, including PR strategy and planning, content management, media and engagement, measurement …