Let’s discuss using social proof in marketing your recruitment and search company today. What’s fascinating is many people forget that we live in a review society. When you’re thinking about what marketing strategies you could use, think about your behaviour and how you look at other people’s opinions before you make a purchase. Several things drive our purchasing behaviour. Not wanting to make a mistake. What do other people think about the service/product? How many people have used this service/product? What results have they got? Why Using Social Proof Works What’s fabulous is if you are ..read more

Today, I want to discuss how marketing specifically grows your recruiting and search business. I want to talk about this today because it has come up on several calls recently. As I mentioned in the podcast intro, how marketing works is a logical question, especially if you’ve never really done marketing before. Maybe you’ve always been somebody to whom business has come. You’ve worked with bigger clients, or you’ve been in a fulfilment role because vacancies have come to you. Then you’re probably wondering, “Why do I need to do marketing now? Or maybe you are wondering why other people are ma ..read more

Today, we’re talking about BD, Why it’s not working the way it was, and, of course, logically, some of the things you could be doing about it now. Before I get into that, if you’re new here, welcome; this is episode 416 of our podcast and blog post, so there are another 415 you can search through to find what you are looking for. You can search for any topic related to recruitment marketing, which will help you because it will bring up all the different posts and podcasts we have created. If lead gen is at the top of your mind, watch one of our on-demand trainings. There is one particular trai ..read more

I want to talk about planning today because we are coming to the end of Q1 and moving into Q2. As you know, I am a girl who likes to plan in 90-day cycles, so it is time for review and planning. 90-day planning was one of those amazing things I got from corporate life, and I have kept it along with many other things because you can do an awful lot in 90 days, and it focuses the mind. My experience is that sometimes you plan a year and forget what you must do in October and November. Yet you can have a great focus using a 90-day process we always teach. I wanted to talk about planning because I ..read more

Marketing funnels in the recruitment and search sector? Let’s discuss why they’re important in recruitment and some of the things that you could be doing differently to get better results. Let’s start with a definition. What is a Marketing Funnel? What is a marketing funnel? A simple top-line overview takes somebody from unawareness about you and your brand to awareness, to a level of engagement, to having a conversation, and to consider working with you. Finally, hopefully, I will work with you and shout all about you on LinkedIn and everywhere else about how good you are and that you are the ..read more

Here is a Superfast Circle case study you’ll enjoy. Today, we want to share what really is possible for a solo recruiter in a challenging tech market who is willing to do the work. Rachel Constant Taylor is the MD and owner of Constant Recruitment. She is a specialist Tech Recruiter with over 17 years of experience placing thousands of candidates in permanent roles. Rachel joined Superfast Circle last year because she wanted access to content to improve her brand awareness. Little did she realise all the other ways that being a member would improve her results. Our latest post includes her st ..read more

Today let’s talk Business Development (BD). BD takes time; not easy for a recruiter to appreciate, especially when it hasn’t been front of mind in the last few years. Recruiters can be quite impatient; be honest now; hold your hands up. I’m sure that many of you can relate to that. Here is the thing. When it comes to BD, people forget that inputs don’t always result in outputs as fast as we want, even though we try to convince ourselves that they will. The Impact Of The Last Few Years on BD Let’s put some context around this and what’s happened over the past few years when it comes to BD in th ..read more

Recruitment BD is on most people’s agenda this year. 2022 was an amazing year for many recruitment and search companies. After crazy Covid, everything felt easy; clients approached recruiters, and candidates weren’t hard to find. 2023 wasn’t quite the same, yet companies did the same things. So why weren’t the same BD strategies working? It’s a question many business owners and recruiters have found themselves asking. This week, we chatted with 20-year recruitment expert Ali Braid, the “Recruitment Trainer” who is passionate about business development. Ali talks about why the same strategies ..read more

Lessons from 2023 Every year I sit down and write my observations from the year. I like to call them ‘lessons’ in the valiant hope that I can do something about them or accept that life throws us the odd curve ball we aren’t always prepared for or expecting. What I have learnt then gives me the option to do things differently. This is what I am taking into 2024; I do a deeper dive into each one on the podcast 1. Put your health first always. 2. We have life AND business seasons; know when you are moving to the next one. 3. Always do more for your clients than they expect; such an easy win. 4 ..read more

I hope you had an amazing Christmas and a happy New Year. We decided to take a week off from the podcast and had an amazing time in Scotland. Some people like to know what we get up to, so we had a Christmas alone. The family was ticked off, not in that context, but ticked off before Christmas, and then we went up to Scotland. Ironic that we’re talking about cold outreach and campaigns; I saw an ad on Facebook a few months ago. We’d discussed going away for a break between Christmas and New Year. For various reasons, it hasn’t happened over the last few years, and then in August, this ad shot ..read more