Marketing and Advertising Cumbria

How to find new customers in Cumbria

Marketing, advertising & sales, are three of the most important aspects of any business, whether you are based in Cumbria or anywhere else in the word.

Without customers, there is no income, and therefore no business. However, there is plenty that you can do (and without spending a fortune) to make sure that your business has the best chance of success.

You will need to think about design, print, marketing materials, marketing strategy, advertising, how to find customers and how to keep them. This site is designed to help by highlighting the companies locally who can assist with your planning (see list of firms in Cumbria below) and by providing the business information that you need.

Can you help start-ups in in Cumbria?

If so, your logo, company details and link to your site could be here!

If you offer a product or service which could help existing local businesses and start-ups, we would love you to help you reach them. Our aim is to increase the chances of every new business's success by highlighting the help that is available in the area.

You can become our recommended local partner for only £10 per year!

Local partners

We are happy to promote anyone who provides a relevant product or service and is prepared to offer friendly support to local start-ups.

Our partners have been kind enough to help us and are keen to help you too.

Free Startup Guide

Download the 2026 edition of our FREE guide

An interactive step-by-step guide which also includes all of the most important subjects covered with links to useful articles and relevant contacts.

This guide explains the key start-up subjects in simple English and points to where you can find help and support.

More Information and instant download

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Free Marketing Resources

The following items are in our FREE start-up pack and can be download individually or as part of the whole pack, which you can download here.

How to Write Your First Marketing Plan

This easy to follow guide will help you consider how you are going to reach your market.

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200 Guerilla Marketing Weapons

Use this extensive list to help you choose from the many marketing channels that are available.

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Cumbria Marketing Professionals

FREE GUIDE - No Meeting, No Problem

A free ebook provided bty marketing agency Create, Engage. As traditional business development opportunities dry up, you need a way to keep the conversation going, so that you can still take on potential opportunities now, and also fill the pipeline for when the situation turns the corner, and we get back to normality. In this eBook we give you everything you need to do just that. We walk you through our Digital Marketing framework – something that we regularly charge clients thousands of pounds for – and give you the exact tactics you need to help you market effectively

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LocalDirect Limited

LocalDirect specialise in helping businesses and professionals effectively use mobile marketing to increase sales and heighten awareness of their business or organization. We offer a variety of services including text message marketing, mobile website creation, mobile strategy consultancy, integrated marketing campaign management, search engine optimization and more, which can all be tailored specifically to the needs of each client and carefully designed to complement and enhance their existing marketing. Unlike many of our competitors, we are first and foremost solutions focused rather than simply a service provider or a software company. Our products and services are designed with your customers in mind and we have a variety of strategies that we can use to make it easy for you to attract more customers, encourage repeat business from your existing customers and improve brand loyalty and general awareness of your business.

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