Square One Digital
Wick
Wick
The one thing I can’t stand? Annoying “experts” that lie about being able to help, who just waste your time and money. Yes - even the genuine experts have to deal with these guys and girls… Even as a youngster, I had one motto that stuck with me to this very day: If you’re going to do something, do it properly.
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What makes a great website?
A great website is aligned to a growth goal of your choosing. This could be improving design to increase the conversion rate of existing traffic or it could be to increase the volume or quality of traffic to your website; when there's a clear goal you can build a website that looks great, is easy to use and does a great job of getting site visitors to engage with you in the way you want them to.
What questions might you ask a client when starting a new project?
What is your current growth goal; if they can't answer that, we'll help them figure it out for free. As we offer branding, marketing, sales and tech we have no need to push clients down any one particular avenue, but it does also mean that we have to firstly work out which growth channels are best for the company. That could be SEO, it could be social media, it could be paid ads or automated lead generation - we want to get this right before anything else, so that we can make sure we deliver the results you want.
What do you love most about your job?
As the owner of a strategic growth agency, I love nothing more than to help companies experience happiness as a result of achieving their growth goals. Literally every other business owner or manager I speak to has had some kind of horror story and/or they're worried about being ripped off and wasting thousands of pounds. I really love it when we're able to restore their faith and show them a way forward where perhaps there wasn't one before.
What inspired you to start your own business?
The mediocrity of working in customer services for a major supermarket brand. I quickly grew frustrated when problems that were impacting both colleagues and customers could easily be solved but only wouldn't due to incompetent management and absurd politics. I loved the idea of complete freedom; being able to explore and implement any kind of strategy or solution that I thought would help; I knew I wanted to create a highly efficient company that treated everyone like they were family (the functional kind!).
Why should our clients choose you?
We give you access to an entire employed team of UK growth experts proficient in branding, marketing, sales and tech - all through a single point of contact. Over nearly 15 years I've worked in a commercial capacity in each of those four key areas and I spend my time creating growth strategies that my team, who are comprised of individual specialists, work hard to deliver on time and on budget.
We're one of the only growth agencies in the UK operating this way - don't confuse us for a marketing agency! - and we offer market leading guarantees that you just won't find anywhere else.
We're a fun team of experienced and ethical people who are proud of the work we do to support UK businesses and lower the business failure rate (currently around 80%!).
Can you provide your services online or remotely? If so, please add details.
Yes, we offer all of our services online/remotely and have done since 2017, so we're ahead of the curve when it comes to making remote processes work in a way that still allows us to work efficiently and build up relationships as we go.
Branding and Identity
Logos, brands, brand guidelines, identity creation, audience profiling, communication strategy and more.
Marketing and Sales
Let's get those leads and close those sales. We have in-house creative and technical expertise in marketing and sales campaigns. Reach out, automation, asset and content creation, SEO, copywriting, social media management and more.
Venture Building
Got some money saved up, know you want to launch a business but haven't a clue where to start?
We can help you as co-founders, with the option to part-pay in equity. We take care of everything from concept refinement and company formation to launch, your first £100k turnover and beyond.
(minimum budget: £10k)
Websites and E-Commerce
We specialise in premium, bespoke and branded websites that make people go "wow" and/or "Damn! I need this service/product!".
App Planning and Design
We help with the most important parts of any app project, the planning, UI/UX, branding, user journey, prototyping and general design.
When we're finished with our part, we'll connect you to one of our partners for a quote and to get started on development.
(coming soon: full in-house app development)
Mentoring and Coaching
Areas of mentoring/coaching I (Sean) specialise in:
Confidence, resilience, overcoming fears, personal growth, start-up strategy, direction, accountability, emotional support, professional support, planning and strategy, personal brands, brand/business/career pivoting, young founder mentoring and more.
Start-up and Launch Packages
All your startup needs in one fixed price package. Starting at £8.5k we can help you build a credible online presence to facilitate the launch of your new company.
