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Covering a host of digital marketing trends, tips, and tricks along with the latest news from I-COM.

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Jun 23, 2025

How I-COM Celebrated EO Day 2025

At I-COM, we believe that being employee-owned is something worth smiling about - so for EO Day 2025, we decided to do just that.
May 15, 2025

Mental Health Week: Supporting Wellbeing in a Fast-Paced, Employee-Owned Digital Marketing World

In the digital marketing industry, the pace is fast, the deadlines are tight, and the demand for creativity is constant. As we mark Mental Health Week, it’s a timely reminder that amidst the targets and timelines, we need to prioritise the most important part of any campaign: the people behind it.
May 1, 2025

Share Your Smile: Celebrating EO Day 2025 with I-COM

Employee Ownership (EO) is all about collaboration, shared success and happiness. This year, for EO Day 2025, I-COM is embracing the #EOSmile theme with our own campaign called ‘Share Your Smile’.
Mar 26, 2025

Klaviyo’s B2C CRM Is Here

Klaviyo has launched its own full B2C CRM, and for anyone working in email marketing, this has the potential to reshape how we think about customer data, retention and personalisation.
Mar 14, 2025

Why Personalisation Is Important for Email Marketing

Learn how personalisation enhances customer experience, improves open rates and reduces unsubscribes. Learn about advanced strategies like dynamic content, behaviour-based triggers, and A/B testing, plus how tools like Klaviyo make personalisation seamless.
Google Business Profile and reviewsMar 13, 2025

Why Reviews Matter More Than Ever: Google’s New QR Code Update and What It Means for Your Business

As Google has rolled out an update to make leaving reviews easier, it is important that business owners understand why reviews are so important and ensure there is a clear strategy in place to collect and respond to them. 
Mar 12, 2025

Comparing Headless CMS Solutions: A Guide For Marketing Manager’s

Headless CMSs like Prismic, Contentful, Strapi, and Storyblok separate content from presentation, simplifying multi-channel updates. We compare ease, integrations, cost, GDPR, and why Prismic excels.
Feb 19, 2025

An interview with James Grice, Head of AI and Innovation at Lawfront

In December 2024, Lawfront appointed James as Head of AI and Innovation. With over a decade of experience at Eversheds Sutherland, James discusses his career and experiences
Answer engine optimisation on ChatGPTFeb 14, 2025

Answer Engine Optimisation (AEO): How to drive traffic from ChatGPT and other LLMs

In this guide, we’ll explore how AEO works, why it’s crucial for digital marketing success, and practical strategies to optimise your content for AI-powered search engines.
Feb 7, 2025

7 Marketing Trends for 2025

January is over and so is the season of media, marketing, and technology predictions - a perfect time to reflect and challenge opinions and beliefs. The trends highlighted below are extracts from a presentation at Warwick Business School on the 27th of January 2025. 
Jan 29, 2025

Happy 20th Birthday to I-COM!

In the world of digital marketing, it’s tempting to always be looking forward to the next big thing - but sometimes, it’s just as important to look back and reflect on how far you’ve come. In that spirit, we wanted to take a moment to celebrate I-COM’s 20th anniversary!
Dec 19, 2024

SEO Trends 2025: Key Strategies for Digital Success

In this blog post, we dive into the key SEO trends for 2025, including AI's growing role, zero-click searches and E-E-A-T. We share insights on adapting your strategy with diverse content and optimising beyond Google to stay ahead in the evolving digital landscape.
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Formed in 2005, we have grown to be one of Manchester's largest independent digital marketing agencies.

With a large in-house team of specialists we provide a range of digital services including web design, web development, digital marketing, SEO, branding, content marketing, PR and outreach, social media marketing and paid search marketing, we cover every digital marketing need you may have. Call on 0161 402 3170 or use the contact form to get in touch.