As you might expect, I get a lot of queries about marketing strategies. The most common is why a particular plan is not working for an individual or business.

Of course, this a big question, much along the lines of how long is a piece of string?

Most failing marketing strategies tend to have common problems associated with them, however. Here are my 6 reasons your current marketing strategy isn't working:

1. Your marketing strategy is not coherent

By coherent, I mean it doesn’t have joined-up thinking. All parts of your marketing strategy should fit together like a glove and each part needs to have a specific purpose and each part should compliment others.

You need to have a firm goal for what you want your marketing to achieve:

• Do you want to generate more leads?
• Build your brand visibility?
• Create a promotion?
• Support customers, who have bought your product or hired your service?

 Check out my quick guide on the 6 essential elements your marketing strategy needs

Social media can be complex and challenging at the best of times - planning activity, creating content, connecting and engaging.

So how do you know if you're using the most appropriate social network?

How do you know if the platform you're using to promote your brand, products or services is the 'right' social channel for your business?

Here are my 5 quick tips for helping you to decide which are the best social channels for your business.

1.  POPULARITY - does the network have many subscribers?

Unless it’s truly niche to your offering, be mindful of marketing your business to a smaller, unknown social network.

2.  AUDIENCE – does your target audience use the network?

No brainer!!

Pointless creating great content if your target audience won’t see it.

3.  COMPETITORS – do your competitors use the network?

Competitor research is essential if you want to grow your business – and define your USP!

What are they posting?
Are they getting much...