Creative Marketing Services turns 40!
17/03/2022
This St Patricks Day marks the 40th anniversary of Creative Marketing Services!
Creative Marketing Services rise in Prolific North Top 50
10/01/2020
Creative Marketing Services have moved up three places to 33rd in the 2020 edition of the Prolific North Top 50 Integrated Agencies, the benchmark ranking for the North's leading multi-faceted creative agencies.
Creative Marketing Services win major communities marketing contract
26/07/2019
Creative Marketing Services have won a major contract to provide marketing for a community integration initiative being launched by City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council.
From Newspapers to the World-Wide Web. Let’s get it right.
02/07/2019
From Newspapers to the World-Wide Web. Let’s get it right.
Video content in 2019 - How video is continuing to grow
11/06/2019
In 2019, video content is still on the up. There’s just no getting away from the fact that video content is the way forward. As a marketer, whether you’re concerned with a small company or major brands, it’s important to keep on top of the latest developments.
SEO can’t die?
29/05/2019
SEO can’t die, can it? You might be surprised to hear us ask that question, but when you’ve been in marketing as long as we have you get to understand how quickly everything can change.
The Best Content Marketing Process [2019]: Ultimate Guide
08/05/2019
We’ve all heard the phrase ‘content is king’. This remains as true as ever in today’s online marketing world. What is not true is that it’s enough to create the best content possible. You also need...
CMS Strengthens Team with a New Digital Marketing Executive
02/05/2019
Creative Marketing Services has further strengthened its award-winning digital team with the appointment of Josh Kennon as Digital Marketing Executive.
Get to know your athlete [Rachel]
17/04/2019
An all exclusive interview with Creative Marketing Services' very own Rachel.
CMS attend their sixth year at the Visual Media Conference in Leeds.
16/04/2019
The VMC showcases all things digital and marketing related, we have played a major part in the development...
The Top 5 Subscription Box Companies [2019]
09/04/2019
Over the last decade or so, the simple concept of having a small box of products delivered to your door once a month has really taken off...
What is Article 13 and how will it Affect the Internet?
27/03/2019
Everyone’s been talking about Article 13 and the way it will affect the internet. As with any major news story, there’s a lot of...
Web Development Trends for 2019 [UX]
13/03/2019
The way it looks and feels is constantly moving because web development is progressing all the time. We’re now finding that web pages look out of date in a matter of months, not years...
Where did it all go wrong for Facebook?
26/02/2019
It’s one of those companies that’s become so much a part of our everyday lives that we can’t help but feel moved by it. Every single news story that we read about provokes some kind of strong emotion.
How to: Recruit Staff Without Search Agency Fees
07/02/2019
If you go back a decade or so, recruiting staff was relatively straight forward. You placed a job advertisement in the local newspaper...
5 Digital Marketing trends that you need to know [2019]
21/01/2019
What are the new digital marketing trends for 2019? What new tech is crucial for your company to understand in the year ahead?
CMS were at The Future of TV Advertising Forum
09/11/2018
Creative Marketing Services were at The Future of TV Advertising Forum this week sharing insights and absorbing the latest research into TV advertising effectiveness.
Channel 4 is moving to Leeds!
31/10/2018
Creative Marketing Services is part of All in. Leeds. And we are so delighted that channel for has chosen Leeds as their city to set up their new HQ’s.
CMS attend the IoD Mastermind event
02/10/2018
Creative Marketing Services MD Andrew Batty was one of the ten 'board members' invited to the inaugural Institute of Directors Mastermind event that the IoD launched in Leeds last night.
How Video Content Marketing Can Improve Your Brand
14/09/2018
If you’re not using video yet for your content marketing, then you’re failing to take advantage of one of the most powerful online tools currently available for businesses.
Mobile Marketing: Why You Need to Begin Before it’s Too Late
04/09/2018
In recent years there’s been a definite shift in the way we all use the internet. It’s gone from primarily laptop and desktop browsing to mainly browsing using our smartphones.
Creative Marketing Services makes senior digital appointment
03/09/2018
Creative Marketing Services has further strengthened its award-winning digital team with the appointment of Davis Tarvans as Digital Marketing Consultant.
Why Digital Marketing is Essential for Building an E-commerce Brand
28/08/2018
When it comes to building an e-commerce brand, digital marketing is not an optional extra: it’s absolutely crucial.
SO, YOU’RE NEW TO DIGITAL MARKETING?
13/08/2018
If you’re new to digital marketing then let us welcome you to this wonderful world!
CREATIVE MARKETING SERVICES SUPPORTS LEEDS PRIDE 2018
06/08/2018
For the last couple of weeks rainbow phone booths, road crossings, flags and colourful building walls have been popping up all over Leeds City Centre and the surrounding area in preparation for one of the most inclusive and colourful events that take place in the heart of Leeds – Leeds Pride!
WHY YOU SHOULDN’T IGNORE YOUR SEO
02/08/2018
You can’t just ignore SEO because if you do, you’ll fall behind the competition. It might seem like a slightly unknown world, but it’s really not so bad once you get to understand it….
YORKSHIRE DAY AT CREATIVE MARKETING SERVICES
01/08/2018
Yorkshire Day is upon us once again, a time to celebrate all things great about the county – although, for some, every day is Yorkshire day.
CREATIVE MARKETING SERVICES JOIN NORTHERN POWERHOUSE PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMME
23/07/2018
Creative Marketing Services have joined a network of like-minded organisations promoting the regional economy as part of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership Programme.
How Emojis have changed the way we communicate
17/07/2018
Today is the day we celebrate emojis, as it’s the international emoji day. They are everywhere, our obsession with them started with mobile phones whilst sending and receiving text messages.
GOOGLE ADWORDS RE-BRAND FOR BEGINNERS
16/07/2018
Google is re-branding its advertising products on the 24th of July. The organisation which is the accepted market leader search engine, is changing the way its advertising products are named, described and branded.
How to build your brand through Instagram stories
09/07/2018
Visual content is becoming more powerful than ever on social media. As the use of phones and tablets has grown, so has our urge to share our lives through images and videos. We have always been told to put our best selves out there, because once its out there it stays out there. Well at least until now, with the rise of new ways to share content with a 24-hour lifespan that encourages sharing in a more authentic way.
CMS were the guests of the Consul General of Pakistan
03/07/2018
We were invited to be part of a select group of Yorkshire businesses and public figures invited to the Consulate of Pakistan’s Garden Party this week by the Consul General Ahmed Amjad Ali.
Google's Speed update: Should you panic?
03/07/2018
The search algorithms of Google have gone through plenty of changes this year, from the rumoured update on the 20th of February to the first Mobile-First index roll-outs. For Summer, Google has confirmed an update which could affect your site.
CMS expands digital team with two appointments
26/06/2018
CMS has expanded its digital team with the appointment of Owen Liddell as Digital Operations Manager and Reece Vardy as Web Developer.
CMS super-slimmers shed 20 stone!
25/06/2018
CMS is an established heavyweight in Yorkshire’s marketing scene, but the agency has become considerably lighter in body weight following some spectacular success in a collective slimming programme.
Clean Air Day 2018: How CMS does their bit
21/06/2018
Are we the greenest marketing agency in Leeds?
CMS at SearchLeeds 2018!
18/06/2018
As for any business, education and progression are key, especially in the rapidly ever-changing digital world. And this year for us at CMS we are driving our digital side of work at full force! This year we are aiming to push the SEO side of our work much further to provide our clients the fullest experience to develop their site’s online visibility.
STEVEN EXCELS THROUGH CMS PLACEMENT
25/05/2018
At Creative Marketing Services we’re proud of the strong links we have with universities in general and Leeds trinity in particular. In fact, we’ve been taking -and hiring -students from Leeds Trinity for thirty years.
CONTENT IS KING IN A POST GDPR WORLD
17/04/2018
With GDPR putting pressure on databases, content marketing is the sure safe area to boost your reach.
HOW TO SET A MARKETING BUDGET
06/04/2018
There are two popular ways to set a marketing budget. One by percentage of turnover, the other by the likely cost of the task in hand.
FURTHER GRANTS AVAILABLE FOR DIGITAL MARKETING
03/04/2018
Grants are available from mid-April to develop or improve your website through Creative Marketing Services.
CELEBRATING OUR 36TH BIRTHDAY!
17/03/2018
A marketing agency only lasts 36 years by having lots of long-standing clients. Clients stay because the work works.
OUR CLIENTS, HORACE AND HIS FRIENDS – GROW AND THRIVE AT CMS
14/03/2018
This is one of our ducks. Let’s call him Horace. Each year Horace comes back to the Creative Marketing Services duckpond (we’re based in a large old farmhouse close to J46 M1 at Leeds).
HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR EMPLOYER BRAND AND ATTRACT TOP TALENT
12/03/2018
Those employers who have the most success attracting and retaining great people get several factors right. Let us share some with you.
DIGITAL TEAM VACANCIES
05/03/2018
We’re expanding our young award-winning digital team following a number of new account gains so we have a variety of opportunities for talented experienced digital team players and graduates.
OUR OWN RACHEL – IN THE RUNNING FOR PRESTIGIOUS AWARD
02/03/2018
Rachel has been shortlisted for an award at The Running Awards for her running blog – Rachel made the Top 12 in the UK. The Awards take place 19 April, at Indigo at The O2 in London.
HOW NIKE CAPTURED THE SPIRIT OF LONDON’S YOUTH
23/02/2018
Nike released “Nothing Beats A Londoner” just a couple of weeks ago and they have again shown that they are continuously creating inspiration global advertising campaigns for all to enjoy.
Belgian multinational Bekaert is one of four new clients this January for Creative Marketing Services
01/02/2018
The CMS team has been busy working on a major internal comms initiative being unveiled to UK staff. Yesterday saw the launch of Bekaert's, BeCare UK, Health and Safety event.
CMS ADDRESS HR BUSINESS SEMINAR ON EMPLOYER BRANDING
11/09/2017
CMS Marketing Director, Andrew Batty, was a guest speaker at a seminar on Employer Branding for HR Business Leaders in Leeds on September 7th.
SUMMER IS ALMOST HERE
23/05/2017
We’re already half way through May and 2017 has been an exciting time so far at CMS.
CMS LEAD IN CHARITY, NOT-FOR-PROFIT AND THIRD SECTOR MARKETING
08/11/2016
Creative Marketing Services are at the Charity Buying Group’s Annual Conference and Exhibition today at City Hall, London addressing charity marketing issues for a wide range of charities.
WE WERE ON THERE FOR LEEDS TRINITY’S 50TH
13/10/2016
Leeds Trinity University is fifty years old since it began life at Trinity College and All Saints College in 1966. To mark the occasion, friends over those years were invited to afternoon tea on the terrace of the Houses of Parliament on October 12th including our MD Andy Batty.
IT’S A NEW DAY, BUT WILL THERE BE A TOMORROW?
02/03/2016
The New Day, Trinity Mirror’s new print newspaper, released its first edition this week on the 29th February.
SUPERBOWL 50 BRANDS PROVING TO BE A CATCH!
04/02/2016
With the Superbowl 50 fast approaching on Sunday 7th February, brands have been leaking teasers of the big money advertisements they have been preparing for months.
HOMEBASE TO REBRAND AS BUNNINGS! BUT WHAT WILL THEY GAIN?
25/01/2016
An injection of £242 million will see the Homebase brand transform in to Bunnings, aiming to gain a foothold once again in the DIY market.
MORRISONS JUMPS ON THE NEW LOGO BANDWAGON
27/10/2015
Earlier in the year we saw Google update their typeface on their world renowned logo and it seems that other nationwide brands have decided to follow suit and jump on the new logo design bandwagon too.
FACEBOOK LAUNCHES NEW EMOJIS
19/10/2015
Since the launch of the Facebook ‘like’ button in 2009, many users of the social networking site have demanded a ‘dislike’ button, and in September this year, speculation occurred that these demands may finally be met.
WHO’S LOOKING FORWARD TO THE JOHN LEWIS CHRISTMAS ADVERT 2015?
16/10/2015
For many people, the John Lewis Christmas advert is as much a symbol of Christmas as stockings and Santa Claus himself.
NEW GOOGLE LOGO: WHY DO BUSINESSES DO THIS?
05/09/2015
So Google has changed it’s logo again. It’s not the first time and it probably won’t be the last, but the question we find ourselves asking is, why?
WE NEED DIGITAL GRADUATES!
15/07/2015
We’re hiring in Leeds. If you know html css and javascipt and can code websites, banners and emails we’ve got a career waiting for you.
MARKETING IN THE LAKES
26/06/2015
CMS have been commissioned to provide key marketing services for the latest prestigious development to be launched by award-winning Kendal-based house-builder, Oakmere Homes.
5 DIGITAL TRENDS THAT ARE HERE TO STAY….FOR THE TIME BEING
18/04/2015
Digital marketing tools are forever growing and the goal posts are a moving target in such a fast paced environment. This is why it is important to stay on top of the game and take advantage of the trends of the moment.
IT’S OUR BIRTHDAY!!!
17/04/2015
Today, yes on St Patricks Day, CMS Advertising is celebrating its 33rd birthday!
OUR NEW TV ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN FOR MOBILITY PLUS
31/03/2015
Here’s the TV advertising campaign that we produced for network transmission
COMPANY TEAM BUILDING ACTIVITIES IN YORKSHIRE!
19/03/2015
If you’re looking to arrange a company team building event, we’ve got the perfect place for a fun, activity packed day that will get your whole team involved in the great outdoors right in the heart of Yorkshire.
CMS MD NOMINATED FOR ‘SEXY NETWORKER’ AWARD
16/03/2015
It was as much a surprise to him as it was to the rest of us but our MD, Andy Batty has been nominated and shortlisted for ‘Sexy male networker’ in the upcoming City of Leeds Business Awards organised by Downtown in Business.
50% MATCH FUNDING FOR YOUR MARKETING PLAN WHEN YOU USE CMS
08/03/2015
At Creative Marketing Services we’re proud of the fact that we’re one of the small number of marketing agencies to be accredited under the government Growth Vouchers scheme.
IDEAL HOME SHOW EXHIBITION STAND DESIGNS
06/03/2015
Our client Adjustamatic, a leading name in adjustable beds and riser recliners in the UK, asked us to refresh their exhibition stands for the Ideal Home Show in Earl’s Court, London
KICKING OFF THE NEXT PHASE AT MAINE PLACE!
06/03/2015
CMS have been commissioned to design and deliver marketing strategy for the latest phase at the Maine Place, Prospect Homes’ flagship development on the historic location of Manchester City’s former Maine Road stadium.