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Chris Simmance

Owner at Chris Simmance Ltd

London, United Kingdom

The future of Digital Marketing is subject matter experts working on ideal projects to suit their skills, networked with their peers to create centres of excellence for businesses.

I have worked in digital marketing since 2010. I also built a digital agency with offices in both London and Manchester with a core focus on strategy led, results focused SEO and paid media. During this time, I have worked with hundreds of organisations in multiple verticals, all with differing needs; notably IHG, Babylon Health, Jack Wills and Greater London hospitality.

Having built and run multiple teams with contrasting disciplines, I have a talent for seeing the bigger picture and creating actionable strategies that enable teams to deploy result driving activity.

With a change focused mindset I work with industry leaders to help improve digital marketing standards.

I am also a judge for many industry awards such as the EU, UK and eCommerce awards as well as contributes to digital marketing publications.

I provide strategic coaching and consulting support without the BS.

Over the last decade, I have been fortunate enough to work with some exceptional clients. I've worked at all levels and been exposed to multiple layers of leadership. Having started, run and sold numerous times over, I've learned the value of listening and asking the right questions.

I embed myself in to your team, listens and ask the right challenging questions. When things become clear, joining the dots between people, concepts, channels and technologies and work with your business to build an intelligent strategy.

My style of coaching people to think critically and build an integrated picture, generates better buy-in, accountability and traction. All translating into a better bottom line, happier teams and customers.

Specialisations: People, leadership, management, strategy, systems and processes.

Benefits: Clear, actionable insight, accountability and a helping hand with strategy execution. Support and construction of required, strategy-lead systems and processes that ultimately lead to business growth, more free time and less stress for the business owner.

Results: Less stress, more money, more time and happier clients and staff.

Outside of the day job I am a Keynote speaker at digital and business events with a primary focus on the Future of Digital.

Available For: Advising, Consulting, Speaking
Travels From: London
Speaking Topics: Strategy, Digital Marketing, Organizational Health

Chris Simmance Points
Academic 0
Author 78
Influencer 13
Speaker 23
Entrepreneur 0
Total 114

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Company Information

Company Type: Individual
Business Unit: Marketing and Consulting
Theatre: Global
Minimum Project Size: Undisclosed
Average Hourly Rate: Undisclosed
Number of Employees: Undisclosed
Company Founded Date: Undisclosed
Media Experience: 10 Years

Areas of Expertise

Analytics
Big Data
Blockchain
Business Strategy
CRM
Cryptocurrency
Digital Disruption
Digital Transformation 31.05
Ecosystems
Emerging Technology 30.05
Entrepreneurship
FinTech
Future of Work
Innovation
IoT
Leadership 30.19
Lean Startup
Management 30.61
Marketing 33.33
Project Management
Sales
Social
Startups

Industry Experience

Automotive
Building Materials, Clay & Glass
Consumer Products
Engineering & Construction
Financial Services & Banking
Furniture
Healthcare
High Tech & Electronics
Higher Education & Research
Hospitality
Insurance
Manufacturing
Media
Oil & Gas
Pharmaceuticals
Professional Services
Retail
Telecommunications
Travel & Transportation

Publications

15 Article/Blogs
5 Min Reads: When Should That Message Be A Meeting?
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February 04, 2021
Communication is an essential pillar of a company’s success. Having clarity in communication is a core requirement of effective communication.  The amount of misunderstanding and loss of clarity that improper communication can create is staggering. Remember the game where you pass a message o

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Tags: Leadership, Management, Marketing

5 Min Reads: Failing to Meet Your Company Goals
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January 14, 2021
So you’ve set out to grow your business and have defined, what you feel are sensible goals to reach. They follow the typical SMART approach, and everyone has been working hard to get things moving. – Thing is, it’s not working out. Goals are not being met… How come? – and what do y

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Tags: Leadership, Management, Marketing

5 Min Reads: Business Life With No Purpose
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January 14, 2021
Definition: As business owner-director, having a purpose is what gets you out of bed in the morning and keeps you, and your team, going. It’s the overriding and enduring reason that the business exists and provides the business with a compass to guide decision making, motivates people to drive

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Tags: Leadership, Management, Marketing

Why Hire a Digital Marketing Consultant?
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September 24, 2020
In the age of information, digital marketing is a must-have for any growing business.  This unique form of marketing puts you on the map in the online world, exposing your business to millions of potential customers using complex algorithms, traffic funnelling techniques and commercial psychology t

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Tags: Leadership, Management, Marketing

When is the Right Time to Hire a Marketing Consultant?
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September 24, 2020
A major percentage of successful businesses have considered hiring a marketing professional at one point or another. With that said, it can be tricky to determine when your business needs a marketing consultant at hand.  The most significant consideration when asking this question should be whether

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Tags: Leadership, Management, Marketing

What Makes a Good Marketing Consultant?
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September 24, 2020
What would the marketing industry be without the marketing consultants who make it all happen behind the scenes?  When any company is looking to outsource their marketing efforts, they usually seek out a qualified consultant to tackle the task at hand. Essentially, a marketing consultant is an adve

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Tags: Leadership, Management, Marketing

What is the Difference Between a Marketing Consultant and a Marketing Agency?
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September 24, 2020
“The best marketing doesn’t feel like marketing.” – Tom Fishburne Businesses who are in the process of optimising their marketing strategies may eventually find themselves with one pressing question on their minds.  This question is: what are the differences between a marketing consulta

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Tags: Leadership, Management, Marketing

How Much Does a Marketing Consultant Cost?
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September 24, 2020
So, you’ve decided to hire an expert marketing consultant to take your business’s advertising protocols to a new level. This is a smart move – but how much should you be paying for these services?  Let’s discuss how much a marketing consultant should actually cost. There are a number of dif

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Tags: Leadership, Management, Marketing

What is Strategy Really?
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August 21, 2020
My name is Chris Simmance, and I’m addicted to strategy. Having run a few businesses, I can honestly say that a core pillar of any success has always been linked to strategy. Growth strategy, sales, marketing and financial strategy, even hiring or training and retention strategy. Without knowi

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Tags: Leadership, Management, Marketing

In 80 Years Time You’ll Still be Watching Friends Re-Runs
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August 21, 2020
The date was May 6th 2004. The tears were flowing (not by me but lots of others). The culmination of 10 years of hard work, hard watching. The highs, the lows, the laughs and the tears were over. Friends, the show that captivated the world was closing its doors for the final time. The last […]

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Tags: Leadership, Management, Marketing

Interview Post Speaking at Ungagged
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August 21, 2020
The post Interview Post Speaking at Ungagged appeared first on Chris Simmance.

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Tags: Leadership, Management, Marketing

Improving Website Speed & Performance Podcast
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August 21, 2020
The post Improving Website Speed & Performance Podcast appeared first on Chris Simmance.

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Tags: Leadership, Management, Marketing

Don’t Fear the Future, Embrace it and Evolve!
inOrbit
April 01, 2020
Our industry is going to change, rapidly, whether we like it or not. I for one am excited for the challenges ahead but only because I have realised it’s best to embrace inevitable change rather than ignore or fight it. Get excited!

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Tags: Digital Transformation, Emerging Technology, Marketing

SEO ranking: The factors you need to focus on in 2018
Marketing Tech News
July 11, 2018
Search engine optimisation (SEO) is not what it used to be. No surprise there, just think of an industry that hasn’t changed over the years. The reason SEO isn’t the same, however, is because the rules and ethics keep changing and are pretty much rewritten every year. It’s not easy to keep up with this and Google like it that way. So, looking at your own website and the results you want to achieve, what gave you a positive return last year may not work at all in 2018.

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Tags: Marketing

Wooing the Googlebot: 5 Steps to an Irresistible XML Sitemap
SEO Copywriting
July 09, 2013
You can have the best site in the world but you won’t rank well if your site is difficult to crawl and navigate by a robot.

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Tags: Marketing

1 Book
On-Page SEO That You Can Do Yourself
Bookboon
May 03, 2021
Learn the key elements and thinking around how on-page SEO works, with zero coding or web dev skills outside of typical admin access to a CMS such as WordPress, Shopify, or Magento.

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Tags: Digital Transformation, Marketing

2 Keynotes
Future belongs to the Curious
inOrbit
May 04, 2020
n this powerfully thought-provoking keynote, your people will see that change is an inevitable and unavoidable part of life, and – on the whole – the world is actually a far better place because of it.

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Tags: Digital Transformation, Marketing

2 Seconds is the New Slow: Speed up websites for better conversions
3XE
November 17, 2018
Google updates suggest that 2019 will be the year to seriously focus on page speed. Bringing together all updates on to a website is nice but if we’ve ignored the page download time, we will miss out to show up on the search results page!

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Tags: Digital Transformation, Marketing

1 Training
Site Speed Optimisation
BrightonSEO
September 20, 2018
Having a fast site will help you win the race to the top of listings. Chris Simmance and Shane Jones speak to us about Site Speed Optimisation, touching on some of the common challenges marketers are facing and telling us more about how their training session at BrightonSEO will help you to have a faster website.

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Tags: Marketing

1 Video
What makes a good SEO strategy?
BrightonSEO
January 01, 2018
This talk was originally delivered by Chris Simmance during a brightonSEO Conference. Chris is MD of Optus Digital a full service Digital Marketing agency based on London and is a member of the SEOMonitor Product Advisory Board. Chris is a big fan of strategy and the technical side of SEO.

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Tags: Marketing

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