Read, Learn and Grow
We share the latest news, industry insights and more from the team as well as news and views on all things ecommerce & digital marketing.
September 12, 2019
We are delighted to have been named one of the best digital marketing agencies in Newcastle in a recent digital marketing graduate guide published by Hallam. The guide has been created in a bid to provide graduates across the country with the resources needed to find the best digital marketing career opportunities that the UK […]
September 9, 2019
We are delighted to announce we have been shortlisted for three awards; Best Digital Marketing Agency of the Year, Rising Star of the Year & Best Digital Marketing Campaign, at this years North East Marketing Awards. The North East Marketing Awards are held in the heart of Newcastle City Centre and after an incredibly successful […]
May 22, 2019
Great crisis management is all about controlling the narrative. If you don’t speak up then people will either speak for you or make far worse assumptions about your silence, with the belief that ‘there’s no smoke without fire’. I wanted to write a quick post today off the back of all the ‘trade war’ chat […]
May 16, 2019
To mark mental health awareness week in the UK, we thought we’d take stock of what it’s like to work at Venture Stream and share with the wider world some of the employee wellbeing initiatives we have in place to achieve two things; firstly, to create a pleasant working environment and secondly, to help employees […]
May 16, 2019
Employee advocacy is one of the key ways to help your social media channels thrive. Encouraging your employees to share your company’s social media posts will help drive engagement and also help extend their reach, as the network algorithms reward those posts that are more popular, thus extending the chances of your posts being seen […]
February 14, 2019
Social Media is a big aspect in all of our lives, whether it be to keep in touch with family, finding the perfect style icon or getting your business out there, we all know our way around at least one social media platform. Using it in a business capacity however requires a little more information […]
January 30, 2019
Marketing, Strategy & Consultancy
SEO Spider Crawling Tips for Ecommerce Sites Last Thursday, I was lucky enough to attend the world’s first ever SEO Spider training, hosted by none other than Charlie Williams – SEO strategist for Screaming Frog. I’ll get on to what I thought about the session at the end of this article, but first I’d like […]
January 24, 2019
Using the bottled water market as an example is a great way to demonstrate the value of marketing. After all, the whole idea of this product is that the number one ingredient across all brands is the same, it’s almost tasteless and completely transparent. However the staggering similarity in the end-product seems to matter very […]
January 10, 2019
Having worked on both client side and in-house, Hayley has diverse experience working across a large variety of industry sectors. Her customer experience ranges from working with local start-ups to Enterprise level global companies, delivering campaigns, POS, Events, Packaging and Specialising in Branding. Having spent over 8 years at Sage UK working as part of […]
December 19, 2018
It seems only fitting as 2018 draws to a close that we reflect on the year’s work; and none of our work is quite so tangible and exposed as the websites that we lovingly consult on, design, build and unleash on the world. And so here’s a round-up of all 12 websites that we worked […]
December 5, 2018
As the most popular search engine in the majority of countries worldwide, Google on average receives over 40,000 search queries per second. This equates to 3.5 billion searches per day and 1.2 trillion searches per year worldwide (Internet Live Stats). So it’s fair to say that a lot of data is sent through Google. This […]
November 19, 2018
We’re delighted to announce that we have officially acquired fellow Newcastle-based agency Flow Digital Limited!