Warren Albutt
Managing Director
Prowess:
“Skill or expertise in a particular activity or field.”
Oxford Dictionary
There isn’t any better compliment than using a phrase used by one of your customers to describe your marketing service; B2B marketing prowess.
Our continuous improvement focus ensures that our talents and expertise stay at the forefront of our marketing offer, allowing all our customers to benefit from the latest marketing trends and activities.
Our ethos hasn’t changed since setting up Start 2 Finish Marketing Limited in 2005: ‘look after the customer and success will look after itself’. It’s this belief that drives us to improve on our service, individual abilities, and customer experience.
Customer retention
experienced in-house marketers
years in business
S2F Marketing is a strategic and creative marketing agency based in Birmingham, UK.
S2F will manage all your marketing from start to finish. S2F is your team of marketing strategists, designers, developers, and writers that truly understand your business objectives, how to target your audience and represent your brand.
The S2F team are experts in sales and marketing strategy, as well as producing and delivering the associated results-driven materials and creative. S2F develops concise target audience and buyer personas to structure a content strategy that addresses your customers’ and prospects’ pain-points and needs. Needs that your business can alleviate through capability, service, and product. It’s these very solutions and benefits that S2F can build awareness in, target the right audience with, and drive positive action from.
Content will include anything from website design and development, social media management and email, video, and audio marketing, to graphic design and copywriting for every physical and digital medium. Where S2F differentiates is in its capacity to take responsibility for your entire marketing output.
S2F understands the industry you work in and the industries you actively target. Ask us about our proven track record for delivering tangible results and delivering ROI!
See our full portfolio for a more in-depth understanding of the depth of our capabilities. Simply put, we are the best at what we do, and we aren’t shy to shout about it. Take a detailed look through our work and make your own mind up. We are confident you’ll want to work with S2F.
We literally deal with all your marketing from start to finish. From strategy to design, online tactics to implementation.
We know in today’s busy business world, finding time to focus on marketing is tough, so simply outsource it to us. We give you a dedicated account manager, who uses our internal team of skilled marketers to give you a full service, and provide peace of mind that you are in safe hands.
One-off project or long-term retainers: no problem. We are here simply to help you, the client.
We asked our staff and clients “why S2F?”. The results came back with a familiar response time and time again: “They take the time to understand us as their clients”.
We know marketing is considered to be the ‘fluffy stuff’, which of course we get, however, for us it’s about getting to understand the ins and outs. What are your challenges? And just as importantly, what are your customers’ pains?
Understand this and the marketing strategy builds itself. We work collaboratively with you and each other to ensure the best results. No jargon; just plain and simple communication.
We’ve been working with S2F for years and with their help we are the UK market leaders in our industry and have now started trading internationally. I would recommend S2F to any business looking to grow.
Archie Logan Sales Director, Storm Environmental
S2F Marketing have been instrumental in the success of Freddie’s Wish. Creative, supportive, and always a pleasure to deal with. S2F really understand the charity sector.”
Charlotte Founder, Freddie’s Wish
I just wanted to say that I think you have done a great job on the website. The photography etc is great giving the right look, feel and overall impression of the company; way beyond anything PMP has had online before. It will be interesting to see what comes from the marketing initiatives I know you are planning to drive prospects to the site.
Simon Lane Chairman, PMP Essex
In S2F we have finally found a marketing company that has genuinely strived to understand our growth opportunities, and their experience has both strengthened our strategy, and focused our customer offering
Richard Barton Group CEO, Strip Tinning
We have been working with S2F for a number of years now and their professionalism and creative design has taken our brand to the next level. By creating a structured and proactive marketing strategy for our company we have seen a huge increase in sales over this period.
Ian Bytheway Managing Director, Conveyor Units
Working closely with S2F has resulted in a 195% increase in sales leads.
Claire Irving New Business Sales Manager, Total Enterprise Solutions
S2F concentrated on one sector of our business initially. That sector has an increase in volume of some 55% in five months. We would recommend S2F without hesitation.
Martin Astle Astle Paterson Solicitors
S2F are by far the best marketing agency I’ve ever worked with.
Paul Faulkner CEO, Total Enterprise Solutions
S2F are innovative and proactive marketeers who take the time to really understand what our customer wants.
Chris Wood Managing Director, DWV
S2F’s support and marketing expertise has helped Mathieson establish its position as one of the leading providers of actuarial services for Pensions and Divorce. I would recommend S2F to anyone in need of a full marketing service.
George Mathieson Mathieson Consulting
I’ve worked with S2F for 8 years, their service has always been ‘spot on’.
Richard Wileman Managing Director, Wileman Fleet
We’re very impressed with all of the content from S2F.
John Sayers General Manager Commercial – Lister Tube
Since 2005, we have scoured the West Midlands and surrounding areas for people who understand and live by our ethos ‘look after the customer and success will look after itself’. We are all experienced, creative, and conscientious marketers with focused areas of expertise. Combined we are a force to be reckoned with; an ideal marketing team for any business looking to stand out from the crowd.
Managing Director
Operations Director
Creative Director
Technical Director
Account Manager
Design Team Leader
Graphic Designer
Graphic Designer
Copywriter/PR Team Leader
Videographer
Website Developer
Sales and Strategy Lead
If you’re looking to speak casually to an expert about a possible retainer or a specific marketing project, just fill in the form and we’ll come back to you that same working day.