Simon Jones
What comes first, strategy or images? The answer's obvious. Or is it...?
1. Having fun with a stapler 2. Marketing strategy (the more serious part) At what point should you create your strategy? I always...
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Simon Jones
- Jan 21, 2021
- 1 min
CLUBHOUSE! Understand what it is in three minutes...
You might have heard of it, you might even be using it. Or you might know nothing about it. But wherever you, this is an app that's...
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Simon Jones
- Jan 14, 2021
- 1 min
Three things that all point to higher engagement 😎
Whether you're working from home this week or you're in school (and maybe even helping with Covid testing for staff and key worker...
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Simon Jones
- Jun 19, 2020
- 1 min
Virtual Tours: 3 things to think about 🎥
Whatever the 'new normal' is going to look like, I think most school marketing managers recognise that some kind of a virtual tour is...
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Simon Jones
- May 14, 2020
- 1 min
Stop looking rubbish on Zoom (or Teams. Or Google Hangouts.)
Some of you look lovely. Most of you don't look so good... But it's not *you*, it's the environment you're in that makes you look far...
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Simon Jones
- Apr 29, 2020
- 1 min
Some of you need to hear this
Right now, some of you need to hear this. I don't know which people, but most people. And it's only because I heard it from you all in...
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Simon Jones
- Apr 1, 2020
- 1 min
I blame Jerry Maguire (training course on shooting school videos)
In this week's video I need your help. And if you'd like to be able to shoot your own marketing videos for social media using your...
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Simon Jones
- Mar 20, 2020
- 1 min
6 ways schools are handling distance learning today
To skip the intro (and my apology) jump to 04:15 Today I'm passing on to you useful and practical information directly from another...
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Simon Jones
- Mar 19, 2020
- 1 min
Biggest threat from schools closing
If I was still a marketing manager then right now I'd be a) scared, and b) focusing on this one thing. This video explains what that is....
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Simon Jones
- Mar 17, 2020
- 2 min
Before school closes you *need* to do this (important)
I don't usually send out videos so closely to each other but we know these are strange times. Yesterday I spent five hours driving up to...
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Simon Jones
- Mar 17, 2020
- 2 min
A different video. I need to ask you something...
This is not my normal style of video but we are in interesting times. I originally had an alternative idea for this week's video where...
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Simon Jones
- Mar 10, 2020
- 2 min
Three videos you can shoot (with smartphone)
In this video I show you three different ideas of videos you can shoot on a smartphone. You can do these yourself, you can do them right...
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Simon Jones
- Mar 3, 2020
- 1 min
How to Save that Photo (when you mess up)
Sometimes you might take a photo and it doesn't work out. Maybe it's too bright, maybe it's lop-sided, maybe it's something else. But...
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Simon Jones
- Feb 24, 2020
- 2 min
The one thing every school tells me
In most towns there’s the school that’s known to be good at getting results. And there’s the school that’s known for pastoral caring.
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Simon Jones
- Jan 8, 2020
- 1 min
Fixing a bad photo in 45 seconds
Sometimes you make a mistake when taking a photo. When I took this photo with the wrong settings, I thought it was a good opportunity to...
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Simon Jones
- Nov 20, 2019
- 1 min
Clear up leaves in Photoshop (EASY!)
This is probably the EASIEST thing to do in Photoshop. But I'm always amazed how many people don't know this amazing tool exists. If you...
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Simon Jones
- Nov 13, 2019
- 1 min
Is the Independent Schools Show worth the cost? I find out...
Last weekend I attended the Independent Schools Show in Battersea to ask school Marketing Managers if the event is worth the...
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Simon Jones
- Nov 7, 2019
- 1 min
Easy way to get your own drone video at school
This is awesome. A new product has just been launched by DJI that will allow school marketing managers to capture their own aerial...
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Simon Jones
- Oct 3, 2019
- 1 min
Adding grass to a photo (when it's right to do it)
Sometimes (and only sometimes) we need to add grass to an image to show how it usually looks. Often, this is after a new building is...
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Simon Jones
- Sep 6, 2019
- 1 min
3 common misconceptions (school marketing photography)
This video is a) useful, and b) slightly ridiculous. It's especially good as a coffee break :) Well, you can't be too serious all the...
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