Sarah's Profile

Sarah grew up in Dorset and after successfully launching Coconut Creatives in London, has now relocated the business to Somerset, a more inspiring location!

Her main areas of expertise and interest are within the  franchising sector where she works with a number of franchisors and their franchisees to help them grow through tailored marketing, PR, Advertising and Branding activities. Another key area is with food and retail businesses where Sarah works with them to grow this independent sector and support local high streets.

 “My goal is to support both small and medium sized businesses and to give them the marketing tools to compete in an environment where the only thing that really matters is a sustainable competitive advantage.”

The Spare Time Stuff

Being a black belt at Karate, Sarah can be pretty determined and this shows through in the projects she works on. Having two British National Karate Championship titles, she’s highly competitive! This skill has definitely been transferred to the business world… her clients are glad she’s on their side!

The Brainy Bits

Sarah is an active member of The Chartered Institute of Marketing and holds a Professional Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing as well as an Honours degree in Marketing. “I just love working with lots of different businesses on different projects, it keeps me fresh and interested which comes through in client activity,” explains Sarah.

Project Examples

  • Ongoing marketing and promotions for Jon Thorner’s farm shops, new website specification, build, content and continued management (exclusive suppliers of all foods for the famous Glastonbury festival among others!) visit www.jonthorners.co.uk
  • Launched the first Fair Trade franchise in the UK, Shared Earth and specified a unique blog site for press and media www.sharedearthnewsandmedia.co.uk
  • Management of marketing strategy for Jessica's Farmhouse Cakes and expansion into new market sectors winning contracts with Morrisons and Hospitals across the South
  • Launched the UK franchise operation and specified new website for FitKid Ltd, previously owned by fitness guru Rosemary Conley visit www.fitkid.co.uk
  • Contributor for BBC events to promote their green image through the BBC Club
  • Branded, launched and established distribution channels for toiletry manufacturer www.babybeautiful.org
  • Assisted in creating a Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy for charity organisation Secret World to seek corporate level funding
  • Part of the Regional Chartered Institute of Marketing committee furthering marketing and its development throughout the South of England
  • Regular contributor to national magazines: Making Money, Franchisor News, Start Your Business, What Franchise and Independent Business Magazine
  • Regular contributor to online sites: selectyourfranchise.co.uk and  The-Franchise-Shop.com

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