Steve Davis Marketing and Creative Director
To Steve Davis marketing is the lifeblood of business and as Marketing and Creative Director at Baker Marketing, his mission is to help get your marketing pumping!
Steve is out of the office more often than not, delivering workshops or consulting directly to business owners and boards about all manner of marketing challenges, including social media marketing.
He has a special interest in social and digital media and marketing technologies, with a particular focus on how to properly integrate such channels of communication within a business’ own marketing strategy.
Steve has almost 20 years of involvement in internet and new media strategy development, and through his hands-on work with clients and entertaining presentation style, he has become the “go to man” for many businesses wanting to tap into the ‘social’ marketplace of hundreds of millions of potential customers.
You will hear Steve often on Adelaide’s leading talk radio station, Radio FIVEaa, discussing his weekly podcast, The Adelaide Show. The podcast puts South Australian passion on centre stage.
Key Responsibilities:
- Management of Baker Marketing’s marketing activities
- Creative content and strategy development for clients
- Delivery of workshops and seminars and strategic consulting services
Key Industry Experience:
- Advertising and media industry experience in Adelaide and Europe
- Marketing and management experience within the recruitment and training industry
- Consulting experience in various industries and product categories
Education:
- Master of Business Administration majoring in marketing management
- Certified Practicing Marketer, Australian Marketing Institute
What Steve’s Been Writing Lately
As a special insight into Steve’s passions, here he is demonstrating coffee making on road trips.
And you can keep up with Steve’s Baker Marketing blogs below.
WordPress 4.9 is here, have you noticed, have you upgraded yet?
If you've been diligent with your website maintenance, you will have noticed that WordPress 4.9 is here. If you check for updates weekly, or have our WordPress Maintenance Package active, your website will already be sporting the latest version of WordPress. If not,...
2 helpful WordPress updates you might have missed
In recent months, there have been at least two helpful WordPress updates you might have missed in the busyness of running a business. The first involves extra security when logging in. The second involves an easier way of adding images to the sidebar area of the...
Your website is not a self-driving car: Take the wheel!
If you envy other websites doing better than yours in the marketplace race, it's important to remember your website is not a self-driving car. Every now and then I meet someone who is disappointed their new website has not changed the world for them and my first...
3 painless rules for improving your blog writing style
I have been helping a client improve their blog writing style today and thought I'd share three simple tips for building a consistent style. The "rules" I'm about to share are common in the world of journalism but not widely appreciated outside the newspaper industry....
WordPress Zero-Day Incident – the flaw that was, then wasn’t, then was, then wasn’t
What a week it has been for online security, particularly of interest to us with the WordPress Zero-Day Incident leading to some websites getting pesky "hacked" notices on particular pages. With the robust slew of security settings that we put in place on WordPress...
The 5 most-read marketing articles of 2016: Summer reading starts here
We've all spent another year on the "pale blue dot" that orbits the Sun. And now, as many of us ponder what to read over summer to prepare us for another journey through space and time, it can be useful to see what other people found helpful through the year, like a...
Adding text before your telephone number in a Divi header
We know what a phone number is but why not nudge that call to action by adding text before your telephone number in your Divi website header? Today's post is a quick one for our clients who have the Divi framework giving structure to their WordPress websites. If you...
Don’t get misty, get secure this summertime: WordPress embraces SSL
If you're going to have a broken record, you might as well choose me, accompanied by Sarah Vaughan, as we sing WordPress Embraces SSL over and over again. Yes, I have made a bit of noise this year on the topic of getting your website made available over a secure...
Check eCommerce pricing: The one ring that ruined a company
Don't panic. However, be aware that if you list a wrong price on your website and somebody purchases it from you before you've had a chance to check eCommerce pricing and correct it, you must honour your mistake. This issue has been brought to a head by an extreme...
I’ve made it easy for you to click to tweet about this article
UPDATE: Steve Davis has removed this plugin and stopped suggesting it, due to the fact that it had started causing some conflicts with other WordPress functionality. These developments can happen sometimes. Steve's preferred method to encourage readers to tweet your...