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Small Business Marketing

CIM Small Business Community – working to support smaller businesses

The Chartered Institute of Marketing Small Business Community (SBC), has been created to encourage, support and promote good marketing practice in small to medium sized UK businesses. As a CIM regional branch we want to support and promote good marketing practices in all businesses, whether start-up, sole trader or the larger enterprise.

Working with local business support organisations to help you

We’ve made links with local business community support and networking groups, like Surrey Chambers of Commerce and the IoD Surrey to deliver affordable marketing workshops and expert marketing advice.

*EXCLUSIVE OFFER FOR CIM SURREY MEMBERS*
Surrey Chambers of Commerce – £50 off membership offer

As a member of the CIM, you can save £50 off your first year’s membership of Surrey Chambers of Commerce. Download your application form here: Surrey Chambers Membership Application Form

Local business exhibitions – free marketing advice

CIM Surrey branch regularly attend local small business exhibitions including Guildford and Woking Means Business. We provide FREE marketing clinics.

Free Small Business Resources – 10 Minute Guides

Introduction to Marketing
Marketing Planning Toolkit
Marketing Planning Tool

If you’re a Surrey-based small business – we’d like to hear from you!

Let us know what support you need in developing your marketing expertise and what talks, seminars or workshops, you and your business would find most useful. We’re looking to offer the topics you need, in our ongoing branch events programme.

Who to contact

Our Surrey branch has nominated a dedicated branch committee member to develop and support our offering for small businesses in the CIM Surrey region - Sarah Orchard, Small Business Champion.