Applications close on Monday 27th July

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Applications close on Monday 27th July |

This summer, Manakin Marketing is selecting four ambitious festival, event, hospitality and culture-led experience businesses to receive a free Marketing Growth Plan.

We’ll review one key area of your marketing, identify the biggest gaps or opportunities, and give you clear recommendations on what to improve, optimise or prioritise next.

Applications close: Monday 27th July

Choose your Growth Plan focus

Each selected business will focus on one key area so the recommendations stay practical, specific and useful.

You can apply for one of four Growth Plan options:

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Apply for a free Growth Plan

We’re selecting four businesses where we believe the Growth Plan can create the most value.

The application should only take a few minutes. Your answers will help us understand your business, your current marketing challenge and which area would be most useful to review.

What businesses receive:

  • A short pre-session questionnaire to understand your business and current activity

  • A focused review of your chosen marketing area

  • A strategy call with Manakin Marketing

  • A written Marketing Growth Plan

  • Practical recommendations based on your current setup

  • Clear next steps on what to improve, optimise or prioritise next

No generic advice. Just focused, commercially useful direction for your next stage of growth.

Why Manakin?

Manakin Marketing specialises in marketing strategy, paid media, social, CRM and audience growth for event, hospitality and culture-led businesses.

We’ve helped festivals, venues, visitor attractions, exhibitions and experience-led brands turn attention into measurable audience action — from sign-ups and ticket sales to bookings, footfall and repeat engagement.

We understand the pressure of launching campaigns, building audiences and keeping momentum moving when the stakes are high.

Who should apply?

The Manakin 4x4 Growth Plan is designed for ambitious businesses in the event, hospitality, culture and experience sectors.

It may be a good fit if you are:

  • Launching or promoting an event, festival, venue, attraction, campaign or programme

  • Trying to grow ticket sales, bookings, sign-ups, footfall or repeat visits

  • Already investing time or budget into marketing but unsure what is working

  • Sitting on an audience or database that could be used more effectively

  • Struggling to connect your social, paid, email and website activity

  • Looking for clearer priorities before your next campaign period

How it works

1. Apply

Complete the short application form and tell us where your marketing could be working harder.

2. We review submissions

We’ll select four businesses where we believe the Growth Plan can create the most value.

3. We agree your focus

Selected businesses will focus on one key area: paid media, social content, email & CRM, or customer journey.

4. We create your Growth Plan

We’ll review your current activity, speak with you, and provide a short written plan with practical recommendations.

5. You leave with clearer next steps

You’ll receive focused direction on what to improve, optimise or prioritise next.

Applications close on Monday 27th July

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Applications close on Monday 27th July |

What do our clients think?

  • "Highly recommend."

    Michelle Berry-Wise

    Marketing and Comms Director, Raymond Gubbay/Sony Music UK

  • "Exceptional in crafting and executing campaigns that aligned perfectly with our organisational goals."

    John Carrigan

    Projects Director, Van Gogh Alive UK

  • "A comprehensive understanding of ticketing and strong communication skills and ethics, resulted in a seamless and highly successful partnership."

    Rachel Miller

    Director of Sales, Audiences and Marketing, The Lowry

  • "Dan and his team helped us achieve a record opening week of sales for any past event. He will be the first person I call when we do another popup event in Manchester!

    Dominic Davies

    Founder and CEO of Backyard Cinema

  • "Exceptional work for our organisation."

    Noah Ball

    Director, We Out Here Festival

  • "Brilliant at developing strong creative angles that generate editorial coverage and social media engagement to reach target audiences."

    Vicki Hughes

    Managing Director – FUGU PR

Ready to find out where your marketing could be working harder?

Apply now for one of four free Manakin 4x4 Growth Plan places.