Novus History
2019
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We began offering web design as a service, specialising in UI/UX design.
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Our agency won six industry marketing awards.
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Brett became the preferred supplier of digital marketing masterclasses across South Yorkshire.
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We bought our first 4K camcorder and invested heavily in video marketing.
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We brought on board our second blue chip client: Direct Line.
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We moved from Barnsley to our new home in Doncaster, into an office nine times the size of our previous one. This enabled us to expand our range of services and the number of clients we could serve.Brett was a finalist for Launchpad’s Young Entrepreneur of the Year award.
2017
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Novus Marketing Solutions moved into its first office, at the Barnsley Business and Innovation Centre.
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The company employed its first employee - Stephen, in July 2017 - which allowed us to offer graphic design services to our clients.
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We brought on our first account manager and started offering social media management as a company.
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Brett was increasingly in demand to deliver consultations and marketing training for companies.
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Arrow, The Marketing Dog, came home for the first time in September.
We are
Novus Marketing Solutions
A small agency making a big impact
2016
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June 2016: Brett graduated from university with a first class honours degree in Business and Management. He specialised in marketing, specifically strategic marketing, and his dissertation focused on ‘How personalised marketing affects the business to consumer marketing mix’. He explored ‘the 7 Ps of marketing’, and suggests this should actually be ‘the 8 Ps’ - the eighth being personalised marketing.
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July 2016: Brett left The Community Scheme, where he’d been Head of Marketing, to find his next challenge as a marketer.
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July 2016: Brett started working with his first few clients whilst looking for marketing manager roles at well known brands.
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August 2016: Brett achieved a 4000% return on investment for his first client, whilst attracting other clients through word of mouth. This, combined with the confidence he gained through interviews and the offers he received, confirmed that he’d found the next chapter in his life.
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September 2016: Novus Marketing Solutions was born.
2018
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We began to specialise in video marketing and made it one of our regular services.
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We started working with our first blue chip company, Natwest.
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Brett toured Yorkshire with Natwest, giving talks on how to utilise GDPR in your marketing, and how, when done correctly, it's a benefit to businesses.
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We moved into our second, slightly larger office, just down the hall in the Barnsley Business and Innovation Centre; this gave us the space to grow as a team.
2020
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Creation of our video studio, which allows us to film clients in-house on our 6 metre by 2.5 metre deep-green screen stage.
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Creation of our podcast studio, where clients can record audio books, create podcasts and interview other people in a controlled setting.
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March 2020: coronavirus hit. The pandemic saw us have to reinvent ourselves as a company. We quickly adapting to the new normal and helped our clients diversify and create new income streams.
Novus History
2016:
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June 2016: Brett graduated university with a first class honours degree in Business and management, specialising in marketing, further specialising in strategic marketing with his dissertation being: “How personalised marketing affects business to consumer marketing mix” Focusing on how the 7p’s of marketing should now be the 8 p's of marketing with the 8th being personalised Marketing.
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July 2016: Brett decided to leave The Community Scheme as their head of marketing, and find his next challenge as a marketer.
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July 2016: Brett started working with his first few clients, whilst he was looking for marketing manager roles in well known brands that could help him to develop as a marketer.
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August 2016: Brett started to produce a return on investment of 4000% for his first client, whilst bringing on other clients through word of mouth. This combined with the confidence he found through interviews and how well they were going, he decided that he had already found the next chapter in his life.
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September 2016: Novus Marketing Solutions was born.
2017:
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Novus marketing solutions, moved in our first 200 square foot office in Barnsley at the Barnsley business and innovation centre in June 2017
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We employed our first employee Stephen in July 2017, allowing us to offer graphic design services to our clients.
-
We brought on our first account manager and started offering Social media management as a company,
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Brett started doing an increased amount of consultation and training work for companies,
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September 2017 Arrow the marketing dog came home for the first time,
2018:
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We started to specialise in video marketing and started to make video marketing one of our regular services,
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We started working alongside our first blue chip company, Natwest,
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Brett toured around Yorkshire with Natwest, speaking about how to utilise GDPR in your marketing and how when done correctly it's only a benefit to your business,
-
We moved into our second slightly larger office just down the hall in the Barnsley business and innovation centre, to allow us to grow as a team.
2019:
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We started to offer web design as a service, and started to specialise in UI/UX design.
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We won 6 Marketing agency awards,
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Brett became the preferred supplier of all digital marketing masterclasses across the whole of south Yorkshire,
-
We bought our first 4K camcorder and heavily invested in video marketing,
-
We brought on board our second blue chip client, Direct Line,
-
We moved from Barnsley to our new home in Doncaster, into an office 9 times the size of our old office to allow us to grow our services and as a company.
-
Brett was the finalist for young entrepreneur of the year for Launchpad.
2020:
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Creation of the video studio, allowing us to film clients in house on our 6 meter by 2.5 meter deep green screen stage.
-
Creation of the podcast studio, allowing our clients to record audio books, create podcasts and interview other people in a controlled setting.
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March 2020: coronavirus hit and made us have to reinvent ourselves as a company. Quickly adapting to the new norm we where able to diversify our clients income streams whilst working and developing novus as a company
Meet the Team
Arrow
Chief Cuddle Officer
As Chief Cuddle Officer Arrow is responsible for making sure everyone is focused on the tasks at hand, and has regular breaks throughout the day to maintain pro ...
Diane Hall
Content creator and publisher
With over 20 years experience as a content writer and book publisher, Diane is incharge of all things written content. Whether this is articles, blogs, brochure ...
Liz Cromwell
Social media ninja and content creator
When Liz isn’t creating Social media adverts for our clients, you will find her creating engaging content to go across our clients social media platforms. Wheth ...
Paul Francis
Creative Agent
Paul is incharge of our UI/UX on all of our clients websites, when he’s not busy developing websites you will find him designing assets that will be used across ...
Stephen Caile
Head of creative
Stephen is incharge of all the visual elements of Novus Marketing Solutions, from digital design and animation to creating and editing promotional videos. Outsi ...
Brett Riley-Tomlinson
Director, Strategic Marketing Consultant
Brett is the owner of Novus Marketing Solutions and makes sure the business is running smoothly. As a marketing strategist, when brett isn’t on the phone with a ...