Strategic marketing for a thriving future.

Helping purpose-led businesses increase brand awareness, alongside positive social and environmental impact.

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You want to do great things. So do I.

I’m Maria Soleil, founder of Soleil Marketing and a triple award-winning qualified marketing strategist.

I collaborate with leading marketing and sustainability experts to help businesses like yours to deliver more impactful, purpose-driven marketing.

This flexible, agile approach will empower you to get the marketing results you want; helping people and planet, making profit, while avoiding greenwashing.

I passionately believe in the power of purpose-driven business, which is why I’m proud that Soleil Marketing is a certified B Corporation.

 
 

What is purpose-driven business?

A business that aspires “to produce profitable solutions to the problems of people and planet, and not to profit from producing problems for people or planet.”

— Professor Colin Mayer

 

Services

Get closer to achieving your social or environmental mission and create more impact by working with me to sustainably supercharge your marketing.

Develop your marketing and communications strategy with me, or let me complement your existing team with day-to-day support and training.

 
 
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Marketing strategy & training

Sustainability content & copy

Email marketing

B2B social media

 

Why work with me

  • Gain peace of mind with researched, methodical, structured and sustainable marketing methods

  • Partner with a team who shares your passion for making an impact and achieving change through purpose

  • Get clarity on performance and evaluating what’s working and what needs improvement

  • Increase awareness and engagement among your target audience

  • Improve conversion rates and generate quality leads

  • Optimise marketing return on investment

  • You need an experienced marketing lead but can’t commit to hiring one full time

Hybrid style

 

Training

  • CISL Sustainable Marketing, Media & Creative (2023)

  • Carbon Literacy Certification (2022)

  • Mini MBA in Marketing (2020)

Awards

  • Best Use of Advertising - Construction Marketing Awards (CMAs) 2017

  • Mark Hanson Award - UK Social Media Communications Awards 2015

  • Social Media for Business - Kent Digital Awards 2015

Previous results

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  • Communications planning and execution for a London-based charity

  • Groundbreaking B2B branded video Facebook partnership - 1.9 million reach and 640,000 video views - led to free national in-store and radio promo and global recognition

  • Increased online account user base by more than 130% in two years

  • 100+ enquiries via marketing qualified on-Facebook lead forms. 85% cheaper CPA than their equivalent via PPC

  • Increased email open rates (14% to 27%), click through rates (12% to 21%)

  • Grew total social media following by 125% in two years

  • Developed fundraising campaign which raised more than £10,000 and generated organic social media reach to 90k+ accounts

  • Led the creation and design of a new brand proposition for an international travel agent

 

Testimonials

  • Sarah Caton

    "Maria helped us get our message right by providing a clear marketing structure and guiding us back to first principles. Her framework and questions were instrumental in creating a coherent and consistent view of our marketing goals."

    Sarah Caton, CEO at Inspiration for All

  • Rachel Mills

    "I've been able to focus my marketing efforts, be clear about my business goals, and consider how to use content marketing ethically and sustainably. Maria has been an invaluable for me, helping me gain an audience for my brand. I can't recommend her highly enough. She is a fantastic coach and mentor as well as a marketing expert.”

    Rachel MIlls, Founder at Buttercup Learning

  • Dan Lawrence

    "Maria created a marketing plan for us which was a really useful tool. It opened up a lot of questions about how we should be structuring our website and content and what the key aspects of our messaging are moving forwards."

    Dan Lawrence, CEO at DURTY Media

  • Emily Turner

    "It was clear Maria had an excellent grasp of multi-channel market, data and analytics. She is an accomplished content creator, understanding the clear value of tailoring content to audience segments. She was key to rolling out a new brand and creating a process other in-house companies could follow. She’s a fun, reliable and enthusiastic team member."

    Emily Turner, Global Marketing Director

  • Sarah Bittorf

    "Maria is extremely professional, an excellent communicator and her experience proved to be a great addition to our digital marketing team. She embraced our company's online marketing strategy and opened our eyes to new platforms. We look forward to working with her again soon."

    Sarah Bittorf, Digital Marketing Manager, Locate in Kent

  • "Maria showed an enthusiastic and methodical approach to embracing the opportunities and challenges of working in a busy organisation. She's flexible, dynamic and proactive."

    Caroline Muir, St Martin-in-the-Fields Trust

Who I’ve worked with

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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