Welcome | FT Strategies - Media consultancy from the Financial Times

How we can help

We power customer growth through creative and dynamic digital transformation strategies from conception to execution.

Staffed by the experts who successfully transformed the FT’s business model in the face of disruption, FT Strategies works with you to exceed your ambitions by delivering a sustainable growth strategy built upon leading-edge capabilities that improve your customer engagement, retention, revenue and profit.

Wherever you are on your digital transformation journey, we can help you move forward, faster.

Acquire Customers

Identify, understand and attract new customers, to create a highly engaged customer base and increase traffic to your website.

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Increase Conversion

Boost your conversion rate and optimise your customer journey, by turning engaged users into loyal subscribers.

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Drive Engagement

Create a base of highly engaged customers, reduce churn and increase lifetime value using data and engagement patterns.

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Boost Retention

Understand the triggers for churn, so you can create loyalty and retain your customers for the long term.

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Diversify Revenue

Use your competitive advantage to launch new business models that grow your revenue.

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Build B2B

Develop strong relationships with other businesses to create new revenue streams, upsell and improve lead generation.

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Transform Digitally

Pivot to a future-proofed business model that puts the customer front and centre to create sustained growth.

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Measure Performance

Analyse your customer behaviour, predict user patterns and understand engagement scores using tried and tested metrics from the FT.

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What makes
us different?

Unlike traditional consultancies, we don’t just ask the right questions, we provide real-world expertise, direction, and also the hands-on delivery. We’re by your side on the frontline and in the boardroom, every step of the way. Our hybrid model brings world-class consulting rigour with the tried and tested experience of front-line practitioners from data, digital, marketing, commercial and content.

We transformed the FT from a 130 year old legacy print brand into a thriving digital model. We’ve learnt from our success - and mistakes - and built up practical best-in-class expertise - which we’re sharing with businesses like yours to help you thrive in the digital economy.

As an editorially-led business who has embraced digital, we have found FT Strategies to be a highly credible partner bringing affinity, ambition and expertise.
Hannah Telfer MD for Audiences, Penguin UK

Working with FT Strategies on the GNI Digital Growth Program has been great and seamless. They have demonstrated their expertise in the field, and this is reflected in the excellent feedback we’ve received.
Eero Korhonen Head of Strategic Partnerships, Google

I cannot compare it to any other consulting project that I have engaged with before. The access to unique knowledge is inspiring and stimulates many old and new questions in my organisation.
Danuta Bregula Director of Subscription Strategy, Gazeta Wyborcza

This is a new form of consulting. You're coming with the brains and the FT experience. You're changing consulting for the better, I really mean it!
Philippe Colombet Group Chief Data Officer, Bayard

The recommendations, experiments and quick wins that come out of our sessions are invaluable. Also, having access to experts has been great, particularly as we look to create our own RFV propensity model.
Ross Wilmot Head of Consumer Marketing, The Independent

There are so many things we share with the FT in terms of values and business model that it was a natural fit.
Imran Amed CEO and Editor in Chief, Business of Fashion

One of the most valuable consulting projects I've been involved with. The FTS team was incredibly knowledgeable and responsive as they guided us through the process.
Joanna Chmielewska Analytics Manager, DC Thomson

Amazing. Absolutely love what you've done, completely aligned with your thinking on what we need to do.
Emma Huntingdon Chief Executive Officer, Admiral Pioneer

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