Holiday time is here, so make time to plan your marketing.

Well what a very wet Summer so far...

The bad weather has hit many businesses hard in lost sales and lost visitors.

How many events have been cancelled? 

How many retailers have loads of Summer stock that is just not selling? 

How many pubs, restaurants, tourism venues have had fewer visitors and therefore lost trade?

The Met Office are now saying that the weather will improve.

So with holiday time here it's time to plan to try to win back lost sales caused by the bad weather.

We can help you plan to get those lost sales back with cost effective solutions. How about leaflets with money saving offers, email marketing to remind customers of your offers, new eye catching point of sale to attract customers and promotional campaigns to reinforce your marketing message.

With Summer time here it's also a great time to plan your winter sales and Christmas marketing. I know you don't want to think about Christmas yet but it really is time as it will be here before you know it!

With such a poor Summer so far lets hope for an Indian Summer to recoup lost sales and look forward to Christmas.

If you need help to increase your sales then lets meet up and lets do a review, call me on 01773 599159.

Jubilee Sales Promotion Point of Sale

Promotional point of sale we have designed for the Queens, Diamond Jubilee, at Gloucester Quays Outlet.

Are you a designer as we are looking for you.....

A roller banner and tickets that Liz has designed.

Liz and  the kids next to James Martin with a roller banner and the tickets for the event she has designed.

Picking up an award from Theo Paphitis

Had a great time going down to Birmingham to pick up an award for our business, as we won Theo Paphitis SBS award. 

Twitter does work for business.

Social Media Workshop MARCH 27TH 2012, 12pm - 4pm

Social Media Workshop 

MARCH 27TH 2012, 12pm - 4pm (includes light lunch, seminar & networking opportunity)

Come and join us for a fantastic opportunity to really understand both the power of social media in your business & more importantly how to use social media in your business.  Without doubt one of the fastest & most cost efficient ways of driving leads into your business.

Mike Handley of Graphic Results will take you through the world of social media from both a personal & business perspective.  Mike will be covering Twitter, Facebook & LinkedIN to really give you a head start on all your competitors.

You will learn new skills such as:-

• The importance of creating a community on Twitter.
• The power of the Facebook 'LIKE' button & smart ways of marketing using this method.
• LinkedIN search optimisation & search engine tools so your always on that first search page.
• How Creating short You Tube Videos can bring your product to life
• plus so much more ......

Neale Lewis will also be on hand to underline the importance of building Mike's learnings into your business & building systems to allow this to be apart of your marketing plan & NOT a daily distraction.  Neale will also share his insights into the world of You Tube & regular Blogging.  Some of the biggest brands on the market today have been successfully tapping into their leads for years and we want to pass on those secrets to you.

There are only limited spaces so book early to avoid disappointment, As an added incentive we are giving all early bookings £20 off the workshop fee of £55 off if booked before 17th March 2012, meaning for a great price of £35 you will gain new skills, insights, create new contacts through the networking & have the motivation to push your business into the world of Social Media.  

To book click here

Will January be quiet for your business? A few ideas that may help.

Hoping this December will be better than last year as if you remember most of the UK came to a stand still because of the snow.

Many businesses have great trade during December but in January and February are very quiet.

Here are a few ideas that may help to bring customers back in January and February.

If you run a restaurant, bar etc try doing a small leaflet with offers on them which run during the months of January and February with offers like buy 1 main dish and get a free dessert, or 4 people dining and get a free bottle of wine for example. 

When you give your receipt out, give the vouchers out at the same time when you are busy in December and this may help bring customers back when you are quiet in January and February.

If you are a retailer, a hairdresser, etc then do a "bag stuffer, bounce back voucher" again with offers for January and February. With offers for example like get an extra 10% off with this voucher or bring the voucher in and claim a free gift if you spend over say £20.00

Granted you will be giving away a bit of profit, but is it not better for example to get 25% of something, rather than getting 100% of nothing.

With the vouchers make sure that you have an area where the customer can fill in their contact details including email address as you can then market direct to them via email with offers etc.

Hope you have a great Christmas and a good New Year.

Regards

Mike

Ps Call us on 01773 599159 if you would like us to design and print your vouchers so you have a busier January and February.