Jan 31
Hello and welcome back from the Xmas and New Year break. On the menu today are articles on how the French are beating us when it comes to blogging, why CertainShops has an audio podcast on the About Us page, and some exclusive special offers including 10% off a wonderful Spanish holiday.
SUZY’S DIARY
Skiing in the Alps is fun until there is an avalanche. Buried by several feet of snow and ice, I luckily found myself under the protection of an overhanging rock with air space and my mobile phone. But the rescue team were awfully slow so how was I to make good use of my time buried on the mountainside?
Thank Goodness for CertainShops – professionals online! Despite limited reception, I was able to go onto the site via my phone, and contact my Wills specialist to do that update that I had been meaning to do for ages. I got a quote from our Conveyancer for the new property I was hoping to buy, and booked some sessions with my Business Consultant for when I returned.
By the time the rescuers found me and I had swigged the brandy offered by a large St Bernard, I was able to continue skiing in the secure knowledge that my affairs were in order. Though I did pop back onto CertainShops once the ice had melted from my hair, so I could contact our Travel Agent and book a holiday somewhere very flat. With no mountains. Or snow.
IN BRIEF
A new toy for CertainShops!
We now have an audio button on our About Us page where you can listen to a brief interview about why CertainShops is different and, well… special.
So, why is it we are getting interested in audio podcasts all of a sudden?
Marketing Plans – is yours up to date?
At the beginning of January, WeMagazine asked their readers “When Do You Start Creating a Marketing Plan for the New Year?” They were invited to choose up to 2 answers.
According to the results, the majority of respondents said they start working on their marketing plan in December (2007), followed closely by November 2007. A Full 78% of respondents said they are still working on their marketing plans and 6% said they haven’t even started their marketing plan for the new year. In addition, 16% of respondents said they plan their marketing on a month by month basis.
One of the most useful roles a Business Consultant can provide is to help you create an integrated and practical marketing plan on budget. As the credit crunch hits, being confident about your marketing strategy will be even more important than ever.
PROFESSIONAL SPOTLIGHTS
The French are beating us!
According to estimates by the Blog Herald about the number of blogs out there on the Internet in July 2007, the UK puts out 2.5 million blogs, but the French are ahead of us with 3 million.
Blogging is not a fad – it is here to stay and growing fast, and there are good reasons why.
But what are the real marketing advantages of using this medium?
David Van Sertima can do all of this for you, and more, since he is also skilled in the use of Google adwords and all forms of search engine optimisation.
READER OFFERS
10% Discount for CertainShops readers for a wonderful holiday in Spain in a former Buddhist retreat in a natural park in the hills above Granada.
La Pena is a beautiful building in a natural park in the mountains of southern Granada. It comes with 22 acres of land with olive and almond trees and offers amazing views over the mountains with distant views of the sea. It offers the perfect tranquil getaway and antedote to city dwelling. La Pena is also a 40 minute drive from the coast and about a 45 minute drive from Granada city. Granada and Malaga airports are also quite close by.
In addition to the Certain Shops offer we are also offering ten percent off for anyone who books before the end of Febuary 2007, a further eco offer for anyone taking the train to get there and if that wasn’t enough ten percent for each person you recommend that results in a confirmed booking. If you get enough that means your stay is free!
Please see www.lapena.co.uk for information on this very special place.
In the Frame
For any CertainShops newsletter readers who commission me to take their photos, be it corporate or domestic, I can offer them a FREE large size, panoramic canvas print of one of the photographs of their choice.
Special offers from our Client Members
FREE LAPTOP with ’s best value Broadband Service from the Utility Warehouse
This amazing package offers all the benefits of BroadCall, and a free high-spec Fujitsu Siemens laptop. It is available to all existing and new customers who have at least one energy service with us. The laptop even comes with a free lifetime extended warranty (for as long as you remain connected to BroadCall Laptop tariff).
Contact Client Member Cath Godsen, via http://www.paperpig.co.uk
Free Coaching with NLP Session!
Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) is a proven and highly effective method
of enabling people to achieve what they really want in their work and
private lives. Combined with coaching, the results can be astonishing.
Heather Barrie (a client) said, “Thanks for yesterday’s session – am feeling
more focussed than I’ve been in years – feels gooood!!” The first 30 people
to respond will receive a free taster session worth £75. Be quick! Offers
like this don’t come along often.
Living the Love in your Life
Are you ready for a potentially life changing class that could take you into smiling about who you are and everything in your life? In relationships, have you been going for the same type of person or having similar issues that kills your joy and connection in life? Is it time to change? Are you noticing that the patterns of your life are repeating that no longer serve you in wealth, health, and relationships? Would you like to be coached to shift out of this? Would you like to alter that and become conscious of your purpose, vision, values and live the life you always dream’t you could with your ideal partner? Join us for a fun-filled 8 week course where you get to know yourself and who you want to be, create a strategy and then implement an action plan to make every area of your life what you hoped it could be. Starting Thursday 7th February for 8 weeks: 8:30pm – 10pm.
SPECIAL OFFER FOR CERTAIN SHOPS: Course is normally £350, now £250 for Certain Shop readers. Ensure you mention CertainShops to get the great deal when you call 07804683918 or email natalie@madasafish.com to book.
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