Success from advertising this Christmas

leaflet, promotion, shop, steve, denham, cherilyn, storesWe have been using regular leaflets to advertise our shop to our customers for nearly 15 years. We started off with a weekly issue, but now produce one a couple of times a month. The process is simple as I produce the ‘artwork’ on my computer and reproduce the leaflet on our shop photocopier. We then distribute them with the Saturday morning newspapers.

We know that they are helpful to the success of our business because customers react to the offers that we promote. It’s very satisfying to see customers with a leaflet in hand when they come shopping.

Recently I took a phone call from a customer wanting to know if we could supply 200 bottles of wine that we had advertised on a leaflet for his company’s employees. A wonderful opportunity that our wholesaler was able to help with. The customer got his wine and we have an unexpected £900 in our till. Brilliant!

About author
Steve has worked in retail for more than 40 years. For more than half of his career he has run a village newsagent with his wife. He is interested in magazines, store development and local marketing, and is always looking to use sales data to inform his range and display. Steve also takes a keen interest in the impact of government and legislation on his business, and will blog about all aspect of life at the coalface.
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  1. We live and survive via our leaflet and could not do business without it. ok we may loose some margin but people dont half respond. we do about 1500 every 3 weeks and go door to door. also they are really good for till point conversations. its one tool in the box that really helps agains the mults.

  2. Leaflet’s is a must, in this economic climate, all the big boy’s do it, why ? l have 10,000 distributed every 3 weeks to be ahead of the game.

  3. An extra £900 in the till. Fantastic. As you say. Have a great 2012.

  4. Er, I meant to say 2011! I got carried away.

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