At thebestof Aberystwyth our aim is to be first class marketing service, raising our Business Member Profile, connecting you to new contacts and consumers - and maximising your business potential. We care about our Business Members and we are there every step of the way to ensure we offer you a great service.
The Best of Aberystywth
We use a unique and bespoke service to market and showcase only the best bsuinesses in and around Aberystywth. We use 17 great marketing tools that will help us promote your Business, not only to increase sales but also to raise your profile. So how do we do it? Below are core elements of our proposition, but if you would like to know how we can showcase you off line as well as online then get in touch, we are more than happy to discuss certain campaigns.
Testimonials
Testimonials are one of the most powerful tools in the world, and thay are FREE. Collect as many of these as you can (the dual branded testimonail cards will help you do this effectively) and send them to us to add to your webiste feature. It's a fact that businesses with lots of testimonials get more leads and enquiries AND it helps position you as clearly one of the best.
Dual Branded Post Cards
These tremendous marketing tool has specifically designed to assist you in collecting testimonials from your customers. They are personally branded for you and we can use reply paid. Alternatively, they can be handed back to you for us to collect. Your customers will love them and they enable you to build a valuable testimonial bank quickly.
Mix and Match
Mis and Match is all about connecting you to other bestof Business Members. You will never kdnow when you will need a cleaner, a landscape gardener, and accountant or a hair dresser. being part of thebestof gives you a rich pool of best businesses in town to draw on, all of which you know come recommeded. Whatever you need we will be able to connect you with the best in town. And of course we will connect others with you!
Commercial Photo's
Commerical photo's work so effectively, simply because 'People Buy People'. Every thebestof Business Member gets a photo shoot and we then use these images to promote your business in a fun relaxed and engaging way.
Certificates
These personally branded certificates are for you to display prominently in your reception/public area. They provide a way of instantly showing your customers that your bsuienss is on the of the best in town. They can also be a great talking point and used to help you gain more business.
Brand Awareness
With thebestof you have the opportunity for great brand exposure. " As Recommended on...." thebestof is a nationally recognised and respected brand; that tells your local community that you have been recognised as one of the bestyou as one of the best local business. Display logo on you website, business premises, windows, vehicles etc.. It's great exposure for you, and helps position you as one of the best.
Campaigns
thebestof offer a variety of marketing campaigns that come in all shapes and sizes to help your business grow. You'll want to get involved with our campaigns because they're specifically designed to generate new business leads for you and dramatically increase the amount of testimonials on your website feature. Not only do thebestof campaigns create local brand awareness, they often generate nationalo exposure which is always good for business as well. We'll let you know what campaigns are coming soon.
Call Tracking
This effective marketing tool tracks phone traffic that comes to you via thebestof marketing. We can assign you with a special no that we use on all marketing we do for you. When you get calls it simply diverts to the current numer (nobody can tell if its a different no).
An Evening With.......
Don't miss these great events as they provide a fabulous opportunity for you to mix, mingle and make new business friends! In essence we'll plug you in to all the other best businesses in town. It's like being part of a Business Club. There are also opportunities to sponsor these evenings, offering you a unique opportunity to promote your business to a captive of like minded business owners.
Social Media
Here at thebestof we are very vanguard of social media in the UK. Everyday thousands of local people - your potential customers - are on Twitter, facebook and Linkedin. So we can support your own social media strategy and get you engaged on these new and important platforms. If you have something you would like us to tweet about let us know and we will be happy to do so.
Blogging
If you have got something to share with local people get it over to us! We will optimise it for search engines and place it on our blog. You can send us just about anything : anytime you win an award, get a mention in the paper, take part in a charity event or even if you just weant something to say, let us know. Our blog is a powerful way for you to get new customers and raise your profile. Please use it!
Events
Publicise your events by placing them on thebestof events page. You can either add the events yourself through our website, or send them to us that we can optimise them for search engines before we add them to the site on your behalf. We can even add a photo!
Video
Video is a hugely powerful marketing tool and we'll help you exploit it to grow your business. Short, simple videos can bring new dimension to your marketing and breathe life into your products and services in a way that no other marketing tool can. Added to your feature it will ensure you gain increased exposure.
Special Offers for Members
These online offers are attracted to your webiste feature and are a powerful tool for you to get more customers. All you have to do is come up with the offers that are unique to thebestof and we'll upload them to your feature. Local members of thebestof print the voucher to use it, so you'll know know where the business is coming from. you can change them often to keep them fresh with users coming back for more.
Quote Me
Quote Me is a great marketing tool situated on our website. Consumers enter the details of the job they want done, then quote me automatically passes the enquiry on to the relevant Business Members. Yet another great way that we generate new business for you.
Mobile Website and App
More and more people have mobile phones capable of using the internet whilst they are out and about. Our mobile website helps the public to find thebestof businesses while they are on the move! They can even download your offers direct from their phone!
Website Feature
This is your very own page on our website which collectively gets over a million visitors a month. It's where we can tell the local community what you do and why you have been recommeded as one of the best local businesses. If you can supply us with t ext for the feature that's great; if not, don't worry, we''ll write a Serarch Engine Optimsied feature for you and make sure you are happy before putting it live on the site. Your member offers and testimonials can be found on this page and if you have chosen a video, this will be here along with your contact and website details.
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If honest this is just a very SMALL element of what we do, so if you would like to find out if you and your business should be part of thebestof community then get in touch!