Give me a reason to visit…
Meal deals can maintain margins, increase ATV, and entice customers in…
We love this one…
Meal deals can maintain margins, increase ATV, and entice customers in…
We love this one…
How effective is your communication with customers? How up to date is your newsletter mailing list? When was the last time you added 500 customers to your mailing list? As specialists in Garden Center Marketing we are always encouraging clients to consider new ways of capturing customer email address details. We love this idea from…
After all of the wet weather, many gardeners are battling with slugs…
Making this a very well timed promotion…
We became aware of this through their Facebook news feed.
We keep mentioning that we are HUGE fans of Pinterest, and we even have our own boards, but have been waiting to see the first company to realise the HUGE potential that Pinterest offers. Today that prize is awarded to dyson, who are using Social Media in just the right way… What if we did…
As pointed out by Mark Yates of Kershaws Garden Centre in a comment on this blog, it is better to to offer BOGOF promotions than to half price everything.
Grosvenor show how it is done in a customer email sent out today…
Our local Farm Shop is offering a special Jubilee Banger with every purchase over £5 in the Shop on the 5th June. (We however would recommend that offers such as this are used to bring in custom over the weekend, as many centres have plants backed up in the nursery, maybe a red white and…
Here is a great and simple way to get people engaged with your Facebook page. It would be perfect for the next Bank Holiday weekend! 1. Ask customers and Facebook fans to come into the centre over the Bank Holiday weekend, take a photo of the thing they like most about you, and upload their photo…
Everyone seems to be talking about pinterest these days, which is good because we have been researching and playing with it for a while now. The Garden Centre Group are the first I have seen using it… If you want to know more about blogging, pinterest, tweeting, or Facebook and how to make a…
We like this blackboard spotted by Richard in York…
Customers who are casual gardeners rather than enthusiasts are looking to us to give them confidence.
The RHS Award of Garden Merit lists plants that are proven to perform well in most garden situations.
Harlow Carr Plant Centre, are singing and shouting about AGM plants.
Another display idea for your centre?
If you have a company Facebook page, are you ready for the big switch over at the end of the month, when Facebook will change your page to the new Timeline look? The new rules are: that the masthead images must not contain: Price or purchase information, such as “40% off” or “Download it at…
It’s National Stilton Week (honestly such an event does exist!) from the 15th – 21st April and even more significantly from the 23rd – 29th April it is UK Coffee Week
So, what are you doing to engage with these events in your coffee shops?
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Well they have, they call it Garden Living, and it shows customers how they can enjoy the alfresco lifestyle this summer…
I ought to add that the majority of the Garden Living area was down to high end Garden Furniture…
Whilst many Garden Centre managers may be thinking of the Olympics and the Diamond Jubilee as the next big events there are some great Marketing Opportunities coming up over the next few weeks. The 3rd of April marks the 120th Anniversary of the first documented Ice Cream Sundae! British Asparagus have a count down on…