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Shopping centre promotional site space

Shopping centre promotional site space

For Brands wanting to engage with their customer in the run up to Christmas you need to consider the environments that your customers will be in. There is a growing trend in the UK for shopping centre shopping! Fairly obviously, the background to this has got to do with the weather, proximity of shops and parking! So shopping centres are a great place for you to be connecting with your customers in the run up to Christmas!
There are however, a number of considerations in running any shopping centre promotional activity – availability, promotional stands, promotional staff, shopping centre shopper profile and cost. Availability is one of the main problems, as these promotional areas within shopping centres are limited and there only tend to be a selection of three or four promotional stand areas per shopping centre with a finite number of shopping centres in the UK. The key to selecting the shopping centres that best suit your brand is to research shopper profiles and the retail outlets in each shopping centre, then ensure the footfall (number of shoppers using the mall) is adequate – or even easier, get your brand experience agency to do it for you!
Once you have a short list of shopping centres that you would like to attend, check on availability of the site space. This is easily done by your agency and the better agencies would normally do this for free as part of the proposal. Decisions on the duration of your promotion will depend on your budget, but remember erecting and dismantling a stand can be fairly costly so to make it economical, it would be better to increase the number of live days that your promotional staff are working the stand.
Cost of site space normally doubles in November and December, so be prepared to pay a premium when capitalising on Christmas shoppers. You will also need to ensure that you have an engaging stand which not only helps to communicate your brand message and image, but also adheres to shopping centre rules no matter where you go. To illustrate this point, if you were looking to visit a premium shopping centre in London, you would definitely want to attend Westfield Shopping Centre, who have restriction on the height of your stand so that shoppers still maintain a line of sight from one store to the next. London promotional staff are also very important to the image of your brand as well as the image of the shopping centre, so ensure your agency selects promotional staff that are a credit to your brand and the shopping centre.
Ensure your stand is inviting and engaging, that your products are ‘demonstrable’ and the key benefits of your product are communicated in a professional manner by providing comprehensive training to the promotional staff. Don’t forget to make all elements relevant to your objectives. To sum up, my recommendation is to “BOOK NOW” and plan for the winter months!
For more information please contact the office on 02036750640, we would be happy to give advice Free of charge!

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Quality of promotional staff in London

Quality of promotional staff in London

I have recently been asked if there is a difference in the quality of promotional staff in London compared to the rest of the UK! There is a very easy response to this question – in every city there are strong promotional staff and weak promotional staff! I know this sounds fairly simple but you should not base the decision about which city to hold promotional activity in, based on the quality of the promotional staff.
The way to improve the quality of promotional staff on any campaign, in any city, is to ensure you use a supplier that not only focuses on the process of recruiting quality staff onto their database but also regularly cleanses the database and has a system of rating staff after every job. Don’t feel you shouldn’t ask a supplier to outline what their processes are in this regard but even better ask the agency for a copy of their credentials which should focus on quality assurance. If they have not included slides on a stringent recruitment procedure and staff rating system then they probably don’t have one.
Very few agencies actually focus on these vital steps. We commit to ensuring staff quality by employing quality assurance managers who travel the length and breadth of the country assessing activity and assessing staff to ensure what we have promised clients is actually delivered. Also, that information on staff quality is used internally to provide the next project with the highest quality staff available.
So in summary, my tip for ensuring the highest quality staff on your next promotion is to ensure your staffing agency has stringent processes which not only are used to weed out ‘bad apples’ but also ensure the promotional staff that work hard and perform, are offered as much work as possible.

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Request a quote

Leafletting in Birmingham and London

Leafletting in Birmingham and London

There are rules around leafleting in many city centers in the UK. Gone are the days when you would run off 500 leaflets, call up a promotional staffing agency and tell them to supply you with staff to hand out the leaflets. Recently there has been a trend for inner city councils, including Birmingham and London, to license any leafleters. While it is not prohibitively expensive, you cannot leaflet without these licenses! Licenses can either be purchased in an individuals name or in a company’s name and each license can be purchased for a 12 month period.
Applications need to be made through the Birmingham City Council and all applications take a minimum of 7 days to be approved. Activ8 have applied for these licenses and can provide you with a cost effective way to deliver leafleting campaigns. There are a number of other areas that you should consider when putting together a leafleting campaign, as follows:-
• Time of day and footfall figures
• Effectiveness of literature – attention grabbing
• Number of staff required
• Delivery and storage of leaflets
• Event Managers to manage breaks and where staff are positioned to ensure maximum exposure
• Promotional clothing
Should you require any further information on City Centre leafleting please contact us.

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We recently delivered a national sampling campaign for Wilkinsons to sample their new ranges of own brand products.Activ8 employed 50 promotional staff throughout the UK, for a single day of in-store sampling at 50 separate Wilkinsons stores. With this kind of...

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Quality of promotional staff in London

I have recently been asked if there is a difference in the quality of promotional staff in London compared to the rest of the UK! There is a very easy response to this question - in every city there are strong promotional staff and weak promotional staff! I know this...

Leafletting in Birmingham and London

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We are increasingly being asked to supply mystery shopping staff who mystery shop brand experience activity! We have always used this method internally, to visit our own brand experiences and promotions, to ensure that the quality of our staff is maintained and also...

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The Gadget Show Live

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Promotional Staff Quality

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Why use brand ambassadors at exhibitions

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Request a quote

Homebase changing rooms

Homebase changing rooms

We have recently managed a campaign with Homebase, which has resulted in an amazing “changing rooms” sponsorship of a children’s hospice in Walsall. You may have seen the transformation of the train station on television and Homebase wants to transform all spaces into wonderful places! To amplify what Homebase did in the train station, we also transformed a park bench in Crystal Palace park, a phone booth in Coventry and a bus stop in Bristol!
Homebase then opened up a competition for anyone in the UK to nominate their choice of public space that they would like to have transformed. I am very excited to announce that a children’s hospice in Walsall has won the competition and today we have sent promotional staff, operators, shopfitters, mural painters and electricians to transform their rooms in two days.
Thank you Homebase and thank you to all the highest quality staff for delivering, what will no doubt be, an amazing transformation and will make a huge difference to the children’s lives. Watch this space for photos of the transformation.

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Activ8 delivers brand experience for new brand “Come Fry With Me”

Activ8 delivers brand experience for new brand “Come Fry With Me”

New dining experience “Come Fry With Me” achieved take-off last week at Box park in London’s trendy Shoreditch area!

Activ8 delivered a product sampling campaign to launch “Come Fry With Me”  which plans on opening its first store in London in the autumn. To whet the appetite and understand how consumers would feel about the “Come Fry With Me” brand we took an awesome Fry trailer to Box Park and gave away samples of the gourmet fries with mouth watering toppings to visitors to box park. We didn’t quite expect social media to play such a significant role in the success of the brand with visitors singing praises and inviting their friends down to try the new product.

We were blown away by how positive the thousands of samplers were about the product and the concept which has been widely praised. We then took the trailer over to the Foodies festival and got the same reaction which was amazing, not even the weather stopped fry lovers from queuing for their favorite flavors. Our promotional staff worked tirelessly with a smile and energy to ensure nobody was left empty handed. Well done to an amazing team of brand ambassadors and fryers – you were amazing!

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Why our promotional marketing approach is more affordable

To fulfill the complete promotional marketing needs of our clients we aim to deliver a host of expert services. These include:-          Promotional staff-          Operational staff-          Specialist performers-          Event Managers-          Team...

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The importance of managing promotional staff who work on their own

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In-store sampling vs. outside sampling at supermarkets

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Shopping centre promotional site space

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Leafletting in Birmingham and London

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Activ8 launches new Promotional staff and Brand Experience blog

This blog has been created to discuss and potentially help clients, as well as marketing professionals, to address specific issues and advances in promotional staffing or Brand experience.We welcome feedback from clients and potential clients, helping us to improve...

The Gadget Show Live

Activ8 is representing Cisco at The Gadget Show live Exhibition at the NEC Birmingham. Our promotional stand which is showcasing Cisco's Flip Video and Linksys products will focus on visitors really getting their hands on Cisco products to showcase how easy they are...

Promotional Staff Quality

Having spent the last few days at the NEC in Birmingham, I was surprised to see the varied quality of promotional staff and to be honest, I was quite shocked at the vast majority!It was fairly evident that clients had requested promotional models to create interest in...

Why use brand ambassadors at exhibitions

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Activ8 selected as Cafepod Experiential agency

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Securing quality promotional staff during London’s Olympic games

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Activ8 delivers Sony call centre

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Flight cancellations create demand for promotional staff in London

Due to the volcanic eruption and the unfortunate impact this has had on international travel, Activ8 has been required to step in and run an exhibition at the London Marathon Expo for a company that is US based, who were unable to come over and use the exhibition...

Request a quote