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Direct Marketing Solutions That Get Results

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Direct Marketing is personal, targeted and effective, letting you can target exactly who you want to get outstanding campaign results.

In today’s business world people are constantly on the go: sales meetings, marketing strategies, the list goes on, with everyone innovating and planning out ways to acquire new customers. Little do they know that the most conventional and original ways of marketing are still at the forefront of customer acquisition.

Direct Marketing is personal, targeted and effective. Rather than blanket marketing and hoping you reach the right audience, you can target exactly who you want, where you want, in niche segments to get outstanding campaign results.

With such hectic business schedules, you may not have the time to produce and run such campaigns, or perhaps you don’t have the knowledge or staff to create one yourself and therefore steer clear from direct marketing. As a result, you are missing out on thousands of potential prospects.

Insight Data, the leading prospect marketing data supplier, have a bespoke in-house direct marketing team, running from graphic designers and specialist email marketers to direct mail copywriters and fully industry trained telesales operatives, to create effective and efficient campaigns for you. Coupled with Insight’s prospect marketing databases, the results are extremely positive.

You no longer have to worry about time, effort and results as Insight Data will handle it all for you; running a campaign from start to completion, compiling a report of all leads generated and a campaign overview. Whether you need Email Marketing, Telesales or a Direct Mail Campaign, Insight can help you.

Marketing Manager Troy Hannam comments: “Direct Marketing is coming back into fruition with smart phones allowing emails to be accessed instantly and individuals to be contacted directly, resulting in extremely effective campaigns. With Insight we boast a 99.6% deliverability rate for direct mail and 98% for email marketing, meaning you are guaranteed to get the results you deserve.”

Insight recently partnered with a Rehau Fabricator to help increase their email marketing results. The fabricator saw a significant increase in their very first campaign with Insight.

Zac Nedimovic, Astraseal’s Sales and Marketing Manager, said: “We used another prospect database for many years and it seemed fine. But when we tested Insight Data the results were staggering, with a 400% increase in response rates from the first campaign.”

For more information on how you can utilise Insight’s Direct Marketing Services contact Insight Data on 01934 808293 or email hello@insightdata.co.uk

GGF BENEFITS FROM WINDOW FILM INSTALLATION

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Although blinds could have been used to control the glare (they would have little effect on the heat or energy use) they were not practical and also spoilt the panoramic view enjoyed from this top floor office.

It was decided to install a high performance neutral coloured external solar control film that reduced the glare by 80% and the heat by 70%. This film also reduces air conditioning usage by up to 30% so would also pay for itself in around 3 years from reduced air conditioning usage. It is a little known fact that it takes 3 to 4 times more energy to reduce the temperature by 1 degree as it does to heat by 1 degree.

Following the non-disruptive installation the occupants (employees) immediately had their comfort improved with vastly reduced glare and a dramatic reduction in heat.

Nigel Rees, GGF Group Chief Executive said ‘We are very pleased with the instant effect on heat and glare of the non- disruptive window film installation. We are looking forward to saving money too!’

Steve Rice, GGF Director of Technical Affairs commented, “It is always pleasing to witness a first class example of how a window film installation can solve existing problems with glazing. This installation has vastly improved the working environment for the staff with a reduction in extreme glare coming through the windows from strong sunshine. Secondly applying window film has made the GGF Building more energy efficient, something that is always high on our agenda. The finished job looks superb and I am pleased a GGF Member company from the Window Film Group undertook the work.”

The corresponding energy analysis showed that more than 125 kWh of energy (£15) would be saved per square metre of glass which relates to the short payback time. With an expected lifetime well past 10 years this type of solution provides a high performance for many years to come.

To find out more about the GGF Window Film Group please visit https://www.ggf.org.uk/group/window-film-group

 

 

GGF PRESIDENT TAKES ON BORDER2BORDER CYCLING CHALLENGE

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The ride, sponsored by GGF Member Deceuninck, will take place over 11 days and will span 2,016 miles between Vancouver, Canada and Tijuana, Mexico, and will offer up more than 92,000 feet of climbing with temperatures in excess of 40 degrees.

Each of the eighteen riders will raise a minimum of £3,500 in sponsorship and combined with the income from kit sponsorship and the headline sponsor the fundraising target for Border 2 Border is £100,000. Every penny raised will go directly to Hope House Children’s Hospices because the riders and support team will each cover their own personal costs such as flights, hotels and subsistence.

Andrew commented:

“We will set off from Vancouver on 12th June 2016 and will cross seven mountain ranges as we make our way to the Mexican border.  Much of the ride will be taking place in the absolute wilderness of mountains and deserts including the Cascade Mountains, Colombian Plateau, Sacramento Valley, Californian Coastal Mountains, the Sierra Nevada, the Mojave Desert and the San Antonio Mountains.

“Obviously we don’t do this for fun – it’s incredibly hard!  We do this to raise much needed funds for Hope House.  Every penny that is donated goes directly to the charity to helping some very poorly and dying children get support and respite. If you have ever had the opportunity to visit Hope House, or indeed any other Children’s Hospice, you would understand why we put ourselves through such difficult challenges to raise money.”

To sponsor Andrew, donate online at https://www.justgiving.com/gloverb2b/ and you can also find more details of the event on the team website https://www.gmfundraising.co.uk/border2border/.

To follow the progress of the team during their 12 month training visit www.gmfundraising.co.uk/border2border or follow:@gmfundraising on Twitter, and look out for the hashtags #GMFB2B for regular updates. 

 

WINDOW WITH A VIEW COMPETITION GATHERS MOMENTUM

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Some of the entries include:

  • Manchester Airport, North West
  • Victoria & Albert Museum, London
  • Carlton Towers, Yorkshire
  • Arundel Castle, South East
  • Birmingham Library, West Midlands
  • Lincoln Castle, East Midlands
  • Roman Baths, South West
  • Edinburgh Castle, Scotland
  • Dinorwic Quarry, Wales
  • Belvoir Golf Club, Northern Ireland

The entries will be judged by an esteemed panel made up of a Director of the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA), a Creative Director of an interiors boutique, an architectural photographer and a partner of an award winning architect practice on the 25th May in Birmingham. Four finalists from each region will be put forward for the public voting round, launching on the first week of June.

If you have a brilliant Window With A View, enter it here: www.myglazing.com/wwav or follow @myglazing on twitter for the latest updates, you can retweet to your followers and encourage them to enter, there are prizes to be won!

For more information on why the GGF have launched Window With A View, click here.

GGF SUPPORTS THE CONSTRUCTION SUPPLY CHAIN PAYMENT CHARTER

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Businesses in the construction industry can now demonstrate their commitment to fair payment by becoming a signatory to the Construction Supply Chain Payment Charter.

The GGF as Members of Build UK supports the principles of the Payment Charter, which clearly sets out the existing public sector requirement for payment within 30 days, alongside payment terms of 45 days for private sector projects reducing to 30 days by 2018. The Payment Charter also includes clear commitments in respect of retentions, ‘pay less’ notices, variations and Supply Chain Finance schemes.

By signing up to the Payment Charter, a company agrees to apply the commitments in its dealings with its supply chain, to be monitored on its compliance in line with the new statutory reporting requirements when they come into force later this year, and to consider the performance of its supply chain when awarding contracts.

With current payment practices holding back the industry and affecting the businesses of both Main and Specialist Contractors, fair payment has been identified as a priority for Build UK and they are working to set out what best practice looks like. The Payment Charter is one of a series of measures being taken forward which together have the potential to fundamentally change the payment culture within construction. 

Nigel Rees, GGF Group Chief Executive commented,

“The Supply Chain Payment Charter can only help companies build strong long term relationships with their supply chain partners and understand the importance of prompt payment to them. Companies signing this Charter voluntarily are making a positive step towards creating more transparency in their payment performance and processes while creating the right conditions for the industry’s supply chain to grow and thrive.” 

To apply to become a signatory to the Payment Charter, a company must first sign up to the Prompt Payment Code (PPC).  Signatories to the PPC that operate in the construction sector will then be listed in a drop down menu on theConstruction Supply Chain Payment Charter website and they will be validated before being sent a link to the online application form for the Payment Charter. To sign up to the Payment Charter, companies will need to provide information on their standard payment terms, retentions and any supply chain finance scheme they operate. 

Once approved, signatories to the Payment Charter will be listed on the website and can use the Payment Charter logo on their own website and documentation to show that they follow good payment practices.

To find out more about the Construction Supply Chain Payment Charter please visithttps://www.promptpaymentcode.org.uk/cscpc.htm

 

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