One lump or two?

Monday sees the launch of our new e-shot campaign and we're expecting some organisations we'd like to work with will have a look at our blog before deciding whether or not to get in touch directly.

If that includes you, then welcome! Hopefully, you like what you've seen. Besides, we do a mean tea or coffee and, with Morrisons two minutes away, wonderful biscuits are always in plentiful supply!

Pick up the phone and give us a call!

Loads to think about

We've been working with Transdek UK, the award winning loading and lifting systems experts, to raise awareness of the supply chain efficiencies double deck vehicle trailers can deliver but ones some business sectors appear to be missing out on.

This is highlighted in an article by the company's managing director that was commissioned and published by Handling & Storage Solutions, both online and in its magazine.

Double decking: lost in translation?

Work for World Cetacean Alliance starts to bear fruit

Last year's WhaleFest marked the launch of the World Cetacean Alliance - a group of non-government organisations, charities and individuals from around the globe who have the best interests of whales, dolphins and porpoises at heart and who decided they would have more impact working together than they would standing alone.

As part of our work for WhaleFest, we're helping the WCA's members to raise their own profile and that of the umbrella organisation in their own countries. Here are a couple of the early results from New Zealand and South Africa...

Supply and demand

See Neptunus’ Managing Director April Trasler’s insightful comments in the supply and demand feature in the October issue of Exhibition Bulletin. Investigating supplier relationships in the exhibition market, including contract trends emerging in the industry.

Worried about energy costs in your business?

A by-lined article in Modern Building Services for our client Honeywell Building Solutions sets out a cost-effective strategy for significant energy and cost savings. Let an expert pay for the required improvements!

Three foundations for building-control success

Having a whale of a time!

Delighted to announce we're carrying out a pro bono media relations campaign to promote WhaleFest (www.whale-fest.com), which happens next March in Brighton. 

The last event, held at the same venue last year, was an excellent mix of entertainment, exhibition and information, with over 6,000 people visiting over a two-day period. If you fancy a family weekend by the seaside, it's well worth a visit.

More information to follow...

Top questions posed by your customers re social media

Following on from the top five questions to ask yourself about whether or not to adopt a social media programme, here are eight questions your customers might ask you, should you decide to venture online...

1. Why should I like you on Facebook?
2. Why should I follow you on Twitter?
3. Why would I value the experience i.e. what would I take away from it?
4. Why would I keep coming back over time?
5. Why would I keep engaged with you, rather than my real friends?
6. Why would I urge other contacts to follow you?
7. Why would I spend time in your network rather than keeping my own?
8. Why should I care about you, if you don't care about me?

Developing great answers to these are your best chance of developing a successful social media programme.

The top five questions to ask yourself about social media

If you're thinking of adding social media to your marketing platform, here are five questions you need to answer before making a final decision...

1.  What do I hope to achieve by adopting a social media programme?
2.  What should the programme consist of?
3.  How important is social media to my customer base?
4.  How much am I willing to invest in developing and maintaining a social media presence?
5.  How am I going to measure the value of the programme?

If you need some help with working out what's best for you, feel free to get in touch.

A genuine Masterpiece

Have you seen the August issue of Exhibition Bulletin? Check out page 12, which shows the work Neptunus undertook for Masterpiece London. They replicated the look of the nearby Chelsea Hospital using a printed wrap around on the temporary structure they constructed. It’s hard to distinguish the temporary structure from the real thing!

Technical triumph

It's always a busy time of year but as always we've met the deadlines and our clients' award entries have been signed, sealed and delivered - for now at least!

We'll have to wait until the end of the summer before all the results are announced but we already have one victory under our belt….. Our materials handling client was the worthy winner of a national United Kingdom Warehousing Association Award this month. A technical triumph for all those involved!