tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30613567415017969342011-07-08T00:16:36.840-04:00Forward5: 5 Ways To Increase SalesTips, insights and suggestions to help businesses of all kinds and sizes increase sales through marketing communications, advertising and design.Forward5http://www.blogger.com/profile/00311714523566956632noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061356741501796934.post-25978346754170998462010-02-08T13:39:00.006-05:002010-02-11T14:13:29.954-05:00Upcoming Speaking Dates<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">March 18: 7pm – 9pm</span><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Enhancing Coupon Promotions</span></b><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Learn how to enhance the concept, look and results of your shop local coupons. Presentation with Q&A, hosted by WinCentral.org at the Winchester Library, 80 Washington Street. For more information go to: </span><a href="http://www.wincentral.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">www.wincentral.org</span></span></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">April 8, 2010</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">: time TBD</span></span></span></b><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Topic: 5 Ways to Increase Sales. </span></b><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This presentation is best suited for privately owned, small- to mid-sized businesses. We'll cover the how to improve customer trial, frequency, average check, retention and margin. Particularly useful to retail and food service, but also helpful to many other service businesses. Part of the Lexington Community Education program. $10 admission (Free to Lex Is More business members) Time and location to be updated on this site. </span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <br /><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">May 12, 2010: 9am – 2:30pm</span></span></span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Strategies for Starting a Shop Local Campaign.</span></b><br /><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A presentation from the Massachusetts Downtown Initiative, Department of Housing & Community Development. Speakers:</span></div></div><b></b><br /><b><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">– Laury Hammel, Local First, Sustainable Business Network</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">– Paul Waxman, Lex is More Campaign, Lexington, MA</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">– Susan Witt, Berkshares Program, E.F. Shumacher Society - Great Barrington</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Holyoke Community College, Kittredge Center,</span></span></div></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">303 Homestead Ave., Holyoke, MA 01040</span></span></span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Directions: </span></span><span style="color: blue;"><u><a href="http://www.hcc.edu/about/pdf/Camp_Directory2009.pdf"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://www.hcc.edu/about/pdf/Camp_Directory2009.pdf</span></span></a></u></span></span></b><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3061356741501796934-2597834675417099846?l=forward5marketing.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Forward5http://www.blogger.com/profile/00311714523566956632noreply@blogger.com0