Monday, May 19, 2014

target secondary school parents, new SME 1-stop shop, food SMEs & John West sponsorship




Secondary School Parents
If your business is targeting teenage children, this article from adworld.ie, home of “Irish Marketing Journal” will be of interest to you – insights from Kantar TGI on “pester power” and how to target these parents.  40% of these parents agree with the statement, “I always buy the brands my children prefer.”  They are avid magazine readers and particularly enjoy articles on homes and gardens and they’re also heavy radio users.

New SME ‘one stop shop’ resource from Govt
A new website was launched today by the Department of Finance as a one stop shop for SMEs in Ireland.  When you log on, you answer 8 questions including the size and location of your business, business type, stage of growth, choose from a list of the type of supports you require, state if you are exporting or not and are asked if you have applied for bank funding?  A list of resources then comes up – worth a shot….

Challenges facing Food SMEs
Surveys can be an excellent way of getting coverage – particularly if the research refers to a sector.  This survey was commissioned on behalf of Blas na hEireann, the Irish Food Awards, and found that SMEs in the food area have a major challenge getting finance and distribution and that 70% of them believe this is the biggest challenge to their growing their business.  “Producer Power 2014” was used to announce the launch of their Awards which will be held on Saturday 4th October.  http://www.shelflife.ie/article.aspx?id=5012

Brain Food
Though I say so myself, this is a good example of sponsorship – the John West Fantasy Writing Competition which is now in its fourth year.  In Year 1 it received nearly 5,000 entries and this year, it was close to 10,000 entries!  Declaration of interest – I’ve worked with John West for a number of years and have been involved with this competition since its inception.  So I’m a major fan!  It was set up to stimulate schoolchildren’s creativity and brainpower and encourage them to write stories.  Most of John West’s products are very rich in Omega 3 which is known as ‘brain food’.  See the clip from this year’s final which was held last week on RTE TV news:  http://www.rte.ie/player/de/show/10283335/



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