Goodbye

[leelive]

Just going through my accounts....
It is time to say goodbye to a lot of places where I have advertised in the last 12months.
I have spent £4,000.. which is a lot more than I was hoping to spend.

£700 Scottish Wedding Directory [3 Bookings from the Mag] GOODBYE... will be taking up a smaller advert
£600 Edinburgh Corn Exchange Wedding Fair [10 bookings] GOODBYE... will be doing 1 instead of two fairs per year
£500 Promotional pens
£500 Promotional material (posters, post cards, business cards, mugs etc)
£400 Website and domains.
£240 yell.com [1 Booking] GOODBYE...
£240 facebook [1 Booking] GOODBYE...
£240 google adwords [1 Booking] Hard to justify... but so many bookings come Google that feel have to keep.
£120 hitched [X no Bookings] GOODBYE...
£100 mywedding [X no Bookings] GOODBYE...
£400 other listings on websites (less than £80 each) GOODBYE to most of them.

Lee

[lazersounds]

£500 Promotional pens
£500 Promotional material (posters, post cards, business cards, mugs etc)

Shouldnt you be getting rid of these? surely pens and mugs are not bringing you business

[leelive]

Shouldnt you be getting rid of these? surely pens and mugs are not bringing you business

The Mugs have costs £80 for 40. I like giving one to the duty manager at each new venue.....
A lot of the other promotional material was for the wedding fairs so that will be reduced.
The pens I love. I buy 2,500 of them every year so at about 20p each I think they are a cheap way of advertising. Most guests take them home with them... plus the venue has several to keep at the end of each night.

I think they help keep me in mind of potential clients and venues.

Any of you Scottish DJ come across a Lee Live pen at a gig?

Lee

[Shaun]

Any of you Scottish DJ come across a Lee Live pen at a gig?

None so far.

[soundmaster mobile disco]

Hi Lee no I have never seen your pens or mugs.I have to agree with you on the Scottish wedding directory its been a total loss for me so far.

Good luck with your cost cutting

[ukpartydj]

£4000 for 16 bookings?

I'm sure your not going out for 150 quid but that seems real steep to me!

[rossken]

Any of you Scottish DJ come across a Lee Live pen at a gig?

Lee

I've just had a look in my drawer and I actually have a Lee Live pen! I think you gave me it at a Wedding at the Gailes Hotel in Irvine a couple of years ago.

[DazzyD]

Shouldnt you be getting rid of these? surely pens and mugs are not bringing you business

The Mugs have costs £80 for 40. I like giving one to the duty manager at each new venue.....
A lot of the other promotional material was for the wedding fairs so that will be reduced.
The pens I love. I buy 2,500 of them every year so at about 20p each I think they are a cheap way of advertising. Most guests take them home with them... plus the venue has several to keep at the end of each night.

I think they help keep me in mind of potential clients and venues.

Any of you Scottish DJ come across a Lee Live pen at a gig?

Lee

Pens and mugs are items that people use all of the time so your details are always there in front of them. I spend a fair bit on the pens and people always take them away with them. I've had people ring up and say "Got your number of a pen I picket up months ago" so they do work.

It's the directories that give no return at all that are black hole where spending goes. That's a good tip, though, for anyone knew to business (and some that are not so knew). Keep a track of your advertising. I haven't for the last couple of years and this lacksidaisical attitude has come back to bite me on the backside so it's back to basics for me know!

[ppentertainments]

Where do you get your mugs from Lee - seems a good price.

[leelive]

Where do you get your mugs from Lee - seems a good price.

Doh... I have mislead you... it was £80 for 20. They are £4 each from Vistaprint (with the usual email discount offer). Sorry.

Lee