Tag: local business
The wrong way to save money
Whether you are self employed, run a small business or a huge corporation, cutting your spending in the WRONG places can seriously harm your business… Advertising. It’s an easy target. You might think cutting it won’t really affect your core business. After all, the people around Beaumaris, Menai Bridge, Llangefni, Bangor and Holyhead already know your…
Richard Bransons 5 rules
Richard Branson is in the news again – his way of doing business reflects the 5 rules he recommends to anyone running a business. “The five simple guidelines we followed when we started the magazine and then Virgin Music remain as valid and useful as they were in the late 1960s and early 1970s. 1.…
Bank Holiday? Not when you’re self employed!!
Don’t get me wrong.. I LOVE Bank Holidays! But I’ve gone and done it again. After struggling for nearly 12 months on a makeshift ‘desk’ (a board across two filing cabinets) I went a bit mad this week and ordered myself a new (flat-packed) desk. And it’s just arrived. Two huge boxes of nuts, bolts and chipboard,…
Anglesey Show
A date for your Diary … from Your Local Dragon Directories The Anglesey Show has grown to be the major showground event in the North Wales calender. With around 60,000 people expected to attend the event over 2 days it brings tourism and local community together in a celebration of farming and equestrian life. It is…
It’s a dogs life..
Does your dog get full of sand and grass and yucky stuff? At this time of the year, if you walk your dog along the coastline of Anglesey or through woody & rural paths like those around Bangor and Bethesda your dog is likely to either get full of sand & mud or seeds and…
Attractor Factor -part 3- Chris Cardell
Analysis is important… Knowing where your customers are most likely to come from makes it easier for you to decide how to get your message to them. It’s no use putting an advert in a national newspaper if the people who use your services need to be located within a 20 mile radius of your…
New Bangor directory
New Bangor Area directory gives regular advertisers a boost… Around 6,000 households in and around Bangor have had their first Your Local Dragon directory posted through their letterboxes. The villages of Bethesda, Tregarth and Llanfairfechan are included within the new Bangor area, creating a good mix of housing type for better response rates. A number of…