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… Continue reading The wrong way to save money

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.… Continue reading Richard Bransons 5 rules

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,… Continue reading Bank Holiday? Not when you’re self employed!!

Dragon Newsletter 3 – Valuing your customers

When your advertising brings you new customers month after month you’re getting much more value for money than the cost of each new job… Click Here to find out about how advertising in a Your Local Dragon Directory can help you  if you are self employed or run a small businesses on Anglesey or around the… Continue reading Dragon Newsletter 3 – Valuing your customers

Dragon Newsletter 2 – Value for Money

Here are some hints on how to make value for money help you to stay ahead of your competitors… Click Here to find out how Your Local Dragon can make your life easier if you’re a one man band, local service or tradesman  serving households on Anglesey or around the Bangor area of North Wales See… Continue reading Dragon Newsletter 2 – Value for Money

Dragon newsletter 1 – Fame & Fortune

Giving excellent service and value for money to each and every customer can bring it’s own rewards… Here’s a story from one of the regular Local Dragon Directory advertisers who is based in Beaumaris on Anglesey. Click Here to find out about how advertising in a Your Local Dragon Directory helps self employed and small… Continue reading Dragon newsletter 1 – Fame & Fortune

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… Continue reading Anglesey Show

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… Continue reading It’s a dogs life..

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… Continue reading Attractor Factor -part 3- Chris Cardell

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… Continue reading New Bangor directory