Sheila's Flowers

Q. How did you advertise your business Web Site?

A. With a PostcardXpress Advertising Postcard!

Established in 1937, Sheila's Flowers is a successful family run business and has stores in Bray, Co. Wicklow and Dunlaoghire, Dublin, Ireland. As founder members of INTERFLORA who are associates of FTD in the US and FLEUROP in Europe, Sheila's Flowers are in a position to send flowers anywhere in the world.

Managing Director, Nigel Banks takes every opportunity to develop and expand his business and very recently set up the Sheila's Flowers web site. Customers from all over the world can visit the creatively designed site and order from a beautiful selection of fresh floral arrangements for local, national or international delivery.

One of the difficulties facing Nigel was how to inform his customers about his new Web Site but after some research decided the best way was to send a PostcardXpress direct mail advertising postcard. He contacted PostcardXpress and together they came up with a design and message for his card. The card clearly states the web address, www.sheilas.ie and also other important contact information. (See card). Nigel then mailed the card to all his account customers who now know the web address of their favourite florist! Hits to the Sheila's site increase steadily on a daily basis as customers go on-line to choose the special arrangement they want to send.

Nigel also left the cards in both stores where customers who call in can pick them up and know that the next time they want to send flowers they can visit the web site and order from the comfort of their own home or office!

"I am delighted with the response my advertising postcard generated", said a very happy Nigel, "and plan to use PostcardXpress postcards to inform my customers about future features of the site. Our web site has been overwhelmed with visitors since we started to use the PostcardXpress advertising postcard. The idea of sending an informative postcard to your customers is so simple, yet inexpensive and very effective. The staff at PostcardXpress made it so easy to design a great card for my business. Other methods of advertising the web site have proven to be very expensive and less effective so I will definitely continue to use PostcardXpress postcards in the future."

Sheila's Flowers are Ireland's only florist to be awarded Interflora's "Ireland's Florist of the Year" 7 times and is a recent winner of the Irish Flower Council's "Bridal Florist of the Year" competition. Visit Sheila's Flowers at www.shelias.ie

Edmund Nagele FRPS - Award winning Photographer

Involved in his profession for over 30 years Edmund Nagele's name is synonymous with top quality photography. In 1973 he was awarded the honour or a Fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain in recognition of his outstanding work.

Technology has changed sigificantly during this time and particularly over the last 10 years - Edmund's talent now extends to the art of photo enhancement as well as to photography itself. He has an impressive (and expensive) list of equipment including a digital workstation and a drum scanner.

During the last 20 years Edmund has built up an extensive picture library and has sold his photography all over the world. He now markets this resource on the World Wide Web at www.nagele.co.uk.

OK - the web site is a marketing tool for his photography but how does Edmund market his web site? With an advertising postcard from Postcardxpress!

"It's such a simple idea" enthuses Edmund "but very effective. I can have 1000 cards shipped to me within 15 working days and it costs less than one small advertisment in some photography magazines!"

Edmund has mailed his advertising postcard to new and existing customers and his wesite is getting more and more hits everyday - and that means more business!

" It really works - I am delighted with the results" Edmund told us recently "I will using PostcardXpress as a part of my ongoing marketing programme".

Hey - don't take Edmund's word for it - see for yourself what a difference a PostcardXpress advertising postcard can make to your business.