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Not everyone has all the expertise they need in-house. The Tourism Network can manage projects, write tourism and marketing strategies or undertake promotional activities on your behalf. It's often cheaper (you cut out the trial and error), faster and more effective to buy in some help in this way.
You can see some examples of previous projects we've worked on and the sort of clients we've worked for. We're happy to work on an ad hoc or retained basis. Our shortest project was completed in just 1 day and our longest retainer was for 8 years!
Most clients
have limited budgets so in addition to our usual services,
we've introduced a range of fixed-price services which can be used to
develop new ideas
or business
angles, increase
revenue
and improve profits, train staff, target new markets or existing ones
more effectively, raise your profile, take advantage of key trends, and make
your job easier. For details of Help-in-a-hurry, Do-it-in-a-day, Borrow
a brain and Nurture and nag see below.
Help-in-a-hurry - sometimes
a sounding board is all you need. Perhaps you just want to get a
few pointers or work out whether it's worth pursuing
an idea you've had. You can buy an hour's consultancy by phone or email
for just £55 + VAT. email
susan@tourismnetwork.org and we'll arrange
when to call or for you to email and get a response - usually within
48 hours.
Do-it-in-a-day -
most new business ideas or marketing action plans take several months to
develop but are they necessarily better
that way? Not always. We're
pioneering the idea of a very intensive one day consultancy which can help
you either improve your business, review your destination marketing or
dream up new ideas.
We usually send a list of questions and angles for
you to prepare and then come to you and work through a development plan
so that after an intensive day together you know exactly what to do next
and are ready to start implementing your future plans.
If you'd like to "do it in a day", you can save months of agonising and thousands
of
pounds
of
consultancy
fees. Our fee for doing it in a day is just £475 + VAT including the preparation
work. Email susan@tourismnetwork.org with
a few brief details of what you'd like to cover and we'll contact you to
arrange a day.
Borrow a brain - imagine having an extra member of staff to whom you can turn for advice and helpful suggestions, to sometimes play devil's advocate and complete projects on your behalf, helping you plough through that pile of things in the "too difficult to do now, delay until later" intray. That's exactly what we can offer - for around £400 + VAT per day for anything from 3 days to 300. Email susan@tourismnetwork.org or phone 01765 688178 to find out how this might work for you.
Nurture
and nag - have you noticed how there are some jobs you always put off until
later and yet which are essential to your destination or business?
Sometimes the reason you don't get round to them is because it's hard to
see where to start and what needs doing. And you don't have a deadline. That's
where our "nurture and nag" service comes in. We can talk to you about what
you need to do, how to go about it and set a deadline for each stage with
you, calling you at agreed intervals to check progress and help you work
out what you need to do next. An ideal service for new starters in difficult
jobs or if you want to delegate something to someone who's ready for a new
challenge but hasn't yet had a great deal of experience. Email susan@tourismnetwork.org to work out what to do next.
This is what one of our clients recently said after an away day we ran for
them, followed by some bullet point recommendations: "I
think the day went well and was actually just what we needed in terms of
getting
everyone together
to
discuss the issues we face and the way forward. Most of the actions we
discussed seemed a lot simpler than I had anticipated and we were perhaps
just making more of things than necessary. I definitely feel more confident
in taking the partnership forward now. Thank you."
The day cost them much,
much less than a full consultancy report but now the Destination Partnership
we ran it for is able to get on with some practical action. If you'd like
to do the same, call Susan Briggs on 01765 688178.
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