In his previous shop, West End News, Peter Wiblin used to have a window full of posters advertising events in town. In his new shop, Abingdon News Plus, Peter has a smaller window, and to make up for that Peter has installed  a screen running a loop advertising what’s on. I think he will charge for the service, but during March as an introduction the service is free.

I learned on the display that there is a plant / flower show at the end of March. That will be new for the blog.

Abingdon and Witney College have just done a show called Space Money. One student, Jemma, has created a blog detailing her involvement in the show. She says at one point …

Marketing Plan

This week, we have put together a marketing plan. This consists of all the different ways that we could market our performance out to the public. We thought of as many as we could from college radio to Jack FM and school newsletters etc. We also included the way that we would use sponsors to our advantage and the way they will help us keep our costs to a minimum…

Free Advertising at Abingdon News Plus deserves extra points.

Monday is market day in Abingdon. It may not show in this particular picture but market day is the busiest shopping day in Abingdon. The shops join in by trying to grap people’s attention with bright colours and offers.

Boots, for example, has a ‘3 for 2 Baby Event‘. I wonder what that is all about.

A new advert had just appeared on the Market Place advertising Armed Forces Open Day, a week today.

It dwarves the Abingdon’s Got Talent behind, but is not as big as the ‘All shops still open’ sign behind.