We're listening...

Tuesday morning saw GGS HQ filled with the delicious aroma of bacon sizzling (a real vegetarian turner, if ever there was one) as the team came in early for a GGS breakfast which also included muffins, croissants, tea (obviously), coffee (obviously) and orange juice.

Why?

To provide a forum for everyone to discuss our plans for the Company; where we are going and how we are going to get there, where we've been and was it a good place? And to talk about what everyone likes (or dislikes) about the work, the environment and the systems we use to ensure that all our clients remain the happiest little bunnies on the planet.

An hour later, apart from being fully bacon'd up, we had covered a multitude of topics which included improvements to the website, working for charities and having specific Charities Discount Policy, improvements to the building and planning when the next meeting would be... (after work followed by a slap up meal at Mrs. Miggins' Pie Shop).

We like to have a happy team, and as we all know - It's all about teamwork!

Sustainable homes

Had a really interesting shoot in Snettisham near King's Lynn yesterday for RidgemountPR in London.  Their client, BASF, has a product called Walltite which was used by Gregg Etches of Finer Living to construct an Eco-Friendly, sustainable home using renewable technologies.  The project incorporated Photovoltaic Cells on the roof , a thermal heat pump thingy (OK, so I'm not very technical) for hot water and highly insulated prefabricated walls which not only insulate really well but also create excellent air sealing.

Gregg is clearly very passionate about what he does - building 'complete housing systems' which provide more sustainable homes which are complemented by renewable energies - at an affordable price. This particular property had a 'Grand Designs' feel about it to me and Gregg was clearly very proud of it. It looked fabulous.

Have look at Gregg's web site; I'm sure it will explain things better than I can!

Why isn't there a picture? I hear you say. Just waiting for permission from the client. Better that RidgemountPR get to use them before GGS does! :-)

Improved sales

It's been a good year so far with sales well up on last year (not 'well up' as in 'well good' etc!) but we're always looking to improve; so thanks go to Chris Sanger from ra! coaching who gave us a couple of hours of training yesterday. Some excellent tips and insights as well as some ideas on how to modify our sales process to improve even more.  Great for GGS and great for our clients.

Listawood go large

Listawood - Europe's largest mouse mat and promotional products manufacturer have commissioned GGS to design and build a new 64 square metre exhibition stand. The new exhibition stand's high profile will reinforce the Company's number one position within Europe.

Designed to be reconfigurable, the stand will be used at a series of exhibitions in Germany, France and the U.K. with stand space ranging from 64 square metres down to 18 square metres

Snapped up!

Our Business Portrait offer was a big hit at the Chamber of Commerce Business to Business exhibition at Carrow Road yesterday with nearly 50 people taking advantage of the opportunity to have a top quality portrait taken by one of Norfolk's best photographers (Peter Griffin); and all for FREE!  Poor Pete barely had time to nibble a sandwich or have a slurp of tea, we were so busy! A virtually non-stop flow of visitors meant he was behind either the camera or the Mac for the entire six hours that the halls were open and he had no chance to wander round and see how many chocolates he could snaffle from the other stands like he normally does (mind you, probably not a bad thing...)

Peter Griffin, Emily Fisher and Chris Ball - Picture courtesy of Norwich Chamber

After all that hard work it was fantastic to learn that GGS had won 'Best Stand', the trophy for which Pete is holding in the above pic.  Bit hard to see as it's made of glass, mind you.

Thanks to everyone that dropped by and we shall be emailing all the pics early next week.

Free Business Portraits

I bet you need a good pic of yourself, or a member of your staff, to use in press releases, adverts, brochures or advertising material; don't you?
Of course you do.
I bet you are using ones taken on your mobile or your Sony Compact at the moment; aren't you?
Do they look like the picture on the left?

Would it be better to have one like the one on the right?
Of course it would.


Good; now we've got that sorted, get your diary out and schedule a visit to the Chamber of Commerce B2B Exhibition at NCFC Carrow Road on Thursday 20th October as we are doing FREE BUSINESS PORTRAITS between 11.00am and 5.00pm (as well as talking about everything else we do - exhibitions, design, web sites, large format digital printing etc. etc...)

See you there!

Addictive behaviour...

Honestly! Its always the same... you find something you REALLY LIKE - and then you're told too much of it is REALLY BAD for you:

> Tobacco
> Alcohol
> Curly Wurlies
> Asbestos
> Crimplene
etc. etc.

Well, with your health and well-being ALWAYS AT the forefront of our minds, we feel we now have to advise you of another emerging concern...

> Social networking

It seems people are getting SERIOUSLY HOOKED on interacting with each other via the internet - and too much of it is again REALLY BAD for you (apparently). So a fledgling support structure is growing fast to provide counselling to would-be addicts (example here). Well at least help is at hand now... phew!

But hey come on now, can some of us REALLY BE addicted to this relatively new phenomenon? Well, according to a growing number of seemingly well-researched articles and postings, this does indeed seem to be the case. Take this one for example, written and published over a year ago, but even then able to warn of the consequences of fidgeting with your smart phone when you should be out there doing something more character-building*. And this one, all very well, but come on now... do we need a REAL LIFE now we have Twitter?

*Suggestions on a postcard please.