I just thought I should warn you that the following post is likely to be a tad whingey. Look away now if you are in a really happy, skippy mood!
My exciting news that I mention aeons ago has materialised, although not quite in the way I had hoped. I took out my first ever advert in a local glossy magazine, and here it is:
I am not too happy with the ad as I feel it looks a bit tacky and cheap. I could have designed my own (and will do next time), but I only had a day to get it in and didn't have time to do it, so the designers at the magazine did one for free. All fine I hear you say. However, I was only talked into taking out the ad because I would then get 3 of my products featured in the shopping pages of the magazine. All fine, I can still hear you say. Unfortunately I can't show you a copy as I can't work out how to get it from the mag to the blog at this moment in time (regular readers will know that my IT skills are a little lacking). If I could show you a copy you would see the problem. The pictures look great, and I am really pleased with how the 3 items are displayed.
However, instead of my website address they have printed my home phone number. Aaaah. Not so great now. They only had my phone number as I rang to chat to the advertising saleswoman, and we discussed at some length the website (which she had seen and loved - though she's bound to say that!), and how it would draw people in. Not much chance of that now. The ad on it's own is not great value for money - it was the featured products that I thought would catch people's attention. Still, at least it is only local and not national!
So, I had a little rant and a little cry (I am slightly melodramatic at times it has to be said), and I sent said advertising saleswoman an email expressing my displeasure. She has offered me another larger advert for the same price as the smaller one in the next edition. Hmmm.
Not sure what to do now, but I will have a think about it. I know that far worse things happen at sea, but it has made me very down in the dumps.
Still, I have our holiday to focus on next week.
I'm not feeling so bad now.
Cathy XX