newsXpress announces 2012 conference

newsXpress has announced details of a newsagency conference you will not want to miss. Over one busy day and night you will be challenged, stimulated and appreciated at this exclusive newsXpress event.

  • Valuable business sessions.
  • Excellent supplier deals.
  • Wonderful networking opportunities.
  • No conference attendance fee.

Thanks to funding from newsXpress preferred suppliers and newsXpress, every interstate newsXpress member will receive a rebate towards their airfares/travel costs. This is another first, it helps ensure that more newsXpress members make the tips and participate in the conference.

We have chosen the date to tie in with the Toy Fair in Melbourne. With toys are a growing category for newsXpress members, attending the Toy Fair the day before would offer a valuable insight.

Please lock in the date now. March 9, 2012. This will not change. We have booked and paid for the venue. We will release a full agenda in late January 2012. For now the points below will give you an idea of the day and night function.

  • No conference fee for all newsXpress members
  • Rebate offered to all interstate members to assist cover travel costs (the amount offered will vary based on location, you will receive an email to notify you)
  • Full day of valuable business sessions
  • Breakouts include supplier trade fair with conference-only specials
  • Interactive Supplier and Publisher sessions
  • Several major announcements sure to add value to your business
  • Morning Tea, Lunch & Afternoon Tea all provided
  • Evening Function of Finger Food and Drinks (7:30 – 10:30) at Eureka Tower observation deck

The event will be held at the Melbourne Convention Centre which is directly adjacent to the Melbourne Exhibition Centre where the Toy Fair is being held. The Convention Centre is close to many hotels ranging from budget accomodation to 5 star. We are asking members to book their own hotel and flights as this way you can find the best possible deal and use points etc if you want to.

The evening event will be a cockail party at the exciting and prestigious Eureka Tower. See Melbourne from on high while enjoying cocktails and some delicious finger food and networking with newsXpress colleagues and suppliers.

Kick off 2012 by attending and participating in this national conference. Get in early on special supplier deals, discover new business opportunities, connect with your newsXpress community in a more valuable and bankable way.

We are thrilled to announce that Gold sponsors for the conference so far are: Pacific Magazines, Jenlist, Skansen, Tower Systems and Hallmark Cards. More will be announced soon. It is with the support of our sponsors that we are able to host this event for newsXpress members.

newsXpress Radio: great newsagency marketing in-store

nxpradioyellowa4.jpgnewsXpress Radio has been broadcasting into newsXpress stores right through the Christmas and New Year period.

Offering an excellent selection of music as well as live news and protons of newsXpress preferred supplier products, newsXpress radio connects newsXpress businesses right across Australia in a practical, commercial and enjoyable way.

This live in-store radio service is promoting products and services available in newsXpress stores … supporting newsXpress preferred suppliers and offers they have available through our network.

Live news is a real bonus of this service, connecting our businesses and the in-store radio service in a more valuable way than the background noise of just music or commercial radio not promoting the business and the shopping experience.

Playing newsXpress radio in-store connects newsXpress members beyond their walls and genuinely leverages our network as a true network.

newsXpress members support newsXpress radio, providing us with a valuable and proven platform off of which we can sell products from newsXpress preferred suppliers … across the newsXpress retail network.

The best newsagency marketing group?

How can a newsagent decide which is the best newsagency marketing group for them? It is a tough question which is often middies by thoughts of money and other factors.

The best newsagency marketing group is one which helps newsagents drive…

  • business efficiency
  • retail sales
  • new traffic
  • shopper efficiency
  • business enjoyment

newsXpress pursues each of these goals with and for members. Our newsagency marketing group helped many newsagents achieve more in 2011 than if they had not been with us.

Our practical support for our members through newsXpress radio and our national TV campaign are two highlights which add value, at no cost, to newsXpress membership.

It is the package of tangible value on which newsXpress members can bank over the long-term. It demonstrates an understanding that it is the profit which you make from your business each day which is more valuable than a non-sales related cash short term benefit as we hear some talk about.