newsXpress Melbourne Member Meeting packed

The Melbourne Member Meeting at the Hilton South Wharf we hosted this week was a packed affair. Twice in the lead up we had to expand room capacity to handle the attendees.

This is the fifth event this week to co-incide with the Melbourne Gift Fair.

The meeting was another training and networking opportunity for newsXpress members.,  It is the first of six such meetings for members around the country.

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newsXpress hosting capital city member meetings and training sessions

Starting next week, newsXpress is hosting a series of capital city member meetings where structured training will be delivered in the newsXpress processes on which members can rely to attract new shoppers and further transform their businesses.

These new sessions will be the fourth opportunity for such face to face member networking and training offered by the group in 2016.

newsXpress continues to deliver on its promises to encourage and help members create more valuable businesses.

newsXpress national cluster meeting series to kick off

Next week, newsxpress members will be meeting around the country in a series of cluster meetings to talk business. focused on networking, business growth strategies, current data results and other information, newsXpress members love these business-buulding sessions.

Our experience is networking like we’re about to kick off drives change in member businesses and change drives sales and profitability.

No other newsagency marketing group runs the type of sessions newsXpress runs. The results are valuable for our members, our suppliers and the group as a whole.

The cluster meetings are a key newsXpress difference in action.

newsXpress members network and talk business in Brisbane

nxbneIt was terrific to see so many Brisbane area newsXpress newsagency marketing group members meet at a supplier location in Brisbane last week. We talked business ideas, new product opportunities, marketing ideas and plenty else.

newsXpress members sharing ideas like this is inspiring!

newsXpress members meet in Rockhampton

nxrokCheck out the photo of newsXpress members meeting Rockhampton earlier this week. We have a terrific few hours together talking about business and opportunities.

These newsXpress members are a proactive group of newsagents … inspiring!

Cluster meetings are a newsXpress difference.

newsXpress Canberra members meet to network

10386318_10153292244659112_185041824750878820_nNetworking opportunities are important to newsXpress members as they present excellent opportunities to share, learn and grow. That’s what happened last week in Canberra with some of our Canberra members. In a beautiful outdoors setting we had some terrific discussions about businesses – learning plenty.

newsXpress launches member meetings this week

newsXpress this week starts a national tour of member meetings in capital cities and regional centres, meeting with members, sharing insights and unlocking some excellent supplier deals:

  • Adelaide. 28/10.
  • Perth. 29/10.
  • Melbourne. 11/11.
  • Sydney. 12/11.
  • Brisbane. 18/11.
  • Newcastle. 19/11.
  • Launceston. 25/11.

Most sessions will be hosted at supplier locations and include valuable insights from the host supplier.

Exciting time following Melbourne Gift Fair

donutsAfter an excellent week of dinners, drinks, networking and supporting each other, newsXpress members have headed home from the busy and fun-filled Melbourne Gift Fair.

In addition to good deals, excellent buying support and many hours of heartfelt friendship contact, it’s back to business turning the wonderful knowledge and sales from newsXpress suppliers into cash in the bank.

One of our suppliers, B.Gentle, the small personal slab business, shared some amazing information that will help newsXpress members make more money than other retailers. Information like this is gold.

Newsagency marketing group pitches to Melbourne newsagents

nxpmelNewsagency marketing group newsXpress had a terrific session at the hallowed Kooyong Tennis Club on Tuesday where many prospective newsXpress members came to hear about the group and what we have to offer. Sharing information about the newsXpress difference, newsXpress revealed a comprehensive explanation of opportunities – showing where newsXpress members achieve real gains.

newsXpress national conference bookings filling

The newsXpress national conference in March this year at the hallowed MCG is set to be a busy and full few days with buying tours, Toy Fair tours and some excellent business sessions fulling the agenda.

newsXpress members are responding to the opportunity by booking early to ensure they lock in the various events that make up the three days in Melbourne.

Sure to provide excellent networking and business building opportunities, the first newsXpress national conference for 2014 is looking like it will be a valuable time in a busy year schedule.

Newsagents embrace newsXpress cluster meetings

Newsagency marketing group newsXpress has filled all available places for the regional cluster meetings to be held in the next couple of weeks. This is an excellent response from newsXpress members seeking to network with other newsXpress members and to engage in business development discussion.

The cluster meetings are being held  on the Sunshine Coast (Nambour), Townsville and Newcastle over the last week of January and the first week of February.

These are not buying meetings, they are about business development … a unique and competitive positioning from newsXpress as it helps members grow more valuable businesses in 2013.

The sessions are not a traditional member meeting, they will be more free-flowing, less formal.

Participation for newsXpress members is free.

newsXpress 2013 conference bookings filling

newsXpress members from across Australia are booking to attend and participate in our 2013 conference. With travel subsidised by newsXpress, we are making it easier for members to share in this important event.

The agenda is developing as practical and insightful with excellent business growth opportunities to flow. Equally important is the networking opportunities plus the exclusive buying opportunities at the conference and the newsXpress exclusive buying tour of the Toy Fair the day prior to the conference.

newsXpress 2013 National Conference. Tuesday March 5th, 2013. Melbourne Cricket Ground.  9.00am -5.00pm.

2013 Conference Cocktail Evening.  Rivers Edge.  7.30 pm – midnight.

Both events are fully funded by newsXpress.

newsXpress member meetings help small business newsagents grow

newsXpress is hosting a round of member meetings early in July to showcase selected supplier products, share business growth insights and to provide newsXpress members an opportunity to network with other enwsXpress members.

The dates and details for the member meetings were provided to newsXpress members in private communication weeks ago.

newsXpress member meetings are wonderful opportunities. Participation for members is completely free. Occasionally we bring in other newsagents by invitation.

Here are the details:

  • Sydney – Tuesday 3rd July , 9.00am – 4.00pm  – Bonnie Doon Golf Club,Banks Ave, Pagewood, NSW
  • Melbourne – Thursday 5th July , 9.00am – 4.00pm Kooyong Tennis Club, 489 Glenferrie Road, Kooyong, VIC
  • Brisbane – Tuesday 10th July, 9.00am – 4.00pm – Brisbane Technology Park,1 Clunies Ross Court (off Miles Platting Road), Eight Mile Plains, QLD
  • Perth–Thursday 12th July 9.00am – 4.00pm – The Old Brewery,  173 Mounts Bay Road, Perth Western Australia.

Newsagents who are not members of newsXpress could contact newsXpress if they wished to participate and see how awe go about equipping and motivating newsXpress members for business growth and business enjoyment.

 

newsXpress announces more training opportunities for retail staff in newsXpress outlets

newsXpress has announced another EXCLUSIVE in-store training session for employees of newsXpress member businesses.

This session, later this month on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland will deliver training on visual merchandising and magazine management.

newsXpress members will send employees for the free training which will be delivered in a newsXpress member location. This is the real value of the training – delivering it to the people who directly work in these areas of newsXpress businesses.

The three hour training sessions in magazine management and visual merchandising will deliver skills which enable newsXpress store employees to better serve the businesses in which they work as well as build their personal portfolio of skills. It is practical and valuable training showing off the newsXpress difference.

This training is a new service developed and delivered by newsXpress this year at no cost to newsXpress employees.

Terrific Brisbane member’s meeting

nxpbnemtg-sep11.JPGnewsXpress hosted a terrific member’s meeting in Brisbane earlier this week.  The agenda delivered business building opportunities.  The small group discussions unlocked more excellent opportunities.  We had wonderful support from suppliers, offering great value deals and all throughout the day there were terrific networking opportunities.

newsXpress Halls Head Wins Cash Award

perth-winner.JPGnewsXpress Halls Head won $500 cash for supporting trade suppliers as the newsXpress Trade Fair held in Perth earlier this week.  All newsXpress members buying on the day went in the draw and newsXpress halls Head were the lucky winners of a handy $500 in tax free cash.  The cash prize brought another fun element to the day.

Western Australian Newsagents Enjoy One-Day Conference

perth-mtg.JPGThe one day newsagency conference newsXpress hosted in Perth earlier this week was well attended and much appreciated based on feedback from participating newsagents and newsagency suppliers.  Sharing business building ideas and strategies, the conference showed off the newsXpress point of difference beautifully … showing how membership of newsXpress delivers a different and valuable experience to participating newsagents.  Welcoming new members in Western Australia to newsXpress was a real treat.

Newsagents Embrace newsXpress Suppliers at Trade Fair

perth-fair.JPGThe Trade Fair which accompanied the one-day conference earlier this week generated excellent business for participating newsXpress preferred suppliers. Covering mobile phones, gifts, greeting cards, stationery, social stationery, educational products, ATMs, My family stickers and a range of other products, the trade fair was a hit with newsXpress members and suppliers, resulting in excellent new business contacts and good sales on the day.

Winners Among newsXpress Members

nswwinners.JPGnewsXpress Toronto and newsXpress Terrigal Won $500 each at our NSW one-day conference in Sydney yesterday … continuing the stream of winners among newsXpress members as a result of supporting suppliers which support newsXpress. In delivering these cash rewards, newsXpress is sharing fun and excitement at our member meeting series.  We appreciate the financial support of our preferred suppliers enabling us to offer these prizes.

Business Building Sessions Help Newsagents Grow

nsw-meet.JPGThe business sessions of our NSW one-day conference yesterday included some excellent business building sessions presented by suppliers and others … focused on the core principles of newsXpress of traffic, margin and basket. Members left with practical ideas and suggestions for further growing their businesses from today.