Only one Week Till Christmas

Its just one week to go until we get out our paper party hats and fall asleep on the sofa... and of course enjoy the festivities that surround Christmas. Here at Mancala and Webbeads we are winding down and looking forward to Friday when we close shop until the new year.

Of course Christmas would not be Christmas without a little magic show to get you in the spirit.... so I would like to present to you David Chesterfield, the worlds greatest Magician.



Happy Christmas, and we look forward to seeing you in the New year.

Slowly Slowly Catchy Monkey

From the BBC News Website-

"Internet retailers are flourishing UK shoppers will spend a collective £370m on purchases through the Internet on Monday, the highest ever daily amount spent online, a study estimates."

There will be an estimated £17.2 Billion, yes £17.2Billion spent online during the last 3 months.

If you didn't take advantage of this years record breaking spend on the Internet start planning now for next year. Slowly slowly catchy monkey, as a wise man once said.

Think about things like email marketing, start creating your database now - by the time next September comes (which is when you should be primed and ready for the Christmas rush) you will have a decent sized database to market your Christmas offers to.

Get your search engine optimisation plan in place, you don't get to the top of search engines over night but you now have almost a year to get there, use the time wisely by getting links to your site and updating your content.

Promote your website in whatever way you can, business cards, flyer's, press ads - any form of offline marketing should include your website address.

Keep an eye on this page and I will keep posting tips on what you need to do, for may retailers Christmas is the most important time of the year, the same is true for online retailers. Good luck and hopefully next Christmas will be a great success.

Tell Your Clients About Christmas Ordering

We are now in the final straight of what is for many the busiest time of the year online (in particular for those of you with ecommerce shops).

Now would be a good time to implement an email campaign to educate your clients on your final order dates if they want delivery before Christmas. This email campaign can also be used as a call to action - obviously if the clock is ticking then your email will prompt them into action.