Welcome to the third newsletter of 2005.
With Christmas fast approaching, this is the last newsletter of 2005.
It's been a busy year, but a satisfying one as the Directory continues to steadily grow, with more and more diverse businesses coming on board.
The server logs continue to show that we have good visibility on the search engines, but even so, one of my projects next year will be to further optimise each page to see if we can improve still further.
I have recently been contacted by two large national
directories with a view to The British Products Directory taking
out an advertisement. Their sales pitch being: The British
Products Directory is a unique and singularly placed directory;
well worth advertising - so unique that they couldn't find a
section for us!
Is there anybody out there with experience of advertising who
could advise me on this?
Finally I would like to thank you all for your continued support and for those voices of encouragement that make this endeavour a pleasure.
It just remains for me to wish you all a very happy Christmas and a prosperous New Year.
Several new members have recently joined and just in case you haven't spotted the more recent ones, I've listed them below.
Norvil Motorcycle
Company - For those of you who remember the 750cc Norton
Commando, Norvil manufacture a new 1000cc Commando - well worth a
look. They also supply newly made spares for the original post
war to 1975 Nortons.
http://www.britishproductsdirectory.co.uk/westmidlands/wm_bikes.htm
Zenith Prototype Components
Ltd - Zenith manufacture machine tools amongst many
other items but use use Digital Manufacturing and Rapid
Prototyping Technologies to enable components to be taken from
design stage to completion in a matter of days.
http://www.britishproductsdirectory.co.uk/westmidlands/wm_design.htm
Wodsetton Designworks
Ltd - Woodsetton is a family company, who manufacture
Art Pottery, collectables, jewellery & home accessories
mostly in porcelain & pewter. They supply giftshops, mail
order catalogues, heritage organisations and galleries.
http://www.britishproductsdirectory.co.uk/westmidlands/wm_gifts.htm
Stone Mill Crafts -
Stone Mill Crafts make handmade personalised cards, invites,
notes, business cards to your ideas and designs.
http://www.britishproductsdirectory.co.uk/westmidlands/wm_cards.htm
Unique British Gifts
- Unique British Gifts are an internet shop that sell only
British Made gifts.
They can be found on the home page links.
We also have new members who do have not have a web site but can be found on the following pages:
The Metal Works - A
Blacksmith and General Engineer who can make what you want in
Iron and Steel including Gates and Railings, one off parts made
to order or to fit, Stable equipment. In fact - almost
anything.
http://www.britishproductsdirectory.co.uk/westmidlands/wm_blksmth.htm
Niki Guy - Niki Guy creates her unique jewellery from sea tumbled glass and has fine selections of necklaces, bracelets and earrings. http://www.britishproductsdirectory.co.uk/westmidlands/wm_jewellery.htm
Design by Mo - The Snuggle
Cushion - hand/machine made lap quilts which can be
personalised to your requirements.
http://www.britishproductsdirectory.co.uk/westmidlands/wm_snuggle.htm
On the suggestion of one of the members - In the new year I hope to set up a business to business section within the directory. If you don't want your name included please let me know.
I am now offering a email to fax service (next day delivery)
for members without an email address or access to a
computer.
The way this works is as follows:
I will allocate you an email address, for example
yourcompany@britishproductsdirectory.co.uk that you can use to
give to your customers. When an email is received at this address
it is then faxed to you (within 24 hours).
The cost of this service is £2.00 per month with a maximum
of 10 faxes per month.
For further details or to sign up please contact me.
Supported by:
http://www.dhconsulting.com/