Harlequin at the Stourbridge Rugby May Weekend

Every year, Stourbridge Rugby hosts its May Weekend, the biggest series of events it stages outside of the National 2 North and Midlands 1 West rugby fixtures. The May Weekend has built up a prestigious reputation over recent years.

The weekend consists of three different events - on Friday the Corporate Lunch, Saturday the May Ball and a Charity Event on Sunday.

The 2017 events were the biggest to date, with the Corporate Lunch hosting over 1500 guests who were treated to a fantastic afternoon. England Head Coach, Eddie Jones and former Head of the CBI, Lord Digby Jones were the main speakers, with a special appearance by Glen Ella. Phillip Serrell performed the auction and John Bentley was MC.

The May Ball continued the celebrations and on Sunday, the Club hosted a Charity match between current and past Stourbridge stars.

Harlequin Media was involved with the promotion of the whole weekend with traditional and digital marketing, as well as producing a range of items to use on the day - posters, tickets, e-tickets, website stories, Facebook events, lunch programmes and menus, table plans and lists, Stourbridge Rugby sponsorship opportunities leaflets, bar signage, sponsors logos formatted for the big screens, competition envelopes, waiters' order pads, and so on...

Harlequin also came up with the idea of the May Lunch Twitter competition. Guests are invited to follow the @StourbridgeRFC Twitter account, then post a tweet mentioning @StourbridgeRFC #SRFCMayLunch and their table number. Sometime during the afternoon, all of the mentions are scrolled and one of the guest speakers chooses a tweet. The winning table is presented with a Magnum of Champagne. This simple idea increases the followers for the Twitter account and helps the hashtag to trend for the afternoon.

Harlequin worked with the Club to ensure that all of the events were promoted as extensively as possible and making sure that everything required to make the day run smoothly turned up in good time - we even helped on the day!

The countdown to this year's May Weekend has already begun - so SAVE THE DATES!!!

Friday 4th May - Corporate Lunch
Saturday 5th May - The Royal Ball
Sunday 6th May - Community Charity Rugby Event

If you would like help promoting your products and events on a variety of media, or just need some design and print done, contact us on communicate@harlequinmediaconsultancy.com

Publishing Newsletter Design, Print and Distribution

Every month at Harlequin, we manage a job that goes back to our roots - design, print and distribution.

The publication is an 8 page newsletter that is sent out in a pack to 1600 independent Newsagents to promote the magazine and newspaper titles they need to be promoting in the coming month. Each pack contains the newsletter and a number of items of point-of-sale (PoS) to help the newsagents promote selected titles.

The raw info, images and adverts for the newsletter and PoS are sent through in the middle of each month and turned around in a day into the initial proofs. The proofs are sent out by our customer to the individual publishers for approval and with a bit of fine tuning, the final artwork is sent to print a day later.

With the job at print stage, preparation for packing begins. Any supplied PoS is collated and packed into the pre-printed envelopes, ready to receive the newsletters and PoS when they come off the production line.

As the recipient list is ever-changing, a new distribution list is supplied every month. The customer has a number of main distribution hubs, with satellite hubs they in turn distribute to. Harlequin packs the envelopes, then boxes the correct number for each satellite hub and delivers to each of the main hubs for distribution.

If you would like more information on any of our Design, Print Management, Distribution or Digital Marketing Services, please do not hesitate to contact us on 07875 337295 or e-mail communicate@harlequinmediaconsultancy.com

Harlequin Media Consultancy Launches

What a week it's been! After more than 11 years at Porter and Woodman, I've finally taken the plunge and started up on my own - Harlequin Media Consultancy has opened for business!

I won't lie, it's not going to be easy starting from scratch, but we're all excited about the prospect of starting something fresh and new; and hard work has never been a problem, whether it's for myself or my clients.

Here's a brief outline of what Harlequin will be offering:

With over 30 years experience in design, marketing and communications, Harlequin Media Consultancy offers a wide range of services to help clients reach their target audiences more effectively.

Marketing & Communications
A single channel campaign or co-ordinated delivery of a campaign across all of the media below. 

• Marketing Project Management - from concept and design through to delivery
• Social Media - from initial set-up through to a managed service of a client’s social media
• E-mail Marketing - regular newsletter and targeted marketing campaigns
• Blogs & PR - taking the client’s news and ideas to create newsworthy blogs & PR stories

Design
A comprehensive range of design services from simple business card layouts to marketing collateral, newsletters and corporate identity.

Print Management
Managing day-to-day print requirements or finding the most efficient way to manage a specific print project.

Administration Systems
Using software available on a client’s own network or cloud-based software to create simple workflow systems for clearer internal communication.

Training
On-site staff training on all of these services to enable the client to take control of their own projects.

PDF File Conversion
Have you been supplied with a PDF file that you can't edit? We can convert PDF files to Microsoft Word, PowerPoint or Excel; or Photoshop PSD or jpeg files for you.

PDF Conversion Prices - £5.00 set-up charge and £2.50 per page - a 10 page document would therefore be a total of £27.50. Discounts available for larger documents. More complex formatting requirements will be quoted on a job-by-job basis.

For more information, please call 07875 337295 or e-mail communicate@harlequinmediaconsultancy.com for more information.