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Tony Clemenger

WE WERE WOWED – YET AGAIN!

mcei april27-1.jpg Talk about dancing with the stars - Anne Halteh was captured here doing the tango with Gizzmo the Great – on a unicycle!

Once attendees had ‘settled down’, they were ready to hear Tony Clemenger of 'The Ad Company' discuss the importance of building a brand.

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Tony believes the number one rule in Marketing is to build a brand. The aim is to ‘get your name out there’ regardless of the size of your business. You need to create a competitive advantage by having a style, a personality and by targeting a group (rather than one individual). People need to be encouraged to send information on your product to other people in their network

To get other people to ‘sell on your behalf’ you need to develop a Loyalty programme and Referral schemes, as they can get you great results. Change your products constantly and strive for world best practice, or you will go backwards - and always look for an opportunity to push yourself forward. Tony had looked at the websites of some of the attendees and had some valuable advice to offer. To read Tony’s talk in full click here.

 

mcei april27-3.jpg The sponsor for the evening was Christina Eu-Huang Chung, an artist of renown. She had a marvellous display of her work and donated a calligraphy to be raffled – the proceeds going towards the Student Scholarship Fund. The winner (pictured here) was Emerald Siu, a fashion designer. She was delighted with the ‘message’ this work of art contained as it was meant to ward off evil and bring good karma to the owner.

Sarong Black Opal.jpg Hannam’s Retravision again supplied the main door prize, which was an Espresso coffee machine and was won by Kelly McCormick of 'Gala Fun'.

Other door prizes were silk scarves (especially gift wrapped for Mother’s day) provided by Micro Biz Navigator and a watch with a USB memory stick.

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New members were welcomed and received a special MCEI Wine Treasure Chest together with a framed certificate of membership.

Silver Member
Mandy Croker of 'MTA One Stop Entertainment'
I-Feng Lee of 'Star Trade International'
Peter Murray of 'Life Journeys'

Platinum Member
Anne and John Morton of 'Lifestyle Video Production'