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Voluntary sector delegates give the thumbs up to marketing on a small budget!

Following a recent workshop for the voluntary sector in Bournemouth, Poole, and Christchurch, entitled “Marketing on a Small Budget”, delegates reported that the course was:

  • Informative and thoughtful
  • Interesting day sparked some ideas to take back
  • Helped me gain confidence and have further understanding of marketing
  • Refreshing. Have a structure to my ideas and how to use them
  • Gained an overall understanding of marketing
  • Building on skills and knowledge

When asked what the most useful aspects of the workshop were, they responded:

  • Introduction of new concepts
  • Marketing structures, tools, strategies, raising awareness
  • Looking at budgets, understanding marketing and techniques
  • Ways to market
  • Networking, handouts, and feedback given
  • Representation and information sharing ideas and networking
  • Information about press releases and contacts
  • Explaining jargon comparison to commercial sector
  • General marketing tools and knowledge
  • Learning different strategies and case studies

The majority reported that following the workshop, they would develop a structured marketing plan and strategy, and start to implement it right away.