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Posters and leaflets don’t work

A lot of people in sport and activity use posters and leaflets for their marketing, but that doesn’t mean they work.  Posters and leaflets are out of date. They’re not effective, and they’re not the safe option. Why don’t they get results: You can’t...

Messages to engage inactive people

48% of inactive people want to be more active, so you don’t need a complicated message in order to engage them. What we’ve found to work is making it easy for them to get started. So what’s the right message to use in your marketing to get that across? The...

Building Activity Levels Across Bucks

Active Bucks is a project run by the Bucks County Council public health team, aimed at increasing activity participation for all, but particularly amongst inactive people and those not meeting CMO guidelines. The public health team at Bucks County Council recently...

Direct marketing not brand marketing

One of the areas of confusion around marketing is that people see brand marketing in everyday life, and think that’s what they should be doing. Brand marketing includes the ads you see on television for soap, breakfast cereal and shoes. Marketers are trying to get you...

Our work with the Over 65s in Chichester

We’ve been running an activity campaign for the over 65s in Chichester for Chichester District Council and it’s going really well. A lot of our work is via the telephone and as in previous campaigns we are finding it to be a much better method of communication for...

Finding inactive people who want to get active

If you want to focus on those segments who are common in your area, are inactive and would like to be more active then use the system below. Go to the Sport England segmentation tool Choose segments from the menu at the top Choose dominant segments Choose your area...

That was National Walking Month

Some stats from Walk to Work week this year: 56,418 miles walked during Walk to Work Week 6,593 users signed up 1,215 workplaces signed up Great summary of this year’s National Walking Month from Living Streets. Facebook Ad webinar If you’re interested in...