Building Business Together

The Essential Local Community is an innovative membership community designed to provide ongoing support and promotion for businesses of Balham, Clapham and Battersea at minimum cost and to help local businesses work together.

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Essential Local is more than just a handy, informative magazine and a source of local information and event previews. The company also comprises Essential Local Marketing, which provides cost-effective design, print, marketing, distribution and website design services to hundreds of local companies, and the popular local online business directories www.insidebalham.co.uk, www.insideclapham.co.uk and www.insidebattersea.co.uk.

The Essential Local Community brings together all aspects of the business in a local membership package offering discounts, free advice and ongoing editorial promotion and benefits, plus the opportunity to get involved with local cooperative ventures.

Benefits

• Editorial promotion: Essential Local & InsideClapham/Battersea/Balham.co.uk
Including promotion of members' events and news releases where appropriate, plus the opportunity to suggest subjects for, to be mentioned in, and to contribute to editorial features.

Example:     Commonly the result of a dedicated PR dept        With Membership FREE

• Inclusion in 2 issues of Essential Local magazine's business directory
Distributed to 15,000 local households in Battersea, Clapham and Balham and often retained for months by local residents as a useful local business and services directory

Example:     2 issues usually £80.          With Membership FREE

•  Six months on the InsideClapham/Battersea/Balham.co.uk online directories
250 users per day visit these sites for their what's on guides, local news and reviews and to search for shops and services in Battersea, Clapham and Balham.

Example:     6 months usually £72.          With Membership FREE

• 15% discount on adverts in Essential Local magazine
Distributed to 15,000 households in Battersea, Clapham and Balham. Design included where required.

Examples:

1/4 page advert usually £90     With Membership £75
1/2 page advert usually £185    With Membership £155

• 10% discount on design, print or web design services
Essential Local offers the local area's most cost-effective design, print and web design services.

Examples: 

5000 A6 light card flyers £95    With Membership £86
1000 letterheads (120gsm) £120    With Membership £108
Professional websites from £350    With Membership, from £295

• Member newsletter
Providing complimentary locally focussed advice and information on PR, marketing, website optimisation, accountancy and local business news and activities. Members news and events will be featured on the newsletter.

• Small business community cooperation
Please ask for further details.



For an informal discussion, please call Richard on 07985 642245 or at richard@essentiallocal.com