Event Timetable
Mon-Thursday
Setting Up
Access to the building from 8:00am
Open to the public from 9.00am
Packing up
Packing up from 6:00pm
Friday
Setting Up
Access to the building from 8:00am
Open to the public from 9.00am
Packing up
Packing up from 6:00pm
Saturday
Setting Up
Access to the building from 8:00am Open to the public from 9.00am
Packing up
Packing up from 6:00pm
Sunday
Setting Up
Access to the building from 9:00am Open to the public from 10:00am
Packing Up
Packing up from 6:00pm
Event Information
Thank you for joining The Crafters Roadshow and our event in
EK. We look forward to hearing all your thoughts and ideas in how we can make this venue even better.
On the day of your event you will be supplied a 6ft Showcase Station and seating.
You will be allocated your space on arrival.
You can leave your stand up overnight but please bring a cover to put over your stand at night ready for the next day.
(this is at your own risk but the centre always has night guards)
Plaza Square
Access is best from the entrance to the car park on Cornwall St you can see a picture of the entrance below. From this car park you have direct access to the centre and the area we will use can be reached by lift to the ground floor.
A map of the centre with our location and street maps to the car park are all below.
If you have any problems please give us a call.
Address
Plaza Square
300 Cornwall St
East Kilbride
Glasgow
G74 1LL
Point of Contact
Bryan
07592732752
www.thecraftersroadshow.com
Map
Outside Parking
for vans
PLEASE NOTE:
1, We supply you with a 6ft Showcase Station, please ensure that you do not cover the front of this with your own table cover. You can use your table cover as a topper if you wish. All front of tables should be side by side Black-White-Black-White as requested by Centre Management.
2, Please ensure that no eating or drinking is done behind you stand as requested my Centre Management this must be done away from your table.
3, Please make sure you are set up with all trolleys, boxes or hazards cleared away for the public opening times which can be seen above. We also cannot have hazards on the mall floor before the public leave the Centre at the end of the day, this is a Health and Safety Issue.
If for an emergency you have to leave early please call us and we will arrange and escort.
TIPS OF THE DAY
1, The Crafters who continuously do well are the ones who have spent a little time thinking about their presentation, remember we are in a high quality retail environment and the public expect a certain level of sharpness.
2, It's not all about what you earn on the day use this opportunity to hand out business cards and gain new excited customers who have never seen your product before. The leaders in Craft all do this gaining them returning customers and sales out within going to events.
3, The biggest of them all that everyone doesn't like to do is COLLECT EMAILS Yes! I know you hate it but you must start now building a mailing list to send out information about you and your company to your excited new customers who want to know more!!! You don't need to send them out all the time just as little as once a month. Tell them about new products your working on (not selling) Tell them your next event or how about a genuine special offer.
HOW DO I ASK FOR THEIR EMAIL?
Run a raffle of something really good that you create and have a draw once a month from March-December (normal Craft event trading times) thats just 10 items. It has to be your highest valued items ( you have to make it worth it to ask for their email, a genuine offer) now we know this won't cost you a lot but
think what you will gain, NEW customers all year long who are interested in you and your product. The best Crafters collect around 10 emails per day, could you collect more? Please try this and tell me about how much it's woking for you, everyone does once the give it a go.
HOW DO I START UP AND SEND OUT A MAILING CAMPAIN?
Look up www.mailchimp.com it's one of the best FREE email marketing service provider and the one we use. OK we now pay for it because our database is so large now but it's well worth the money.
Plaza Square
Easy to miss The Plaza car park as it has no signage but you can see the main car park in the distance as a guide. As you drive up this ramp the road goes left and you will see the door acces to the centre on your right before you come to the barrier. The lift will take you to the ground floor mall just follow the floor map below to our location.
