August is always a little quiet but with September just around the corner, we wanted to let you know about some events that you should definitely take some time out of the office for.

If you are interested in Creating the Ultimate Customer Journey for your clients then join us on our roadshow across the UK, we’re stopping in - Manchester, Dublin and London this September. At these one one day conferences supported by our partners Rackspace , SLI Systems, Feefo and dotMailer 

We will focus on how creating the best journey for your customers can involve many different internal and external factors and how bringing them together effectively can be tough going.

Knowing the route to a successful customer experience can boost your time and your ROI, whether it be user hosting, hybrid technology, connecting shoppers to products to accelerate e-commerce revenues, best practice on delivery and returns or an introduction to Facebook and reviews, at these events we touch on all these things to help you create the ultimate customer journey for your brand.

At each of the conferences we will hear from our partners Rackspace , SLI Systems, Feefo and dotMailer who are all experts in the field and retailers who have already achieved the ultimate customer journey for their brand.

Book today!

Manchester, Tuesday 9^th September https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/myevent?eid=12206141899

Dublin, Thursday 11^th September https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/myevent?eid=12205973395

London, Thursday 25^th September https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creating-the-ultimate-customer-journey-roadshow-london-tickets-12206071689

This event is Free for retailers only, no vendors or agencies please.

Then on Wednesday September 17^th you can attend Digital Impact 2014. This one day conference will inspire digital marketing managers, marketing directors, heads of e-commerce and their advisors responsible for integrating digital marketing to use new approaches to plan, manage and optimise their digital channels to grow the commercial contribution from digital.

Speakers Include: Tesco, Edf, BT, phones4U, Episerver, RS Components, Auto Glass, Google, Lego and many more great brands throughout the day,

Brands attending include: Gullivers Travel Associates - Rattan Direct – Wilkinsons -  Phones4U – Net-a-Porter – Tesoc – Topman – East – BBC Worldwide – Ryman – Morrisons PLC - The Wall Street Journal - Chemist Direct - More2 – Nokia - Square Meal – Canon - Harrods – Sainsbury’s - White Stuff - Carphone Warehouse - Made Simple Group – Jigsaw – Ikea to name just a few of the 200+ delegates attending the day.  

For the full agenda and to purchase your guest place before the early bird price of £195 runs out on August 15th please visit http://www.smartinsights.com/digital-impact-2014 to receive an additional 25% discount from the ticket price use code simixing25 when you register on eventbrite.

Take care

Charlie Lines

Director and Founder

Mixing Digital

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