Heron Publications

What some of our regular customers say about our magazines...

Martyn Oldfield,
Sheffield Clinical Hypnosis, Woodseats
I've been advertising with Active8 for almost four years and have always had a brilliant response to my adverts. I monitor where my clients have heard about me and over the last three years I have got 70% of my business through people seeing the adverts in the magazine.

What I like about it is that the staff are so helpful and friendly and I can always alter bits of my advert to suit me. Other magazines I've advertised with have been very fastidious and would only design adverts their own way but Active8 let me have an input.

I've advertised with Active8 for so long I'd never dream of stopping; it certainly works for me.

Tracey Larkin,
Got It Made, Greenhill
Active8 has been brilliant for my business; the majority of customers I get have found out about Got It Made from my adverts in the magazine and it's lovely as people who come in know all about me from the editorial I had.

It has worked fantastically for me and I would definitely recommend it.

Simon Frodsham,
Furniture For Less, Meersbrook
I feel that advertising with Active8 is a cost-effective way to reach our customers and make them aware of what we offer at Furniture For Less.

One of the things I like about the magazine is that, unlike a newspaper, the advert lasts for a lot longer than one day as people keep their copy to read throughout the month.

The core of our customers live in the South Sheffield area and this is an excellent way to target these people and reinforce our brand. Advertising with Active8 works.

Nicola Bennett,
Headfunk, Woodseats
Advertising in Active8 has been fab; we have had a really good response and Sam, our sales rep, is so lovely. The magazine is delivered to exactly the people I am targeting for my salon and I know that everyone reads it so they will see my adverts.

It supports the local community by featuring stories and adverts that are of interest to residents of this area and helps to get more people shopping on Woodseats which is great for all the business on here.

Ian Hall,
Plumco, Meadowhead
We have advertised with Active8 since we started the business, which is about six years ago, and keep on doing so because the response we get is so good.

We get a lot of people coming to us after seeing our adverts in the magazine and it really helps to keep the Plumco name out there and keep reminding people we are here.

Donna Barker,
Therapy, Woodseats
I know people read Active8, because I do myself, which is why I chose to advertise my business in there.

I have had a lot of customers coming to me after seeing my adverts and one client even called the Active8 office to get the salon's phone number as she had seen us in the magazine and wanted to give us a try.

John Mitchell,
Mitchell's Wines, Meadowhead
Since advertising in Active8 we have lots of people come into the shop after seeing us in the magazine. I also write a monthly column and this really gives people a talking point when they come in to buy drinks.

Advertising in a local magazine helps us attract a local market and this is so important in maintaining smaller shopping areas such as Meadowhead.

Robert Pearce,
Woodseats Fisheries
We have been advertising with Active8 for a year and are now doing 50% more business than we were before.

It is safe to say we get a very, very good response from the adverts and this is because the magazine is so well read.

I first decided to advertise with Active8 because a customer came in and asked me why we weren't in the magazine; this just shows how much the community value the publication and I believe it has an excellent reputation.