The advice comes after research from Bright Grey revealed that a third of people in the UK are either spending more than they earn, or are just about managing to break even every month.

However, as financial problems tend to point to long-term issues, Think Money has advised people to see if they can identify any areas in their finances that could be improved, by looking back to what shape their finances were in 12 months ago.

A spokesperson for the company said: “Ask yourself some questions. Have your finances, generally speaking, improved? Got worse? Remained largely the same? Depending on what shape your finances are in now, compared with 12 months ago, you could take various approaches to dealing with them.”

Some people may find they could really benefit from a new approach to debt management – such as setting up Direct Debits to make sure their repayments leave their account on time – or putting savings aside for a financial ’safety net’.

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Without segmentation you can often feel like you are in the dark with only a one-size-fits-all strategy that may not be aimed at attracting the best consumer for your business. Segmentation is particularly effective when undertaking direct marketing; including mail shots, SMS campaigns and direct email marketing. To get the maximum value from your campaign you must maximise sales, and to do this you must target consumers with the products they want to buy. Segmentation will enable you to send out targeted campaigns that advertise your highest priced products to those customers that spend the most, or save you money by mailing a catalogue out every 2 months instead of 1 to the people that buy less frequently. Not only can segmentation increase your return, but it can also ensure that efforts and budget are not going to waste.

The key to effective segmentation is to decide how and why you want to segment your customers. This will often vary between businesses as it depends on your product offerings and how you operate. There are many different objectives for segmentation, but you must first decide on what you want the segmentation to do for you. These objectives can include developing new products, developing new marketing strategies, targeting new prospects or keeping the one’s you’ve got.

So what information should you use? Segmentation is performed with certain variables in mind – demographic, geographic, psychographic and behavioural values.

• Demographic variables represent certain attributes of customers, including age, sex, job type, income, marital, family size etc.
• Geographic segmentation group’s customers according to classifications of their area, such as post code, post sector, district, area or country. Geographic location can have a high impact on the popularity of products and often requires very different messages.
• Psychographic and behavioural segmentation goes further, classifying consumers by lifestyle, personality and values.

Perhaps the best place to start, however, is with by analysing a customer’s past purchase history. This includes products purchased, frequency and their response to marketing campaigns. If you are not collecting this data then you must start now, as the insight will prove invaluable for your marketing. Encourage users to sign up or enter their details on purchase, whether it is online to receive a newsletter or an in-store form that offers the customer discount on their next purchase. From this point data providers can then append a host of other insights to your customer data which can then be used to segment them further.

Segmentation can be hard and requires a lot of skill to get it right. If your strategy is implemented incorrectly then segmentation can have a far more negative effect on your results than not doing it at all. However, if designed well, then you can see tremendous returns when compared to a compromised single message.

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These discount deals can help you cover up the cost for wanting to explore a rather more expensive city. London is by far the most expensive city in the whole of UK. But it also has so much more to explore. From historical sites, to urban settings, international exotic food and the best shopping venues. Whether it’s the ladies or the kids, London is the place for just about everyone. So it is all the more important for you to find as many deals in London as you could. The city is truly cosmopolitan and especially when it comes to food. From South African to Lebanese, to European and sub-continental, London has it all. You can choose to go to Fakhreidine, the Samurai Sushi or the Shaka Zulu and many more of such dine in places that will offer you exotic culinary delicacies.

If you have kids then they will definitely love to take a tour of London on a bus ride. The London Urban Adventures are offering numerous discounted packages with different itineraries; you can choose to take any one of these. The Beatles Walking Tour of London is another such rise being offered in London. All rock and roll fans can save up to 20% on their tickets as they visit the studios, pubs, cafes, film locations, art, homes and music venues of some of the great music names such as the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, Jimi Hendrix etc.

These are just some of the things that you can do in London. Other cities like Leeds, Aberdeen, Glasgow and Belfast etc have an equal amount of fun-filled and joyous activities for you. If you do some research before heading out, you will find some of the best deals in Belfast available online very easily. Since this is another expensive city, you might want to get your hands on as many as possible.

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