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“If you attended the previous workshops in 2024/5, get R50 off – you are welcome to book again as a refresher.

RAMP UP your ability to maximise sales as a market vendor in 2025!
Take advantage of January’s market downtime to invest in yourself.

Social media & markets powerhouses ::pixelmagic::, AlterEgos Events & Alternatribe are collaborating on Sunday 22 June 2025 for top tips and practical hands on examples of how to ramp up your market marketing game – from how best to show off your products both digitally and in your market space, to proven social media and sales techniques to suit any budget.

𝗢𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗨:
– SIMPLE, CLEVER PRODUCT PHOTOGRAPHY
How to show off your products to best advantage digitally – whether you want to post it on your social pages or send it to potential clients; a great photo is going to give you an advantage.
(Bring your cell phone and some of your products to the workshop!)

– SOCIAL MEDIA
Stop wasting time and effort sharing and posting the wrong things in the wrong places at the wrong times – we show you practical examples on your own pages! Best if you can bring a laptop, but we’ll show you the mobile hacks too.

– PRODUCT DISPLAY
Setting up your stall and displaying your products is an art form with practical science to back up why we suggest you display in certain ways. Angie’s Unique Designs will be setting up a demo stall and we’ll walk your through cost saving tips and tricks to show off your products to best advantage.

– STALL ETIQUETTE
We’ve often seen potential buyers walk away from a stall because the vendor is focused on their phone; chatting to a friend; smoking or eating behind their table. We outline potential pitfalls like these and more for you to avoid; and give you a list of habits to replace them with!

– SALES TECHNIQUES
Have you heard the term “closing the sale”? Successful selling almost always results from good listening. The best sales professionals continuously ask questions throughout the engagement and genuinely listen to the prospect’s responses. Even at the last stage of closing, asking questions can be a great technique to finalise the sale. Do you know how to get from “I like that” to “here, take my money” ?

– HOW TO PICK A GOOD MARKET
We cover how to avoid scams, and low footfall as well as what to look for to determine if a market will be good for you!

𝗖𝗢𝗦𝗧: R400 per person
*𝗟𝗜𝗠𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝗦𝗣𝗢𝗧𝗦 𝗔𝗩𝗔𝗜𝗟𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗘 – 𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗧𝗟𝗬 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗦𝗧 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗘 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗦𝗧 𝗦𝗘𝗥𝗩𝗘𝗗

𝗧𝗢 𝗕𝗢𝗢𝗞:
Email proof of payment PLUS YOUR NAME, EMAIL ADDRESS & CELL NO to info@pixelmagic.co.za

Payment can be made by electronic bank transfer to:
pixelmagic
Nedbank Branch code 145710
Account number 1457554712

𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗣 𝗙𝗔𝗖𝗜𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗢𝗥: 𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗬𝗟 𝗥𝗢𝗦𝗘𝗡𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗚
Meryl is the social media strategist behind brands like Neigh-Bours, Medieval Fayre, Alter Egos and Alternatribe as well as a number of large corporate social media accounts. Five of the accounts she manages have won international awards for Best Use of Social Media in Africa & the Middle East or worldwide.
She also manages social media for (and organises) markets and festivals such as the Jhb Medieval Fayre, A Viking Thing, Fantasy Fayre as well as Alternatribe’s monthly Alternative market & monthly Esoteric market and more.
Meryl has been running events and markets for over a decade; and also has extensive experience in sales and social media training as well as having been a successful cold call sales person for a number of years.”