Close to 150 newsagents packed the Rydges Surry Hills hotel in Sydney from Sunday until this afternoon for the second newsXpress national conference of 2015. Yesterday was business sessions including insights from leading suppliers while today was a four hour open round-table discussion on business growth strategies. The rooms were packed and newsagents fully engaged talking about the future in traditional and non traditional product areas.
All through the two days I found myself thinking about the bad press driven by campaigns that say newsagencies will close if this or that happens. The negativity at the heart of those campaigns is unfortunate.
The business owners I’ve been with for the last two days are focused on businesses that embrace change, businesses that can deal with challenges of change beyond their control. They are each pursuing a future tailored to their specific circumstances and communities. This is especially good to see as it is locally run businesses evolving to serve local community and economic needs – in a way that serves the personal goals of the locally based business owners.
Sitting here at the airport heading home, my biggest takeaway from the two days is refreshed optimism that we have proactive newsagents building stronger and even more healthy and more valuable businesses.
For those interested, here’s a brief video about part of what newsXpress does:
Always refreshing and re-energising to meet with positive like minded business owners who thrive on hope not negativity. The support and knowledge from the group is priceless. Counting down days til the next one.
Another awesome conference. 2 highlights for me was being able to mix with so many new members and we also came away with 3 maybe 4 new products to sell in our store.
I am energized ready to tackle 2016
Three years in and the honeymoon is no where near being over.
Fantastic marketing group, after this latest conference I truly believe we are The Newsagents of the Future!
Once again I’ve come away from the conference with some great advice and ideas and renewed enthusiasm. The newsXpress group of people are inspiring and positive thinking, being led by an energetic and enthusiastic management team. Thankyou.