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Modern Rugs finance director Martin Tragen (left) and marketing co-ordinator
Anna McMillan with Thrive Marketing creative director Johnny Woods (second
right) and designer Tom Mather.
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to local marketing support
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Newton Aycliffe-based Modern Rugs – one
of the largest online rug shops in the UK –
has enlisted the help of Thrive Marketing,
which already supports a number of Aycliffe
Business Park firms to develop brands,
websites and marketing campaigns.
The Thrive team, headed by directors
Johnny Woods and Rachel Townsend Green,
has been working closely with award-winning
Modern Rugs, which has its HQ on Aycliffe
Business Park, on graphic designs and email
campaigns which have resulted in some
great results for the online retailer.
Modern Rugs, which won ‘Best Online
Retailer 2015’ by the national Interiors
Monthly Magazine, sells more than 25,000
rugs every year from its Aycliffe site.
The company was set up by Ben Dale in
2004 and moved from its original premises
in Bishop Auckland to a new 5,000 sq ft site
at Maple Way before undergoing a £3.2m
management buy-out in December 2014.
Finance director Martin Tragen, a former
Timpson group finance director, said:
“Discovering Thrive was a great find!
“Their team, led by Johnny Woods, has
so far designed a new logo and trademarks
which have been of great use to us, for
various projects.”
Thrive has had significant input to Modern
Rugs’ sales presence at the upcoming
London Olympia Ideal Home Show, as well
as working on the design and management
of its successful customer update emailing
programme.
Martin added: “During our first 18 months
on Aycliffe Business Park we have been keen
to make use of services located in the area,
whether that is IT support, electricals or
recruitment agencies.
“We are grateful to have Thrive based
so close to us as we look forward to
collaborating with Johnny and his team on
many more projects in the future.”
Thrive Marketing, which has a team of
eight, has been active on Aycliffe Business
Park for two years, having merged two
separate marketing and design companies
– Au Fait Marketing and Echo Graphics – to
integrate their offering for clients.
Creative director Johnny added: “It’s great
to help other local businesses as Aycliffe
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Business Park expands and we’re always
keen to meet companies.
“Martin and the team at Modern Rugs are
a great bunch and we hope to only expand
on the current success we’ve had as a
collaboration.”
Thrive Marketing has produced a number
of successful email campaigns for Modern
Rugs, amongst other clients, which leads
Johnny to stress the importance of email as
a marketing tool.
Johnny added: “Email can be sometimes
seen as an interference, but we strongly
believe that when done correctly, with clean
databases and strategic processes in place,
it can be one of the most powerful tools for
boosting web traffic, sales and repeat visits.”
Thrive Marketing is an inbound marketing
agency based at HUB Workspace on Aycliffe
Business Park and offers content marketing,
graphic design and web development
services.
If you would like to speak to Thrive
about email marketing or any other
services they offer, visit their website
www.thriveability.co.uk