Pushing on with discounts for Emergency Service and NHS personnel

The Blue Light Card is growing from strength to strength with its online and high street NHS and Emergency Service discount scheme. The company has now been offering NHS and Emergency Service discounts for nine months and is developing in the type of discounts offered and the amount of discounts offered.

The discounts that are now on offer are more exclusive and in far greater numbers than when the company first started. With companies such as Kwik-Fit, 3, Thomas Cook and many more now joining the scheme and offering members discounts, the Blue Light Card is set to grow even more and push further to evolve the scheme for Emergency Service and NHS personnel.

The Blue Light Card has been working hard to talk to NHS Trust staff and Emergency Service staff to get the word out there about Blue Light Card and let NHS and Emergency Service staff know that this discount scheme is here for them to use. The company has been featured in manay magazines and puiblications and has also released its own booklet with the aid of The Burning Issue.

The Blue Light Card is proud to be announcing the exclusive sponsorship deal with Blockbuster Entertainment that will add a new level of discounts to our members and serve them with 10 free rentals. This adds to the high street discount card package that Blue Light Card offer to the Emergency Service and NHS and makes it a very attractive offer. Blue Light Card is very proud of this offer and hopes that it will add to its already popular discount scheme.

Play.com - another competition

Do you like the theatre?  Fancy 2 tickets to see Dirty Dancing in the West End?  Read on to find out how to win…..

We at the Blue Light Card are proud to announce that Play.com have donated another prize to the Blue Light Card for their latest competition.  Play.com have donated two tickets to see Dirty Dancing the musical at Aldwych Theatre London for one lucky Blue Light Card member.

So how do you win I hear you ask?

It couldn’t be easier! - Simply refer as many friends as you can to the Blue Light Card before the 3rd of May and the person with the most friends joined wins.

To start refering your friend visit www.bluelightcard.co.uk and log in.  Once logged in click refer-a-friend and start typing in your friends email addresses.  Watch the progress of them signing up and let them know if they have not confirmed their account or signed up!  How is easy it that?

So start refering today and have your chance to win 2 tickets to Dirty Dancing courtesy of Play.com!

Nothing In Business Is Free - Or Is It??

The recession has hit us all hard and is on everyone’s minds.  As a consumer we love the chance to get something for free and we relish the opportunity to buy one get one free or to receive a free gift.  In business though we approach the phrase, “for free” with an air of caution.

So why do we shy away from the phrase “for free”? - “Nothing in life is for free” - the idea of the catch and being too good to be true.

• Are they going to charge me once I am doing it?
• Am I tied into a contract where I’m going to be charged later?

Free marketing is the catchphrase of the moment with many companies offering this but not following through with the true meaning of it.  Many offer free options that do not allow you to truly market your company and have upgrade fees to get the type of marketing you really want.  Others allow you to have a free month or trial, often overcharging you in the months proceeding to recoup their loses.

What has Blue Light Card found?

At Blue Light Card we have experienced this caution first hand; offering free marketing opportunities to companies for them to be part of this service has instilled fear in some.  The Blue Light Card can work for any company and allow money to only be spent when money is made.  Any budget can incorporate that option.  We take this route as we feel that this will allow any company to join the scheme, large or small, and will in the long run allow better choice for our members. In response to the cautious questions:

• We do not charge companies to be part of the scheme
• We do not charge you later to be part of the scheme

We really do offer free marketing.  We like to be up front and open about what we offer - free marketing to companies in exchange for a special offer or discount for our members.  We are not out to make money from companies by charging them to be part of our service as so many in the industry are.  We feel that if you are able to give a special offer or discount why should you be charged for the pleasure.  I know it is another coined phrase, but this really is recession proof marketing.  Blue Light Card presents the opportunity to market to a closed market and only spend money when  making money.  The best thing about it is that companies keep control with their own account area - if it is not working, change the offer. We allow companies to have their own webpage that they can manipulate themselves whenever they wish.  Effectively we give companies their own website and we bring the target audience to them.

It is simple enough for companies to be part of our scheme and recent months have seen many turning to us as a viable marketing option.  In the months ahead we hope to attract many more companies, aiming to double our already large company base.  Free marketing is out there, its here, so why not be part of it?!

Six Months Of Savings!

With just over six months under our belts and the expansion of the Blue Light Card with its ever-increasing membership base, it makes you wonder about what is to come in the next six months. With the discounts and savings that we already have across our services, what have our members got in store? This leads us to our first blog entry; Six months of savings.

April

April is the time for Easter celebrations. The easter egg is the peoples favourite and we at Blue Light Card are here to help you save the pennys.

Easter  – Saving £2
- Online

• Yoodoo - 10% off Easter cards
• Chocolate Trading Company - 10% off

May

May brings the greatest two words know to man, ‘Bank Holiday’. We all love them and if we are not nursing a hangover from the night before we are out and about trying to make the most of the time off. But what can you do and save on…..

May Bank Holidays – Saving £15
-Online

• Red Letter Days – 10% off
• Theatre Tokens- 10% extra
• London Pass – 10% off

- High Street

• F1 Go Karting – 10% off
• Go Ape! – 20% off
• Ten Pin – Buy 1 Get 1 Free
• Diggerland – 10% off

June

June is the time to treat the old man and give him a pat on the back for the hard work he does. Here are just a few places you can save at when you are treating him this Fathers Day.

Fathers Day – Saving £5
- Online

• Treathim – 10% off
• Saving £5 I Want One Of Those - 10% off
• FCUK - 5% off

- High Street

• Blue Inc – 10% off
• Coal Grill and Bars – Free bottle of bubbly
• L.E.T.S Golf Academy – ½ Price Golf Lessons

July

The sun is shining the weather is hot, well it is supposed to be but you get the picture. When the summer comes we think of one thing only, let go on holiday! Whether you are trying to get away in the UK or abroad savings are there to be had.

Lets Get Away – Saving £35+

• Isango – 10% off
• Holidays Extra – Up to 60% off
• Crossmoor B&B - £10 off a room
• Hoseasons – 10% off

- High Street

• Grange Hotels – Free upgrade
• Waterworld – 10% off

Who could also forget the Holiday Search new to Blue Light Card.  Massive Summer Holiday savings to be had at the click of  a button.

August

The sun is beaming, or it is meant to be, and the bikinis and wellys come out for the good old British music festival. Whether its Reading, Leeds or Glastonbury, we can save you on your music, tents and festival attire.

Festivals – Saving £13
- Online

• Bang CD – 70p off everything
• Halfords - £5 off
• CD WOW- 5% off

- High Street

• Letchworth Shoes – 10% off
• Blue Inc - 10% off
• Collard Manson – 10% off

September

The dreaded words, back to school. This is the time of the year we all dread but something shines, the savings to be had. So if you need the new clothes, help with your learning or those all important new shoes, the Blue Light Card is here to help.

Back to school – Saving £8
- Online

• Mini Barratts– Free Delivery
• NCC Home Learning - 15% off

- High Street

• Tinks Nursery – 5% off
• Cashe Childrens Clothing – 10% off

Well after an active six months and many savings where do we come to?

£78 saved and all for £9.99 and this is just with a few examples of the savings on offer!

With the growth that we have seen over the last six months, I’m sure that there will be more savings to be had and many many more companies to be added. Launching with just over 60 offers back in September, we are now up to over 170 offers, which are growing day by day.