The rural setting for the courses
North West Photography Courses offers beginners to advanced workshops and is a new venture I am involved in, assisting in the marketing, PR, web development and social media for the company.
It is based in Birtle where I live, a place not that well known but which really is where the furthest outskirts of Greater Manchester meet the Lancashire hills. It is highly accessible for Mancherster, Cheshire and Lancashire.
We want the photography courses that we offer to reflect the location, so as well positioning the company as offering friendly, expert tuition, we want to celebrate our location where the natural landscape mixes with the man made.
We offer Beginners Photography Courses Intermediate Photography Courses and Advanced Photography Courses
To this end we offer photography courses which embrace the remains of some of the oldest mills in the world, high in the Cheesden Valley and the industrial power of the famous East Lancashire Steam Railway which is a gift for any photographer.
The new company is the idea of a friend of mine, Tony Holt, who became a professional photographer after a career in the Police and Civil Service. “There is an amazing range of inspiring subjects on our doorstep and we are unique in combining natural and industrial landscapes in our courses” he says.
Joining Tony in teaching the courses is Bury photographer Barry Kellie who specialises in bird photography and whose work has been featured in publications worldwide.
“Our motto: ‘nothing is stopping you taking great photographs’ applies as much to someone starting out as to the most skilled photographer and we want to make it enjoyable and relaxed whilst discovering new skills and techniques”.
We are using a wide range of marketing channels and we are pleased with our site which has been designed on a Genesis WordPress responsive theme by Adam Walker.
We are running a trial ad campaign across Facebook, promoted Tweets and PPC. It’s very early days yet but I will report back on channel success. Off-line channels include print and liaison with tourist centres locally.
Finally I would be missing a trick if I didn’t invite you take advantage of special introductory offers on our discounted photography courses so please click away.