Ways to boost your school lettings programme

Boost your school lettings programme 

If you want more from your school lettings programme but are running out of time and inspiration, here are a number of quick, easy and effective actions you can take to boost your lettings programme…

Ways to boost your school lettings programme 

Get on LinkedIn: LinkedIn is a very powerful social media platform specifically designed to bring businesses together and provide a place for professionals to network & promote their services, including venues and facilities for hire. If you’re not already, consider getting on LinkedIn! Either setting your school up with a company page or asking one of your hard working staff members to sign up to LinkedIn. It’ll be worth it! 

Utilise your email list: no doubt you have a lot of parents, carers and guardians on your email marketing list, eager to hear from you about new initiatives, events and opportunities. Perhaps you send out a monthly email newsletter? Consider including your facilities for hire in your next email newsletter – you never know who could be interested in hiring your facilities or who might know someone who is. 

Reach out to local businesses: local businesses are always looking for opportunities to support their local community and often have a lot of contacts. What’s more, local businesses will often be looking for external spaces to conduct workshops, training days, conferences and team away days – as such, consider reaching out to and forming relationships with local businesses who will either benefit from hiring out your spaces or know someone who will.

Create/update your Google Business Profile: Google offers a number of local SEO opportunities to help you get found online in your area. One extremely effective way to boost your school lettings programme online is to create (if you don’t have one) or regularly update (if you do have one) your Google Business Profile with posts and photos of your facilities for hire. 

Put up posters: throughout the academic year, you likely experience a good amount of foot traffic through your reception – parents, carers and guardians, teachers, tradesman, health care professionals, examiners or building contractors for example and you never know who might be looking for facilities for hire for their next activity or event. As such, consider creating posters promoting your facilities that can be easily printed and displayed in your reception – especially during whole school events like Christmas fairs or performances. 

Employ an external lettings company: however, if you really want to maximise your school lettings programme and potentially double your lettings in just a few short months, employing an external lettings company could be the perfect solution to boosting your school lettings. Here at Schoolhire Solutions Ltd., we have other 10 years of experience working with over 25 different schools to increase their lettings – bringing schools and hirers together. 

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