Group Purchasing Scheme

Becoming a Supplier

HOW TO BECOME A GPS SUPPLIER - FREE!

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The GPS is a purchasing group comprised primarily of small and medium size businesses. We are seeking pro-active suppliers who are poised to deliver the highest quality products and services and who understand the economies of volume group purchasing. Our network will include virtually all business-to-business provider categories for goods and services on a local, regional and national basis. We are always interested in adding new supplier categories and welcome your interest and suggestions.

Membership enrolment in selected markets is fuelled by a multi-media campaign featuring radio and print, as well as other direct response and interactive media. A sophisticated cooperative marketing plan designed to create member loyalty and supplier utilization will fuel the project.

GPS Supplier Benefits Include:

· INCREASED SALES & EXCLUSIVITY: Thousands of new businesses join our GPS every month. With the GPS exclusive provider guarantee and our monthly member sales leads, your growth is unlimited. You can be designated as the exclusive supplier in your category.

· MEMBER LOYALTY: GPS’s incentive/utilization program assures long-term customer relations and loyalty. Our program includes efforts to minimize customer turnover and encourage brand loyalty. Small business represents an overwhelming 94% of business. Imagine having the largest market supporting your products and services.

• MEMBER PROFILES: GPS’s exclusive Database Member Profiling Service offers you meaningful customer demographics and buying habits and points out potential cross-marketing opportunities with non-competitive GPS vendors.
• GPS MEMBER COMMUNICATION OPTIONS: We offer our vendors the opportunity to include advertising materials in our Monthly Member Newsletters. Our vendor communication options guarantee continual top-of-mind awareness.

· LOW COST PER SALE: Sale and customer acquisition costs lower than you've ever enjoyed.

• ADVERTISING & MARKETING: GPS is committed to an aggressive outdoor, print and interactive media campaign to enrol and then educate, inform and motivate our GPS members to purchase your products and services. Our ongoing marketing efforts assure you of continued member patronage and our GPS Newsletter and periodic GPS Member/ Supplier Meetings offer you options no other marketing program can.
• INTERACTIVE MARKETING: With the GPS’s World Wide Web and Internet presence, participating suppliers will have the opportunity to be accessed by members through interactive hot links from their office.

For more information on how your company can become a GPS Supplier, complete the information request form below or call us on 0121 693 3101 or contact Paul Harbach Associates on 01562 73 01 01 or paul@ harbach.powernet.co.uk

Time is short and participation is limited.

Please complete this form and then submit it to BABA if you are interested in becoming a GPS supplier.

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