The Audience Engagement Network (AEN) is a UK wide print marketing network bringing together 10 leading print and marketing agencies from across the UK. We are the UK’s only dedicated print marketing service for arts, culture, heritage, leisure, and tourism institutions.
The companies in the alliance include: Derby Arts (Derby), Direct Distribution, & Landmark Press(Scotland); Best 4 Promotions (Norfolk, Suffolk & Essex); Glide Media (South West and Midlands); London + Culture Calling (London, south and East England, and Manchester areas); NPD (North England); and SLB Distribution (Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, and Rutland): Onpoint Distribution (Nottinghamshire); Hello Belfast (Northern Ireland) UK Partners Map
The Audience Engagement Network (AEN) will offer UK based arts, culture, heritage, leisure, and tourism institutions an ability to reach millions of consumers nationwide through its extensive network of print display racks located in thousands of museums, hotels, theme parks, community spaces and other public venues.
Our clients will be offered a breadth of print services from AEN including – the distribution of print marketing pieces in venue racks, direct mail to homes, outdoor posters, hotel bedroom folders, guides and event pack handouts. It will also reach audiences online – driving campaign awareness and ticket sales – through what’s on web sites including culturecalling.com, daysoutscotland.com, and a full gamut of digital advertising opportunities.
About Derby Arts
Derby Arts is an arts, attraction, and events leaflet display company. They display and distribute print marketing in venues across the city of Derby, Derbyshire, and the Peak District via their network of display racks in high footfall areas such as train stations, high street pubs and cafes. They have long established contracts with the local Tourism Boards; ‘Marketing Peak District & Derbyshire’ and ‘Discover Derby’, as well as the Peak District National Park Authority – www.derbyarts.info
About Direct Distribution
Reaching the visitor and residential markets across Scotland, Direct Distribution offer 30 years’ worth of experience with over 3,000 displays and effective target marketing. Clients range from VisitScotland and Historic Scotland to the Ambassador group and Firstbus.
Their comprehensive services include print display in racks, poster distribution, experienced on-street teams, door drops and online sites. They are passionate about delivering the best exposure whether it’s for a show on tour, an attraction looking to increase its visitors or an event looking to generate maximum impact. www.directdistribution.co.uk
About Glide Media
Glide Media specialises in leaflet and brochure display services for the tourism, leisure, and entertainment industries. They provide extensive coverage across nine counties in the southwest, the Midlands and South Wales along with visitor information centres nationally. They provide client access to diverse locations ranging from hotels and restaurants to shopping centres, garden centres, theatres and campsites: www.glidemedia.co.uk.
About London Calling + Culture Calling
London Calling Arts is the UK’s leading arts, culture and tourism marketing agency. For over 30 years it has worked with the biggest names in the arts, culture and lifestyle sectors including V&A, TATE, National Trust and English Heritage. Through its extensive network of over 20,000 venue partners centred on London, the south, East, Manchester and surrounding areas, it delivers print marketing direct to audiences: www.culturecalling.co.uk
In addition, its popular What’s on website culturecalling.com reaches arts and culture enthusiasts daily offering unbiased and light-hearted editorial to UK wide audiences.
About Northern Print Distribution
NPD has been specialising in leaflet distribution and literature display for the tourism and leisure markets for over 20 years. It has 3 offices strategically placed in Northumbria, Lancashire and Yorkshire offering clients strong distribution on a pan regional or targeted county level: www.npdnorth.co.uk
Best 4 Promotions
Best 4 Promotions is a large distribution company offering a range of leaflet/brochure distribution as well as many other advertising opportunities and has been established for over 30 years. Their customer base is predominantly in the Tourism, Arts and Culture sections. We also work for many local authorities including ‘Visit Norwich’. They cover the whole of Norfolk, Suffolk and the borders of Lincolnshire and Essex. www.best4promotions.co.uk
Onpoint Distribution Ltd
OnPoint is a leading print distribution company based in Nottingham, Founded in 2010, our business caters equally for local independent venues to international clients with a distribution network of over 5000 locations across the midlands with a reach of over 2 Million people per week. Our services include marketing campaign consultation, print design and management, poster, leaflets and brochure distribution, door to door marketing and promotional staff provision for large scale events. https://onpointonline.co.uk
About SLB
SLB is the leading print marketing distribution and display agency across Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, and Rutland. It works with leading names in the tourism and leisure industries and clients range from theatres and museums to festival and stately homes: https://www.slb-leaflet-distribution.co.uk
Landmark Press
Landmark Press was established in 1972 as part of Visitor Centres Ltd. The wider company own and operate 3 of Scotland’s top attractions; Landmark Forest Adventure Park, Camera Obscura and Inveraray Jail.
Covering the whole of Scotland, Landmark Press publish the Welcome to Edinburgh and Welcome to Scotland Guides, with a combined print run of 1.5M these multi-lingual guides are the most popular free guides in Scotland. We also publish 16 regional ‘Welcome to …..’ folders. With a reach of 14M, these are the most widely read visitor guides and are distributed to over 11,000 outlets each year. All guides and folders are available as digital downloads.
We also offer leaflet distribution and poster display in 1800 traditional outlets as well as display in over 6000 virtual display stands accessed by QR code from any guide or folder we publish.
Hello Belfast
Hello Belfast operating in Northern Ireland since 2008 offers leaflet and brochure distributionfor the Arts, tourism and leisure industries, by hand to hand, and displaying them at venues/sites in Belfast and across N Ireland. They are the only company involved in this industry in N Ireland.
