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Mags is let loose!

February 2, 2012

In the latest No Nonsense TV ad we see our favourite “Take You for a Ride Insurance” employee Mags on a rare trip out of the office (apparently she even sleeps there).

She’s made a trip to her local butchers shop where she overhears the butcher and another customer discussing the great benefits on offer with No Nonsense car insurance. Now as we all know this is the stuff of nightmares for Mags as she would hate to think someone was getting a good deal. So she tries to distract from the conversation as only she knows how and let’s just say it’s not conventional….check it out:

http://www.youtube.com/NoNonsenseInsurance

You can also listen to the radio ad here:

http://chirb.it/AEN30J

P.S. I’ve heard a rumour that Mags has discovered “the facebook”, let’s just hope it’s not true! Watch this space for an update…..

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Safe Home,Happy Holiday-10 No Nonsense home security tips for summer!

June 10, 2011

Happy holidays include securing your home

With the holiday season upon us (not that you’d think it with the weather) a lot of us will be leaving behind our empty houses to fend for themselves while we go off and enjoy ourselves. So although we don’t want to have to worry about practical things while packing our sun cream it is a good idea to make sure we take a few precautions to ensure there’s no unwanted visitors while we’re away. So here are a few simple No Nonsense tips to think of before you get into that taxi to the airport:

Clean your house before you leave! No it’s not because you’d be mortified if a burglar saw it dirty, it helps you methodically check stuff off your list of …hide, remove, lock up, take with, give to neighbour etc.
Secure your valuables properly. Use a safe if you have it, don’t just close all blinds, that’s too obvious, so if some blinds are open, don’t have valuables visible (as much as you want to impress the neighbours) , hide, move, remove.
Make your home seem inhabited… Timer on some lamps, (but keep away from anything flammable!!)….if you can leave a car at the house, maybe get a friend to drop in, to move the car a few times, or bins or roll some blinds up or down. Change is good and will unnerve someone who is watching the house.
Lock your doors, windows, and anything else your can. Don’t leave out lawnmowers, bikes etc either. Lock up the garage and sheds too.
Turn your thermostat down, just not to much, frost shouldn’t be an issue this time of the year (although with hailstones yesterday who knows?), but it’ll keep the house ticking over and you’ll have hot water when you get back.
Prepare yourself and your stuff early before travel. If you rush you will leave something on/open etc.
Don’t put out of town messages on voicemail or answer machines (no matter how much you want to make anyone who calls jealous), or your door e.g. cancel milk, papers and ask a neighbour to pull any big post items such as magazines out of your letterbox!!!
Make sure your alarm company contacts are aware, and not on holidays with you!!! And are available specifically and quickly while you are away.
Unplug what you don’t need on (do you really need to leave the digital TV box plugged in to record your favourite programmes?)
For gods sake…no keys under mats (you’d be surprised).

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Apprentice Panos enjoys a week in the sun courtesy of No Nonsense!

May 19, 2011

2010 “Apprentice” contestant Panos Zambetakis was the lucky winner of a 1 week holiday for 2 in the Sunset Beach Club on the Costa Del Sol http://www.sunsetbeachclub.com/ (part of the FBD Hotels & Resorts).

Panos won the prize on last years show, which was sponsored by No Nonsense, when he got the most public votes for their favourite “No Nonsense” moments!

Panos certainly enjoyed his holiday and his stay at Sunset judging by some of his Facebook posts:

“Leaving Sunset BeachClub and Benalmadena just now. It has been an amazing week in a beautiful resort. I would recommended to anyone…”
“… it has truly been an amazing week! Much better than my Maldives dream. The resort – Sunset Beach Club- and the staff has been fantastic. Best thing coming out of the Apprentice. Thank you again. Panos”
“I love Sunset Beach Club!”

Must admit we were all a bit jealous!

(Pictured is Ann Webb and Debbie Wallace from Sunset Beach Club with Panos who won his holiday in Sunset through his performance on last years “The Apprentice”)

Click on the below link to see the video of when he was announced the winner.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IJWKM2o1Jg

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No Nonsense hits Facebook!

April 15, 2011

Introducing…..drum roll please……the brand new No Nonsense Facebook page! Yes it’s true we have decided to delve further into the world of social media and set up a home on the biggest social network of them all.

We’re really excited and looking forward to getting out there and making lots of new friends.

So what will we be posting about? Well at No Nonsense we love, well it’s obvious really, “No Nonsense”. So there’ll be a bit of straight talking and telling it like it is. We do also like to do a bit of nonsense spotting so we’ll also be posting about any nonsense we see out and about in the world although even we can’t spot it all so we also want our friends to post about any nonsense they see and we can all put the world to rights together!

To add to the fun and make our new friends feel welcome we have also created our very own “Nonsense Whacker” game based on the traditional whack-a-mole and starring Mags & Derek (from our ads). Not only can fans of the page have fun playing the game (and vent a bit of frustration with the mallet) they can also be in with a chance of winning a 2 night break in one of the FBD hotels!

So it’s definitely worth a visit to see us, just click on the Facebook link on the right!

Happy whacking!

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No Nonsense shortlisted for 2 All Ireland Marketing Awards!

April 7, 2011

No it’s definitely not nonsense, we are indeed finalists in both the Advertising Campaign Award and The New Market/New Product Award categories. We’re delighted to receive such a positive endorsement and glad to see that our No Nonsense approach to both our products and advertising is being noticed by not only our customers but our peers too.

The All Ireland Marketing Awards programme is organised by The Marketing Institute of Ireland, and recognises the success of Irish companies and Irish marketing professionals and acknowledges their contribution to the ongoing process of strengthening the Irish economy (www.aimawards.ie).

The Advertising Campaign Award aims to recognise a company which has used an advertising campaign well to build the brand and convey key messages clearly about a product or business. Well you can’t get any clearer than our message in our ads and they’ve certainly helped to get our brand known!

The New Market/Product Award recognises those who have successfully launched a new product or service, and/or entered a new market. No Nonsense is unique to the Irish Market in that you only pay for what you want. So in both cases we definitely feel that we’re a deserving finalist!

The award ceremony will be held in May and although we’re up against some stiff competition we’re hoping that the little stars of our campaign Mags and Derek can pull it off for us (we were hoping for a personal appearance from them both on the night but since they’ve become famous their demands are of diva proportions). Wish us luck!

If you’d like to check out any of our TV ads you can click on the link below:

www.youtube.com/NoNonsenseInsurance

Posted in About us, Awards | 1 Comment »

Election Fun!

February 11, 2011

With the recent Government upheaval and news of the impending election there has been a lot of chat about who should be the next Taoiseach and if anyone from our current choice will be any better than their predecessor or indeed will anyone be good enough to lead us out of our current troubles?

One such discussion in No Nonsense HQ led to a bit of jovial banter on “if you could choose anyone in the world (real or fictional) for Taoiseach, who would you choose?” This unsurprisingly resulted in some interesting answers!

So to lift the doom and gloom a bit and for a break from all the nonsense we’re currently listening to in the run up to the election here are some light hearted suggestions from some of our team on who should take the reins from Biffo and why………

Kermit the frog- He’s still less of a Muppet than anyone currently in the Dáil!

Pinocchio- At least we’d know when he’s lying! If he follows in his predecessors footsteps his nose will be record length in no time.

Jedward- In contrast to anyone currently in Government, The more they act the eejit, the more successful they become!!

The Pied Piper- He can rid us of any rats still in politics!

St. Patrick- There might be some snakes in there too.

Arnold Schwarzenegger- He recently finished his term as Gov. of California and would ‘Terminate’ national debt!

Michael O’Leary- He really is No Nonsense and we all need that right now!! Although we may have to print our own voting cards or he’ll charge €40 for a re-print!

So please feel free to add your own nominations to the list we’re happy for you to join in the fun and all suggestions (unless deemed too rude or cruel) are welcome!

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New No Nonsense TV Ads!

January 20, 2011

The latest No Nonsense ads have hit your TVs fresh for the New Year! Returning to the small screen is our old favourite Take You For a Ride Insurance employee Mags. She’s on top of her game at the moment and has just won the “coveted” employee of the month award. You can see all the “training” has paid off and she’s going to new extremes in her advice to customers! This time though Mags isn’t alone………

Introducing Derek…..He’s the latest nonsense spouting employee at Take You For a Ride whose goal is to make home insurance as confusing as possible while making sure customers are protected for any bizarre event that’s unlikely to happen to them. He’s a big fan of Dragons but strongly dislikes Sycamore trees??!!