Adult Education learns how to get results from Facebook Using social media to raise awareness of North Lincolnshire Adult Education’s services is part of Brian Altoft’s wide-ranging brief. As Digital Engagement Officer, he had been using Google to learn how to use social media. The organisation’s largest audience is on Facebook, but Brian needed more […]
Monthly growth quadruples with the help of Evolve BD When Covid hit, the father and son team behind Cleethorpes-based Ultrasonic Flight Cases took the time to focus on how they could move their business forward. The Taylor family took over the 62-year-old company in 2015 but hadn’t yet taken advantage of social media to reach […]
Charity learns how to use social media to reach more people Carers Support Service turned to Karen at Evolve BD to help them grow their social media presence and become a more recognisable brand both on and offline. The service has branches in North and North East Lincolnshire. Karen began by managing the social media […]
A lesson in creating content to reach more customers. Hales and Coultas Plumbing and Ashbridge Roofing – Ongo Partnership Ltd. Hales and Coultas Plumbing and Ashbridge Roofing wanted to be better at using social media to boost business. The companies are both members of the Ongo Partnership. They asked Evolve BD to show how they […]
Jason Threadgold Funeral Directors is a family-run firm which prides itself on the friendly and caring support it gives. Always being there, keeping in touch and on hand, is important to the business and a value they place great emphasis on. So, when Coronavirus took the UK into lockdown and limited the face to face […]
We’re seeing a lot of posts from people asking which app’s to use for group video calls so we thought we’d give you a rundown of our favourites. ✔️ Facebook Messenger – If you’re wanting to chat to family and friends who you’re already connected with on Facebook use this great option for video calls. Add […]
With weeks to opening day Play Avenue was keen to create a buzz. Social media was key in attracting customers to North Lincolnshire’s first children’s role-play centre. To achieve this the business needed to grow its social media audience. With the help of Evolve Business Developments, Play Avenue has developed a strong social media presence, […]
SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE HELPS HORNSBY’S SAVE MONEY AND ATTRACT NEW CUSTOMERS Hornsby’s Travel Services Ltd. To reach new and existing customers more effectively Hornsby’s knew social media was the answer, but time and experience were the sticking points that led them to approach Evolve BD. Initial Meeting Scunthorpe-based Hornsby’s Travel Services operates local buses, coach […]
You may or may not know that as well as Evolve Business Developments Karen Locking (our Director) is the host of the Business Network South Humberside. The blog post below is an blog from member Joanna Woodhouse about her experience at the meeting. If you would like to attend get in touch. Why I […]
Red Hall Lincoln When Red Hall Lincoln required some assistance in their social media marketing, they turned to Evolved BD. Initial Meeting Lindsey Blaydes and Yvette Karan of Red Hall Lincoln, a wellness centre that inspires people to get up and go, showing the importance of living life with passion, love and understanding, met Karen […]
We’ve just recently completed two workshops for Active Humber aimed directly at Sports Clubs and we thought this would be a great time to share three of the main points that became a talking point during those sessions. Point 1 – Social Media Access As a club there is a strong possibly everyone working with […]
After reading yet another article about how Facebook are changing their algorithms and how organic posts will be harder to get seen by your audience I feel the need to reiterate something I’ve been saying to my clients for a longtime now. You don’t own the field! As the Euros are on at the moment […]
Established kitchen retailer reaches for more on Facebook Chris Strange Kitchens are a family-run retailer selling high quality kitchens. Based in Scunthorpe, they have an excellent reputation for high quality products and their focus on customer service. But you wouldn’t find them on Facebook. Until we helped out. Andy Gough, Managing Director at Chris Strange Kitchens […]
Boost to online presence of local government project Advice North Lincs is a government project based in Scunthorpe. They work with local organisations to help them provide advice, advocacy and support services for the residents of North Lincolnshire. They help organisations work together to improve access to the services and improve people’s overall experiences. Before […]
Summer season is upon us and we’re making plans for our Social Media accounts so we thought we’d share what we do with you in the hope it’s useful. Believe it or not we’re having some time off (24th July until the 11th August 2015) and when we say time off we mean time off. We inform […]
Do you use Twitter for your business? Do you think about how you can increase your followers on the site? It’s something I’m constantly asked about so I thought I’d cover it to give you an idea of my thoughts. Let’s start with why you would want to increase your Twitter followers? The more followers you […]
Did you know we provide training for businesses to meet a range of their training needs? Karen’s background has ensured clients who initially came to Evolve for Social Media assistance can then meet other training needs with a trainer they already know can deliver results. Just to give you a flavour of the types of […]
TOP 10 TIPS FOR ENGAGING ON SOCIAL MEDIA Yes we know it’s all part of daily life now – Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube videos and so on – everyone’s doing it and if you’re not, then people think there must be something wrong with you! But how many of us really know what we’re doing? […]
Initial Conversations Conversations with Lynnette started as her business is expanding rapidly and she wanted to ensure her Social Media activity support this. Due to the nature of the business we agreed time and effort would be spent focusing on Twitter and LinkedIn. Activity The initial training session with Lynnette and her team focused on the […]
As part of the 2014 charity drive Lindsey Lodge asked me if I would support them with their social media and I was more than happy to help. Lindsey Lodge is an independent charity which needs to raise over 1.4m every year to enable them to provide a daycare unit with specialised nursing and medical care […]
I’ve been working with a leading local business in the financial services industry. They’ve respectfully asked to be kept anonymous for this case study. Initial Conversations Initial conversations linked to training a key member of their team to utilise Facebook and Twitter but through discussions with their Managing Director we established they wanted to understand […]
My second month working with a charity (February and a tiny bit of March because of holidays and meetings) was one I must admit I was very excited about, working with Jerry Green Dog Charity – going for meetings and getting to meet lots of pooches is definitely a good meeting for me. As with last […]
I am regularly asked about employees, their social media posts and what an employer could potentially do if it’s damaging to their business. My advice is to always have a good social media policy in place to support what you do and don’t want your employees saying on and doing on Social Media and to […]
Well January was my first month of working with a charity on their social media and the first month went to the Scunthorpe Samaritans. This case study will highlight ways Evolve Business Developments worked with the team to give you an idea of what activities could happen for your business. Results from the activity will […]
First run as a guest blog for www.mediademon.com I wanted to share it all with you here 🙂 I speak to so many people who are not seeing or finding the benefits in Social Media, my question is always “How many people are you talking to?”, this usually results in either a blank stare or a […]
Those of you who know me personally know I like to do something for charity at least once a year and I like to change charities just to make sure I feel I’m spreading my time and donations. Well after listening to Kate Hardcastle at the Mercury Expo in November 2013 it got me thinking […]
Well what a start to 2014, I hope the beginning of your new year has been as hectic and exciting as ours. A very exciting announcement I have to make is that I have joined The Business Network team and will be taking an active role in promoting and developing The Business Network South Humberside […]
If you’re on Twitter you may have seen tweets all including the same hashtag #NLHour, #LincsHour, #UKBizLunch etc all happening at the same time. What you will have stumbled upon is an online networking hour. “A what?” I hear you ask An online networking hour, if you think networking (popping along to a meeting or […]
How to mess up your Social Media – Part 4 – Inappropriate Posting Times The fourth part of this series of “How to mess up your Social Media” is Inappropriate posting times With the introduction of the internet at the end of our hands with fabulous smart phones some individuals and businesses seem to have […]
The third part of this series of how to mess up your social media focuses on Hashtags. To start what is a hashtag – Used on a few social networks but most commonly found on Twitter, the definition from Twitter Help Centre is as follows : So how can you mess up using a Hashtag …. […]
How to Mess up your Social Media – Part 2 Following on from last weeks introduction to “How to mess up your Social Media – Don’t train your staff” we move nicely on to the second way you can mess up your social media efforts. This is something I am seeing more on accounts as […]
How to Mess up your Social Media – Part 1 I was asked to do a 20 minute presentation at the last Mercurious Networking Meeting and true to the hostesses form (Belinda from ABC accounting) she didn’t want boring, she didn’t want preachy, she wanted different and slightly crazy!! So my first official networking presentation …. Nothing standard […]
I’ve have just finished working with a lovely local client who rang explaining she required a Facebook page for her hairdressing boutique, from this experience a blog post comes to light to advise you in the hope you are not bitten as she unfortunately had been!! Iona, owner of Crowning Glory, has agreed for the […]
Well day 4 of Social Media Week is an unusual guest blog, as it’s not really a guest blog at all but more of me sharing information about another Twitter account I run, this is a lessoned learned account about my dogs twitter account (@SullyGSD), bear with me …. I promise it’s useful and worth […]
I’ve just returned from my yearly two whole weeks without the Internet and just sun, sea, sand and the residents local “water” … this year the local water was tequila! Mexico was fun!! But now I’m back and I’m straight back into the world of the Internet and as much as I enjoy my time […]
