thebestof Eastbourne

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Very friendly, efficient and professional! Highly recommended :)
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David is a real role model. Nowhere else I have I seen thebestof as active and as comprehensive as the Eastbourne one. David is enthusiastic and passionate about what he does and the energy is infectious. If you want guidance on PR and marketing for you business, he is the go to man.
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It was lovely to finally meet you having been connected on social media for a while. Your business is at the most exciting time and I so hope to be able to work with you when the time is right.
Really enjoyed the Tweetup tonight, lovely group of people to network with and I always learn something new. Great to see so many people there on such a stormy night.
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Reply from David Ruddle:
Thank you Becky, great to see you at the #EBtweetup. Hope you picked up some new tips on LinkedIn :)
Went to the Eastbourne tweetup last night hosted by David Ruddle of the bestofeastbourne. His enthusiasm for his business, his town, and his business partners shows up in those who attend his events. If you have even half a chance to join in, do so. It will open up doors to new friends and opportunities.
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Reply from David Ruddle:
Thanks Martin, certainly picked up a few nuggets of information about LinkedIn. See you again soon.
One of a kind. Inspirational, informative and always know someone with the answer if he doesn't know himself.
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So good of you to say Chris, always happy to help where I can :)
Dave was Great help even he help me after hour with the Info was needed to put the events up.
will look forward to work with you guys and do amazing things together !
keep up the good work :)
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Reply from David Ruddle:
Glad I was able to get you set up to promote your events on thebestof Eastbourne.
David is a star! Very supportive of his membership and wider community.
Have been a member of the best of Eastbourne for 3 years and it has been great for my business.
Highly recommend David and the Best of Eastbourne.
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3 years! WoW time has flown by. Here is to many more years of success!
Another fabulous Marketing Workshop with David this week. Including a new Hot Seat section where a company gets to ask other businesses for help on certain matters like new ideas for marketing etc. I was lucky enough to be the first company and it's left me with a good number of actions points and ideas to focus on for Artemi. Once again thank you David for coming up with another excellent idea!
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For me David truly understands the merits & importance of supporting local business & indeed supporting each other within this same arena. Supporting local provides so much and yet is overlooked by so many. The creation of Local jobs, access to Local services by Local people creating a true community & therefore a true mutual understanding is the common goal which then moves on to give everyone a real choice against the online & faceless alternatives. I truly believe in LOCAL & David clearly Champions this with the same passion to help us keep the option to buy or use a Local service. Well done David, keep up the fantastic work you are doing.
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The marketing workshops are really great fun and it is good to share ideas with other companies in Eastbourne, I found the recent work on making and using video content very useful, lots of good in-depth stuff on how Facebook and Google work, David Ruddle has a wealth of knowledge and experience
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Thank you David for getting our school listing onto your events section. I love the new website, so easy to navigate and find what I needed. As always, you've been incredibly helpful, you are one of the hardest working people in Eastbourne by far! Keep up the good work and I look forward to working with you more in the future.
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Great company great ethos and the local AskTheExpert event was really great
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Massive thank you to David for a warm welcome to the Best of Eastbourne. It is rare to find someone that shows such enthusiasm and passion about somebody else's business and helping you make a success of it. Very knowledgeable and a pleasure to work with!
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We absolutely love David and the passion and commitment he shows to Eastbourne and the town. As a source of knowledge, he's great. He's also always approachable, friendly, and happy to help whenever he can. We really appreciate the efforts he goes to supporting businesses.
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I attended #AskTheExpert to support mine and Tectonic's support to the other Best Of Members and David, the event was great and was nice to get to chat to other members and exhibitors that I hadn't had the chance to, and was great compared to other business events, local businesses and charities at a local venue, showing it's support for the #BuyLocal and #Supportlocal businesses campaign. David is full of knowledge and has helped us a lot in our first year.
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As a community partner it was useful to have a stand at the Ask the Expert event - thank you. Hopefully we have made some helpful contacts which we will follow up and also it was a good opportunity to promote the charity to those who may not know about it. We also met other businesses and found some useful things for us personally!
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I attended ask the expert on Friday at the Cumberland Hotel. Organised by David it was a great morning of networking and I met some lovely people. Looking forward to the July event.
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What a great idea David Ruddle came up with here! All about our own locality, businesses and events. A real community online. Loving thebestofeastbourne.
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Great event. I met some great contacts and came away with answers to questions. Thank you all and the Best Of Eastbourne team.
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Thank you for the invitation to attend the Ask the Expert event. I made some great connections and got some really useful information. Great to have an 'expo' supporting local businesses.
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David is a constant support since joining The Best of Eastbourne. Artemi Photography has gone from strength to strength and I can't thank him enough. There's a lot of hard work involved but if you put the effort in and take advice and listen to what David says, The Best of Eastbourne can work for you!
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Easy and short as the children's tea is in the oven
YES, support, knowledge & generally knowing the answers or some who does. That's how I sum up the best of Eastbourne.
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Thank you David for letting me introduce Get A Room Online at the EBTweetUp last week. We are so grateful to you for giving us the opportunity to let the town know that we are here!!! We have now qualified to run for the Business of the Year 2018 and I couldnt of got to this point without your help and support. Keep up the good work!!!
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A big thank you to David for continuously supporting the Enterprise Centre; home of independent shops & cafes. The Enterprise Centre hosts many events each year, which we are delighted to list on the "Best of Eastbourne"; as we are confident that our events will get the exposure needed for success!
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Well done David for creating great events that support local businesses. #EBTweetup continues to grow from strength to strength. The Marketing workshop for Best of members was also very well done.
David your support continues to be invaluable and greatly appreciated! Thank you
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