thebestof Eastbourne

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David is simply amazing. The support he gives me to help me run my business is second to none. I know I can call him to run past new ideas I have, things I want to chat through and more. My business has grown being part of the best of and I can't recommend it enough thank you David
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I am so pleased will all the progress we have made in the last year :) Well Done Sarah!
This site is awesome! David is quick to respond, and I have found so much useful info on here. It's great to see and share what's happening locally, and this is the place to do it.
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David is a delight to work with and a great supporter of the local community with the #BuyLocal campaign, which we're happy to being a part of and support. He's helped recommend several businesses to help us with our needs. He keeps you up to date and has great communication with us - thank you for your help and continued support with Tectonic Digital Systems.
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Reply from David Ruddle:
I really love learning more about your business and helping you get better connected in Eastbourne :)
I've just had a enjoyable meeting with David. He's full of knowledge, great ideas and advice. Now time to digest all the information provided and put 'pen to paper'. Highly recommend becoming a member of THOEastbourne if you're looking to grow your business locally. Thanks David, keep up the good work!!
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Reply from David Ruddle:
I do enjoy our idea sessions, well done for great progress in developing your business :)
I only found out about the event the day before, but really glad I attended. Not only did I get some good advice from one of the experts, but also ended up with two new clients! A brilliant day all round. Can't wait for the next one David!
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A very helpful, knowledgeable and friendly business, supplied fantastic contacts to help us with the promotion of our project and also put us onto someone who was able to set up a crowd funding page.
We would highly recommend them.
Lloyd Stebbings
Director
Allchorn Maritime Ltd
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When I am able to help connect people I always feel a sense of pride, thanks for getting in touch Lloyd.
Had a really great conversation with David Ruddle. His knowledge of social media and marketing was exceptional. He gave us ideas of social media channels which we had not previously thought of. If you are in the local area and want any advice on marketing for your business, 'the best of eastbourne' is a great place to go. David's enthusiasm will rub off on anyone.
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Reply from David Ruddle:
Very pleased to be able to share some ideas with you, good luck with the project.
I have just had a meeting with David and my team of four undergraduates working on PR for the Bycep website. My guys (being approximately 20/21 years old) are pretty clued up about social media, but over the course of an hour David gave them a goldmine of additional ideas, suggestions, tips, tricks and traps. They and I were mightily impressed with his knowledge and experience, and of course, everyone who knows David will agree that this wealth of information is put across in a wonderfully positive and friendly way. I told my guys afterwards that in business you want to avoid the sort of people you see on Madmen and those idiots on The Apprentice, and use top quality solid people like David.
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Reply from David Ruddle:
Always a pleasure to share my thoughts, the team certainly took on board my suggestions.
What a great concept for an event. Lots of local 'expert' business people giving up their time to offer free advice and guidance to other local businesses on a vast range of subjects like IT, Recruitment, and more!
I was one of the participant Experts and thoroughly enjoyed the day! The venue was excellent, and I managed to bag some time with other experts making it jolly worthwhile.
Hope the event is repeated in 2017 so others may benefit. Good Job David!
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Ask The Expert was a brilliant event. There were lots of experts there with various fields of expertise. This gave many businesses the opportunity to learn and to gain new ideas and contacts.
Everyone there was very friendly and approachable. It was lovely seeing the local MP there also. David hosted the event and shone. He really does excel in this area and his passion for what he does is evident. Roll on the next one!!
Laura - Get A Room Online Ltd
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A fantastic event that will no doubt grow to be even more valuable to both experts and attendees.
I was fortunate enough to be able to give some advice attendees and it felt good to be able to pass on knowledge and help them overcome some potential hurdles within their business. Absolutely looking forward to next years #ATE event! Thanks David!
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I went along to #AsktheExpert event that David organised not really knowing exactly who I wanted to talk to but after arriving and having a quick chat with David he pointed me in the right direction. I spoke with three experts and made some great connections. Fantastic event! Thank you from Happyjacks Soft Play.
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I went to the Ask The Expert event on 9 November. I found this to be really worthwhile and I came away with loads of ideas and some useful contacts. I will certainly be attending the next one and I would highly recommend anyone out there to come along too!
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Always good to come to anything that the Best of Eastbourne is doing, especially as it cements the glue that means local businesses work more together, I liked then recent #AskTheExpert event, the location worked well, and look forward to future events in 2017, as we work on our event programme for 2017, Jingle Bells....
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Review number 201 tells you what you need to know really about The Best Of Eastbourne - and David. He works tirelessly for your business and continues to teach and help you with all things marketing in every meeting you have with him. His latest event #AskTheExpert was a great success and I cannot wait for the next one! Thanks David!
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Reply from David Ruddle:
Very kind of you Sabrina, looking forward to seeing you at the next workshop.
Such an amazing origination doing a great job in promoting business and community in Eastbourne. David has boundless energy devoted to the cause!
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Reply from thebestof Eastbourne:
Thanks Helen 200 reviews and counting :) Great to be able to help so many in Eastbourne.
Once again David has surpassed himself and delivered a fantastic event in Ask the Experts at Pacific House, Eastbourne. I was one of the experts and I can honestly say it was one of the best events for me in a long time. I connected with a lot of the Best of members and some non members too. Really looking forward to the next one. Thank you David
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Well Done all round David, #AskTheExpert was great, made some very worthwhile connections and to hear that you have won the Best Community Marketing Company is another great award to thank you for all the work that you do for everyone in Eastbourne.
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We can't fault David's enthusiasm for his job, his town but most of all his members.
Working tirelessly to promote us all and putting events together like Ask the Expert yesterday he exemplifies the hard work and effort needed to make a business successful and in turn his members successful. We can't fault him.and that is why we will continue to work with him to be the best that we can be. Thank you from all the RSE Group Ltd team .
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Many thanks for organising and for your kind invitation to the AskTheExpert event.
It was a good opportunity to see some new and familiar faces all who are passionate about supporting local people and local business.
As a guest it was refreshing that the exhibitors were primarily interested in offering support and advise which was well received.
I wish you every success with future events.
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David and TBOE are an amazing source of information and ideas, the enthusiasm is contagious and the organised events are well worth attending!
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Reply from David Ruddle:
Thank you Darren, I look forward to seeing you again soon.
David is the best of Eastbourne! He works tirelessly to promote and support the local community, well done, keep up the good work!
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Reply from David Ruddle:
Thank you James, always a pleasure to point someone in your direction as I know you will take extra special care of them.
A great way of helping independent businesses in Eastbourne
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The Best Of Eastbourne has been an invaluable source of information about local businesses, many of which featured on Lookalikes Series 1 for Channel 4.
Thank you so much to David Ruddle for all his ongoing support of the production.
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Reply from David Ruddle:
Thank you Bryher, the filming was such fun and people still remind me I was on TV :)
The best of Eastbourne (David Ruddle) has been brilliant, he has helped us grow confidence in attending network meetings, and given us a lot of information on marketing and advertising the business. He is very quick in his responses whenever we have needed him, and knows exactly what your company needs to progress.
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Reply from David Ruddle:
Thanks Helen, always happy to help a business that supports Buy Local as much as you do.
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