thebestof Eastbourne

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Fabulous evening with thebestofEastbourne at Willingdon Golf Club. Many thanks to David for organising and some great networking .
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Glad to have you along and be able to introduce you to our business members :)
David gave me a free business MOT and provided me with priceless information for free on how I could grow and scale my business. Really appreciative and blown away by the free help!
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I am so grateful to thebestof Eastbourne for allowing me to list my pop choirs on their website. And what a fabulous website this is too! Listing our weekly events was nice and simple, and David was so helpful and quick to respond to any questions I had. What a wonderful site this is!
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Reply from David Ruddle:
Love to have local events on my website and choirs are very popular events :)
I was incredibly impressed with the help David offered on the business MOT call. It was really helpful, thorough advice that is easy to digest and implement. In a world that is pretty alien to me - the business world - David helped to provide a road map that is easy to navigate and that makes perfect sense, even to someone like me who has had little to no previous experience with this kind of thing. I feel galvanised, focused, and full of enthusiasm to forge ahead. Thank you David, I can't recommend you highly enough!
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Reply from David Ruddle:
I love to help local businesses when they are just starting out or in their early days. With the right advice, they will have a much brighter future and greater success.
I love to see local businesses profiled so that we can support them and keep them going!
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I had a business MOT which gave me lots of action points and valuable feedback. Thank you!
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Once again we just want to say 'Thank You' for all the amazing support and hard work you put in to promote us and other local charities. Nothing is ever to much trouble and The Best of Eastbourne has definitely raised our profile on social media. Huge, huge Thank You!
Age UK East Sussex
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David is a great asset to Eastbourne. His local knowledge is vast and the Best Of website is a fantastic hub for all things Eastbourne. It is a great platform for businesses and charities alike to promote their services, but also to find services they require. David is always very quick to respond to questions and is always looking at ways to keep ahead of the game and ensure he is delivering what we all need. Thank you David.
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It's rare finding people as responsive and helpful as David Ruddle. Not only does he have a super 'Best of Eastbourne' blog, he is one of the only people I've encountered for a while who actually does what he says. On a recent communication with him, he responded within minutes - first by phone and then (when the phone was busy) by email.
If every service was as speedy and conscientious as this, the business world would be an easier place!
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Reply from David Ruddle:
Thank you so much, we love to know that we have helped :)
Once again I left David’s Business Boost full of new ideas and the enthusiasm to carry them through. Thank you David 💃🕺
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David is a very knowledgeable guy and I also love the way he takes the time to understand and suggest ways to help each individual business in the Best Of Eastbourne group, well worth chatting to him
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Great service. David went the extra mile to ensure that our slightly unusual pattern of meeting dates was accurately reflected on the website. He was also very proactive in finding an appropriate image to go with our post. Top marks and highly recommended.
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On behalf of the Children’s Respite Trust we are very grateful to David for his support with his Charity campaign. Being able to post details of our events and fundraising activities on the website is also a great resource to us.
Thank you 😊
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Needed to share a local event in the Eastbourne area and thebestofEastbourne helped to do this.

Very straight forward and efficient process!
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David smiles nearly as much as I do! He happily helps with everything and everyone and was recently spotted helping out at the Christmas Market planning meeting! Lovely chap!
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We have been using David for over 6 years now, helping with our marketing and getting noticed in Eastbourne. Since then he's given countless amounts of advice and help with various social media platforms that I wasn't confident on, encouraging blog posts, SEO and the most impact is reviews, since working with David our team has managed to be review-focused going from a couple of reviews when the business was started to now getting regular reviews. Needless to say, this has had a huge impact on our business getting more business. From going to his master classes learning about SEO, how to write posts, what to write in a blog etc he has helped me gain 1st page Google spots for various services we supply all organically, most recently with EV, this was massive for me so thank you. Lastly during COVID lockdown when no one knew what was happening or if your business was going to survive he was there promoting, liking, commenting and sharing business posts left, right and centre. Highly recommend and we will continue to use.
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Had first meeting yesterday was very positive and useful. look forward to meeting David again.
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I attended yesterday's Business Boost event and really enjoyed the opportunity to meet other local business owners as well as learn some great tips about promotion and maintenance of business systems etc.
It's great to be able to do these events in person again, I'll definitely go again!
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My first visit to this event and have picked up quite a few good pointers on what to do and look out for.
David was first class as usual...
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Excellent and very informative conversation with the boss......look forward to meeting up in person!!
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It was my first Best of Event and found the discussion around customer avatar really insightful. I also loved the open discussion around the tables. Thanks David
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Attended my first TheBestOf event this week and I highly recommend! David phoned after I registered my entry to introduce himself and explain how he runs the events to ensure you get the most out of it. Great relaxed atmosphere and made to feel very welcome by everyone. Looking forward to attending more!
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Always interesting and useful to attend David's Business Meet Up events. Today was really busy. Many new people (welcome to them), lots of inspiration and, even more, lots of follow up. If you're not a member already, you should be asking yourself why not? Don't give it too much thought, though , because, to be honest, it's a no brainer! thanks again, David!
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Reply from David Ruddle:
Thanks Terri, great to have you along and see all the new connections being made.
Thank you again David Ruddle a brilliant Business Boost Meeting today, a meeting full of Ideas and help to grow your business, along meeting some like minded people who share some brilliant ideas and share their stories, I highly recommend if you are a small business that looking to get back to where you were before Covid or you are just starting out them make sure you come along to the next meeting you will not be disappointed, see you there next month
Debbie Designer Travel
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David provided some training on how to use the Best of Eastbourne website and Facebook groups for our charity, Children with Cancer Fund, and it was helpful, insightful and will benefit our charity greatly. He tailored the session to our specific needs and was very happy to answer questions- a very enjoyable session and David was very friendly!
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