I have donated to homeless charities for many years. This year with the advent of my twins going up to University and the reality of empty nest setting in I found myself thinking about those less fortunate. So, when an advert for CEO Sleepout popped up on Facebook, then on LinkedIn I felt compelled to […]
Posted in Event, Info Blog, News Post Tagged CEO Sleepout, Homeless Charity, Just Giving, Lord's Cricket Ground, Marylebone Cricket ClubWhat is the best way to rank prominently on Google? The easiest and cheapest option is to use your Google My Business listing. In a previous Striking Places news post ‘Why is Google My Business Essential for All Business Owners?’ we listed 5 compelling reasons to be ranked prominently on Google. The most obvious is […]
Posted in Google My Business, Info Blog, News Post Tagged Google Maps, Google My Business, Google My Business Verification, Google SearchWhy is Google My Business essential for all business owners? The answer is that the internet has completely transformed the way customers find what they are looking for. They search, they visit, they buy. Google My Business helps those customers find you! It is the primary way of adding your business to the official Google […]
Posted in Google My Business, Info Blog, News Post Tagged Google Maps, Google Places, Google Search, Online MarketingWe can hardly believe it but it’s Striking Places FIRST Birthday already. It is also National Honey Bee Day! We’re really chuffed to share it with bees! Bees are one of our favourite things; apart from wine, cheese and chocolate! So we’re popping open the champagne to celebrate our one-year anniversary. Not our first […]
Posted in Event, News Post, Street View Trusted, Striking Places Photography, Virtual Tour Tagged Event, Google Street View Summit, Google Street View Trusted, Google Trusted Photographer, Hatfield House, HTA, HTA National Plant Show, HTA Partnership, My Mustard, Striking Places Birthday, Striking Places News Post, Striking Places Photography, Striking Places Rebrand, TourDash, Westminster AbbeyIs What is a Google Street View Trusted Virtual Tour? You’ve heard of Google Street View, but what is a Google Street View Trusted virtual tour? Street View inside your business (only better)! The Virtual Tour program created by Google A collection of 360-degree interactive panoramas of your business premises joined together to create a […]
Posted in Info Blog, News Post, Street View Trusted, Virtual Tour Tagged Google Business Photos, Google Business View, Google Maps, Google Search, Google Street View Trusted, Google Trusted Photographer, Google Virtual Tour Program, Specialist Photographic equipment, Virtual TourIn March 2015 Chris Allen, owner of Tring Martial Arts Academy, was updating the business details on his Google My Business page when he noticed a button inviting him to add a virtual tour. Intrigued Chris clicked the button. Within 48 hours Jo from Striking Places rang to find out if Chris would like to […]
Posted in Event, Google Cardboard, News Post, Photography Tagged Educational Funding Company, Event, Event Photography, Google Cardboard, Google My Business, Martial Arts Summit, Woodland Grange Conference and Training CentreStriking Places are very excited to announce our partnership with HTA (Horticultural Trade Association). The partnership came together for the first HTA Technology Conference in February. Jo Hailey, Director of Striking Places, addressed the conference on ‘The Future of Things to Come’. The presentation included a brief outline of the Google Street View Trusted programme. […]
Posted in HTA, News Post, Partner, Street View Trusted Tagged Google Cardboard, Google My Business, Google Street View Trusted, HTA Cost Reduction Scheme, HTA National Plant SHow 2016, HTA Partnership, Partnership, Striking Places AnnouncementGoogle Trusted Photographers Striking Places were on the road in their funky mobile office shooting a Kwik Fit Skipton, North Yorkshire when they received a Quote Request directly from Google My Business for a new organic health food store, Our Cottage, opening in Jo’s old stomping ground of Alexandra Palace. North London Health Food Shop […]
Posted in News Post, Street View inside, Street View Trusted, Virtual Tour Tagged Google Maps Business View, Health Food, London, Our Cottage, Ruff Mutts, see inside, Street View Trusted, Virtual TourRuff Mutts, established in 2014, is a beautiful, brand new, dog grooming, doggie daycare and dog walking salon in Alexandra Palace, North London. Located just over the road from Our Cottage, a lovely independent, health food and organic juice bar on Alexandra Park Road. Ruff Mutt’s owner, Alex Fuller, is fellow local proprietor and friends […]
Posted in Blog, News Post, Street View inside, Street View Trusted, Virtual Tour Tagged Alex Fuller, Dog Grooming, Google Maps Business View, London, see inside, Street View Trusted, Virtual TourDevdas Indian Restaurant has had a visit from Striking Places Ltd Google Trusted Photographers. Local authority regulations mean the owners have to keep the outside as it was, inside is not as you’d expect. Invite customers inside with a virtual tour of your business on Google Search, Google Maps and Google+. Call Striking Places on […]
Posted in Blog, Google Maps Business View, Street View inside, TourDash, Virtual Tour Tagged Google Maps Business View, Hertfordshire, Indian Restaurant, see inside, St Albans, Virtual TourAbbey Spice is a highly regarded Indian Restaurant in St Albans. As one of the reviews on their Google+ Local page says “I went in with a friend for a meal, and the outside doesn’t do it justice, it has a really fresh open atmosphere and I thought the service was great and friendly and […]
Posted in Blog, Google Maps Business View, Street View inside, Virtual Tour Tagged Google Maps Business View, Indian Restaurant, see inside, St Albans, Virtual TourRight in the centre of St Albans and part of the old Town Hall the Merchant is a great place to stop for a coffee, tea or lunch and do some people watching. Have a look outside… An interactive virtual tour allows customers who find you online to walk through, explore and take a closer […]
Posted in Blog, Google Maps Business View, Street View inside, Virtual Tour Tagged Cafe, Google Maps Business View, Hertfordshire, see inside, St Albans, Street View inside, Virtual Tour