View the gallery What is KickOff@3? CLICK HERE TO GO STRAIGHT TO DATES, LOCATIONS AND CONTACT DETAILS FOR THE 2018 TOURNAMENTS. KickOff@3 is the brainchild of Michael Wallace and Ashley Levien. Michael a serving Police Officer working in Youth Engagement is passionate about supporting youth and community initiatives outside work too. Ashley Levien […]
Google My Business now has a Post feature Google My Business certainly has had some changes over the years. When I first started as a Google Trusted Photographer back in 2012 it was a Google Places Page. Not many businesses were aware they had them and even fewer had ownership of them. A consequence […]
If email marketing is something you’ve thought about but are not sure what to write, this guest post from Julie Joseph, The Virtual Marketeer may give you some ideas. Email can be at the centre of your relationship marketing strategy and is a valuable communication tool that can be used in a myriad of ways. […]
We are very pleased to announce some of lovely donations that have been made for our auction at our big charity ball on Saturday 4th February 2017. Take a look at this list of awesome goodies! Remember you can book your place (or table) by contacting Jo on 0800 298 2119 or email charityball2017@strikingplaces.com What […]
Also posted in EventI 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 […]
Also posted in Event, Info Blog 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 […]
Also posted in Google My Business, Info Blog Tagged Google Maps, Google My Business, Google My Business Verification, Google SearchWe are very pleased to announce that Striking Places very own CEO, Google accredited photographer Jo Hailey, will be taking part in this year’s CEO Sleepout London. What is CEO Sleepout London? CEO Sleepouts are overnight events that raise money to fight homelessness and poverty across the UK. Currently, there are seven in all throughout the year; […]
Also posted in Blog Tagged Andy Preston, CEO, CEO Sleepout, CEO Sleepout 2016, CEO Sleepout London, Depaul UK, Google accredited photographer, Homelessness, JustGiving, London, Lord's Cricket Ground, Poverty, The Cardinal Hume Centre, Vincent De PaulWhy 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 […]
Also posted in Google My Business, Info Blog Tagged Google Maps, Google Places, Google Search, Online MarketingYou may recall in Striking Places Summer Part One we were four hours from Calais in a beautiful campsite in the middle of a forest when we got the call. Did Striking Places Jo Hailey wanted to be interviewed for the BBC London News outside Westminster Abbey the following afternoon? Yes!! You left us stuck in […]
Also posted in BBC News, Blog, TourDash, Westminster Abbey Tagged Alice Bhandakravi, BBC London News, BBC Regional news, Deans Yard, France, Google Street View Trusted, Grazyna Richmond, Historic Building, Jo Hailey, Virtual Tour, Westminster Abbey, Westminster Abbey Head of Education, YouTubeWe 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 […]
Also posted in Event, 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 AbbeyStriking Places have had a pretty darned amazing summer. After the whirlwind of the HTA National Plant Show we got back to our St Albans HQ late in the evening of June 22nd. Not for long though! We were leaving the following day – after a morning networking at the Watford Expo – for France. What busy bees […]
Also posted in Holiday Accommodation, Striking Places Photography, Virtual Tour Tagged 360 Virtual tour, 3D Virtual Tour, BBC London News, Chateau de la Place, Dordogne, Font Remy, France, Mas de la Quintine, Mortagne-sur-Gironde, Saint-Fort-sur-Gironde, Street View Trusted, Westminster AbbeyHTA National Plant Show 2016 Lives Forever as a Virtual Tour If you’ve been following our news posts you’ll know that Striking Places have had a busy year with the Horticultural Trades Association. It began with attending the HTA Technology Conference in February 2016. The HTA asked Jo Hailey, our MD, to speak to the conference delegates […]
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