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Why is Google My Business essential for all business owners?

Dated: October 12, 2016

Why 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 […]

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Striking Places Summer Part Two – The BBC Interview at Westminster Abbey

Dated: September 23, 2016

You 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 […]

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Striking Places First Birthday since our Rebrand

Dated: August 19, 2016

We 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 […]

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Striking Places Summer Adventures – France, Westminster Abbey & BBC London News

Dated: July 18, 2016

Striking 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 […]

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HTA National Plant Show 2016

Dated: July 5, 2016

HTA 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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World-famous landmark Westminster Abbey gets a virtual tour

Dated: July 5, 2016

Take a Virtual Tour inside Westminster Abbey Westminster Abbey, once described as the Parish Church of the world, is a spectacular building with over 1,000 years of history. When Striking Places’ Jo Hailey got a request for more information about Google Street View Trusted Tours from Westminster Abbey you can imagine her excitement. The site […]

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Google Street View Trusted Virtual Tour

Dated: June 14, 2016

Is 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 […]

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Educational Funding Company Martial Arts Summit

Dated: April 28, 2016

In 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 […]

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Striking Places Announce Partnership with the HTA

Dated: April 27, 2016

Striking 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. […]

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Striking Places Sponsor MK Dons Striker Alex Revell

Dated: April 10, 2016

Striking Places Sponsor MK Dons Striker Alex Revell Striking Places first came across MK Dons in January 2016. Jo Hailey encountered Tim Lee, the Corporate Sales Executive there, after an introduction from Leigh Frost. Leigh runs her own marketing and web design company, Truesilver, and had just set up the networking group Business Buzz Milton […]

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HTA Technology Conference

Dated: March 12, 2016

Striking Places Present at the HTA Technology Conference 2016 Striking Places involvement with the HTA (Horticultural Trades Association) began whilst working with Aylett Nurseries. We had lots of fun meeting Adam Wigglesworth, Julie Aylett’s husband, whilst shooting a 360 virtual tour there. Among other things he boosted me up in a forklift truck cage! This was so […]

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How to use Google Cardboard

Dated: March 1, 2016

Follow our simple step-by-step guide for turning your phone into a virtual reality headset using Google Cardboard. Google Cardboard is the clever new bit of kit everyone’s talking about. It’s a beautifully simple flatpack headset for VR (Virtual Reality) or AR (Augmented Reality) that you construct yourself. Download these apps How to use Google Cardboard […]

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