Q3 TGt Round-Up

Here's Your Q3 TGt Round-Up. There's been lots of developments here so apologies for the lengthy update!

Welcoming 5 new team members

We had a busy Summer at TGt with recruiting, new business partnerships and new sections and functionality on the TGt sites.

First off, we're really excited to introduce you to 2 new Team Members who I'm sure you will be meeting out and about at local networking and general events.

Emma Collins has joined us as Marketing Executive and is bringing over 20 years of PR and Marketing experience to the business and has already hit the ground running generating over 63,00 unique views of her content in her first two months! This piece has been a particular hit - https://www.totalguidetodorset.com/eating-and-drinking/the-goods-yard-re-opens-today/ (congratulations to Andy and the Team at Fired Up Hospitality).

Layla Foster has joined us as Digital Marketing Administrator and has successfully completed her training and well in to the swing of things keeping the sites fully up to date.

Cenk Albayrak-Touy who some of you will recognise as Photos By Cenk, has joined us on a freelance basis as photographer and videographer so you will see him out and about capturing local brilliant business, stunning landscapes and vibrant events with video, photography and Drone footage (please let us know if you would like to book a shoot or some content creation for your business).

You may have also noticed, we have just launched Total Dorset Sport and we welcome Dan and Josh as our local Sports Journalists covering Bournemouth AFC, the Speedway and local grassroots sports. Please let us know if you would like to be involved or if our sports audience and traffic is a good fit for you.

New Ventures and partnerships, Networking and Awards

Another key announcement we are very proud to announce is our partnership with Jacqui and The Boardroom Network. This means that local businesses will see even more benefits from TBN membership! We had the Swindon Launch of TBN last Thursday which was a huge success and we've loved reading all of the feedback on our socials and surveys. 

Our local face to face groups along with the virtual monthly meetings continue to go from strength to strength as we see an increase in numbers and a vibrant and diverse mix of members. For Dorset Businesses, we have TBN Broadstone this Thurs (non-members are welcome to attend a non-member for up to 2 visits) and we have a gorgeous new venue serving Hampshire and Salisbury on 12th October. Click here to view all of the upcoming events, we hope to see some of you on Thursday.

Awards season is well underway, and we are super proud to be sponsoring over 10 local awards over the next few months. We sponsored the Rising Star and Young Entrepreneur categories at the Ringwood Business Awards and it was a hugely inspiring afternoon. We'll be sponsors again at the Poole Business Awards in a few weeks and looking forward to seeing lots of you there.

We will also be fully supporting and Attending the Dorset Chamber Business Festival and will exhibiting at the Exhibiting at the Expo on Wednesday 11th October. Have a look in to how you can get involved in this full week of business events here.

Site Content and Updates

We want to help support and empower local businesses and the community to make steps towards greener living.  As businesses, we are going to see new laws coming into play early next year and we are all going to need to play our part.

We have created Total Guide to Eco-Friendly Choices at Home & at Work, to help you and to also champion local businesses that are leading the way torwards becoming more sustainable. If you would like to have a chat about ways you can contribute please contact me liz@totalguideto.com.