thebestof Eastbourne

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I have been attending tweetups for a little while now and i think they are great. It's a great place to meet other businesses and build a relationship. It's never the same and having a guest speakers keeps it interesting. I have met some great people and made some great business connections too.
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Thanks Ellie :) It is always great to have you along at the events.
David helped me sign up and explained how to blog on the 'bestof' Community Hub by usining easy-to-understand language the do's and don'ts of blogging that hitherto had been rather daunting after reading other web-based instructions. Thank you David, you've restored my confidence and eagerness to blog.
Ian (Eastbourne Access Group).
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Reply from David Ruddle:
So pleased we could help, more so that we know there is a great demand for the information you share through thebestof Eastbourne.
David is nothing short of a marketing genius. The way he has brought fantastic businesses and community groups together under the Best of Eastbourne banner should be considered outstanding. I've attend a few #ebtweetups and found them to be massively beneficial to our cause at Radio DGH. David has always given great advice in assisting us. For all of the above, we cannot thank him enough.
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Reply from David Ruddle:
I appreciate your kind comments :)
Well what can I say except without David Ruddle giving his support and his passion love and belief in local businesses there would not be a buy local so thank you, David it has not been an easy few years for anyone but you have always been there for all small and large business and created a wealth of givers rather than takers,
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Reply from David Ruddle:
Thanks Debra, glad to be of service :)
Highly recommended! David is an extremely nice man who has helped many businesses and charities in the Eastbourne area over the last few years. As a business member, we have found David to be very supportive and encouraging, and the Marketing Support Meetings and EBTweetups very informative and enjoyable. Well done David!
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Reply from David Ruddle:
Always have time for Chatfields Jewellers :) I love the watch from your Jewellers the the members got for my 40th
I met David a few years ago (at a networking event surprisingly!) and he immediately impressed me with his drive and winning personality. When the 'tweetups' were first initiated I intended to come along but something always seemed to get in the way. I finally made it along to the 5th anniversary tweetup where it was obvious I had been missing out all this time! It was obvious from the people there and the comments made how much of an impact The Best Of Eastbourne has had on these local business people and how much they have benefited and grown their companies since their association with it. I now plan to get more involved and hopefully become part of this success story. Many thanks for the invite and the inspiration!
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Reply from David Ruddle:
Hope to see you again at another one, it was great to catch up with you.
David is a very friendly, approachable business man. The work he has done with us at the RSE Group has been fantastic. We have no issue at all recommending David and the Best of Eastbourne. Please feel free to call us if you want to talk about our recommendation. www.rsegroup.agency Cale @caleruns
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Reply from David Ruddle:
You are welcome Cale, I have worked with RSE Group for so long I feel I earned my honorary A Team Badge!
David has been a font of knowledge, incredibly helpful and supportive for us here at Rainbow Bridge Equine Rescue. He is probably the most proactive Best Of Leader I have come across.
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Reply from David Ruddle:
I am so happy to help people that need and appreciate the time it takes. We look forward to seeing you at a Tweetup again soon :)
Really supportive of our band Hot Detroit. Supporting local talent by sharing media and updating their website with our information, in a time where local talent doesn't always get a look in.
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Reply from David Ruddle:
Love you band! Always happy to help push out your news, I suggested you to be part of the Hot Air Balloon festival next year.
David Ruddle provides great, personal services. No issue is too much for him to help resolve! Great service!
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As a recent addition to the Premier Members of the Chamber due to the great support from the team over the years I look forward to a long and happy relationship.
We've been a bestof member for only a short while, but in that time David has made numerous small suggestions and tweaks to make to our existing marketing activities that have lead to big improvements!
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Reply from David Ruddle:
You are most welcome Michael. IT is an interesting field and helping you find new ways to better position yourself is certainly enjoyable.
My companies enhanced level of membership gives me the benefit of Monthly one-to-one marketing support meetings with David. They say if you want to be successful surround yourself with positive people. This is certainly true with David and I view him as my "Marketing Director" and one of the team. Yesterday's meeting was as usual focused, productive and fun. Thank you David.
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Reply from David Ruddle:
You are most welcome Jason, our meeting are always positive and generate new ideas which was the very point of creating the Premium Membership. Thank you for being one of the 1st members in Eastbourne to take it up. I do like being the Marketing Director local businesses in Eastbourne can afford!
David Ruddle, head of the Best of Eastbourne is one of the most hardworking, dedicated, genuine people I know. He is passionate about creating awareness for local businesses and goes out of his way to help you. He knows his marketing 'stuff' !!
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Had my second Marketing meeting with David Ruddle and again it was full of inspiring ideas. We have added in new photos and David has written a brilliant feature for me. My Facebook likes have increased Twitter is booming. Can't recommend David enough thank you
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Reply from David Ruddle:
You are welcome Sarah. It is always a pleasure to support really proactive businesses that take on board all my suggestions. It is even better to hear that they are paying dividend. Keep up the excellent work for your customers as they truly love what you do for them.
#EBTweetup is fabulous informal networking event. David makes everyone very welcome. It has been going for almost 5 years and I remember going to the first one! I must rather like this event quite a bit! Well done David with this event, looking forward to celebrating 5 years
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Reply from David Ruddle:
Thank you Mina, always glad to have your input in making the Tweetup better :)
What can I say? I don’t know if its even 28 days since my last review but that time never elapses without David doing plenty to help Embrace East Sussex.



Over the last few days David has uploaded a whole bundle of events for us all in one go. He has been patient as always and a perfectionist about how they looked and if the copy was right.



I can highly recommend local charities becoming members of Bestof David is a wonderful support to Embrace.
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Reply from David Ruddle:
You are welcome Becky, helping is such a rewarding thing and though I can not financially support charities in Eastbourne I can give them a little time which I know can hold much more value :)
Good networking event. I'm not a member of Best of Eastbourne, but I still go along and have met some nice people and good connections from doing this. David is always very nice and friendly.
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Reply from David Ruddle:
Glad you enjoy the events :)
Last nights Tweetup was brilliant. It was great to meet some new faces and hear from others about their businesses. It's great that we come together and support each other as well.
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Reply from David Ruddle:
The Tweetup's change so much month to month just depending on who is attending so glad the format have not gotten stale in over 5 years!
Always laid back and very friendly, whilst making useful connections with other people! HEY, come and join us and smile and gain too.
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Reply from David Ruddle:
Always nice to hear you poetic twist on the night :)
David at The Best of Eastbourne has been infectious with his passion, love and dedication to the business. Nothing is too much trouble and he is always at the end of twitter if you have any problems! It has given us a chance to network on a local level, support other local independent businesses and really drive our online presence through top tips/help and advice. Couldn't recommend him or the best of Eastbourne any higher! Thanks David!
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Reply from David Ruddle:
You are welcome Sabrina, it is great to support an excellent business like RSE Group getting its message out there!
I'd like to thank David so much for his advice on setting up a squeeze page. Such a helpful chap - nothing is ever too much bother. And he really knows his stuff. Thanks David!
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Reply from David Ruddle:
Always happy to help out thebestof network. We are stronger working together that way :)
I was having trouble with reaching businesses on Facebook, but David gave me some info and instructions and I saw results straight away. Thank you
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Reply from David Ruddle:
So pleased you were able to follow the step by step process and see results so quickly :)
The Best of Eastbourne is the place to go to find all you need to know about what is happening locally. David is very very helpful.
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Reply from David Ruddle:
Thank you and I hope to see you at a future #EBtweetup.
We have been with the Best of Eastbourne for 3 years now and David has always come up trumps with ideas to help with our marketing! Thank you and we look forward to the next years to come!
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Reply from David Ruddle:
Always a pleasure to hear that a long-standing member is still benefiting from working with me.
I have to leave David a review for his continued support of my business. Ditzy Media is almost two years old now, and throughout my time in business I have been a member of thebestof Eastbourne. Thebestof Eastbourne has definitely raised my profile locally, helped me meet like minded local business people, as well as other community organisations through #EBTweetUp. David himself is a great support to his membership. I highly recommend thebestof Eastbourne to other local business owners looking for ways to raise their profile in Eastbourne (and beyond!)
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Reply from David Ruddle:
Thank you Mina, you have been a great asset to thebestof members and of course hosting #EBhour for us :)
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