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© 2010 siftmedia
6th Floor, Bridge House48-52 Victoria Street
Bristol BS1 6HZUnited Kingdom
Meet the Community
BusinessZone.co.uk & UKBusinessForums.co.uk
Small business communities from Sift Media
Twitter: @businesszone@siftmedia@andy_north
© 2010 siftmedia
6th Floor, Bridge House48-52 Victoria Street
Bristol BS1 6HZUnited Kingdom
The community…
Largest and most active community of small businesses in the UK
240,000 visitors per month viewing approx 2m pages monthly
60,000+ user contributions per month
© 2010 siftmedia
6th Floor, Bridge House48-52 Victoria Street
Bristol BS1 6HZUnited Kingdom
…and
Community of Finance Directors and Accountants in the UK
102,000 members viewing 1.3 million pages monthly
6,700 user contributions per month
© 2010 siftmedia
6th Floor, Bridge House48-52 Victoria Street
Bristol BS1 6HZUnited Kingdom
The campaign...
The Better Regulation Executive (BRE) - part of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Looking to engage with the small business community
Sift Media offered both the target community and engagement solutions...
Community engagement...
Over 15,000 members visited the forum over the 2 month campaign
310 contributions to the discussion by our members
The results...
“A few little things that would make a big difference:
• Companies house website with longer opening hours• Increased information in the public domain for businesses• Free credit checks online - not via paper forms/faxes with Business Link• Free access to bulk TPS checks without having to pay a huge corporate license• Train2gain funding for real courses such as ACS not just for customer service, supervisory and management, and other NVQs”
Maxine – UKBusinessForums.co.uk member
The results...
“Something that would simplify my life is if I could open an account at Customs & Excise so that my imports get charged to my account and get delivered straight away.”
Deniser – UKBusinessForums.co.uk member
© 2010 siftmedia
6th Floor, Bridge House48-52 Victoria Street
Bristol BS1 6HZUnited Kingdom
Summary...
Our philosophy is all about putting our members at the heart of the community
This allows us to add significant value to our campaigns
Come and see us in the break