July 2023 Newsletter

Welcome to our July 2023 newsletter!

We are sure, like us, you are all only too pleased the summer has arrived. There has never been a better time to explore our beautiful county and experience what the Garden of England has to offer.

Please do continue to have a look at our partners on the app with such a variety of places to visit, including vineyards, railways, outside dining and so many others.

In this issue we will be giving you updates on growth, the team, what’s coming up, competitions and much more!

Social Engagement

The What’s on in Kent app’s downloads have been rapidly increasing, week on week.

We would like to thank everybody who has downloaded our app and helped to continue spread the word, we really appreciate each-and-every one of you!

We now have over 7000 downloads of the app and our website visitor numbers have also been increasing, averaging on around 20,000 - 30,000 views a month! As you can imagine, all of these views really help the potential visitors you can receive.

Meet the Team

Our team has been growing and we now have Jules, Celia and Megan, who have a wealth of experience in social media and marketing. They are all keen to help promote your business. So, if you have events going on that you want our viewers to know about, then please get in touch!

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News

We have had so much going on since our last newsletter and we have been attending lots of events as well and meeting many new users and partners over the last few months. We exhibited at Business Vision Live in May where we got to meet many Kent businesses. We were demonstrating how easy it is to use our app and how to update partner profiles on our website. The event was at the Kent County Showground in Detling, which proved to be a great venue for exhibitions and networking and much more. We will be returning there again next weekend for the Kent County Show on the 7th, 8th, and 9th July, so if you are attending, please feel free to come and say hi and enter our competition.

We also visited the Kent Food Fest at Little Elses in Sevenoaks. This was the second Food Fest we’ve attended, and it is always a great event. This year in addition to the great live music and delicious food, there was also a classic car show with some rare and beautiful cars on display.

Over the past few months, we’ve created many new partnerships with some amazing Kent businesses. We’d like to thank you all for your support and hope you are getting the most with your profile on the What’s on in Kent website. To help drive more business your way, make sure you are adding all of your regular and reoccurring events and telling your customers that you are on ‘What’s on in Kent’ website and mobile app.

Below is a list of partners who have come onboard since our last newsletter. Please check out their pages on our website and app for more information on each venue.

Chapel Down Winery CM Booth Collection – The Morgan Museum Cranbrook Goes Nuts Gusbourne Wines Hairstyle Avenue Hall Place & Gardens Hazlitt Theatre Hemsted Park Kent Showground Larkin’s Alehouse Queen’s Hall Theatre SIM Motorsport St David’s House The Green Duck Emporium The Lantern Inn East Kent Vineyard Tours The Old Dairy Tap Room The Spittin’ Feathers The Village Hotel True Fusion Ltd Wines & Tours Windy Miller’s Whirligig Wrotham Classic Steam & Transport Rally

You may have seen our sponsored ads pop up on your feed from time-to-time. These ads have proved very effective in increasing both downloads and users on the app, but also page views on the website. We know that by continuing to do this it will help increase awareness for our partners to attract more customers.

We have recently started sending out push notifications to our users to notify them of important events going on in the Kent area, these notifications can be opted-in-to when downloading the app for the first time,we recommend having these turned on, so you don’t miss any important news, events, or competitions. If you want to send push notifications, then get in touch with the team to find out how.

Competitions

We have run several competitions over the past few months across our website and social media pages and we have given away some great prizes to our deserving winners. Since our last newsletter our prizes have included tickets to see The Commitments at the Orchard Theatre in Dartford, a sparkling wine tasting for two at Gusbourne Estate, tickets to the Kent Food Fest and tickets to the Wrotham Classic Steam & Transport Rally.

We have many more competitions planned for the near future so make sure to keep an eye on our socials and website for your chance to nab some free tickets.

This month’s competition you can win a days hire for up to four electric bikes, donated through our partner - UK Electric Bike Hire.

To enter, simply download the ‘What’s on in Kent’ app (if you haven’t already) and send a screenshot of the app to sales@whatsoninkent.com, with your full name, email address and contact number, for your chance to WIN!

Competition ends Friday 21st July 2023. Winner will be contacted via email.

If you would like to donate a future competition prize to help increase awareness for your business, then get in touch with the team at sales@whatsoninkent.com.

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Our ethos here at What’s on in Kent, is to bring Kent businesses and communities together. If there is an event going on that you feel we should know about, please email the details over to sales@whatsoninkent.com with a contact name and number.

Please feel free to like and follow our social media pages.

Upcoming events

6th July 2023 - The Magic Bookmark - Tunbridge Wells Fringe Festival 7th July 2023 - Live music with Rogue Two - The Little Gem 8th July 2023 - The Leeds Castle Concert

1st July - 30th September 2023 - The Beach at Leeds Castle

7th - 9th July 2023 - Kent County Show 24th September 2023 - Classic Car Show - Kenward Place

Plus many, many more! You can find all upcoming events on the What’s on in Kent app. Don’t forget you can add these events to your favourites on the app.

Have you thought about displaying your venue with footage from the air? We are now offering drone photography - get in touch for more information on this!

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