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30 Jan 2024

A North Yorkshire cycle shop, which has become one of the largest bike businesses in the area, is celebrating its fifteenth anniversary.

30 Jan 2024

For our latest retailer profile, we spoke with Dallas Wiseman from BikeWise & Run, a Ceredigion-based bike shop that has become a hub for cyclists in the region.

30 Jan 2024

New data from market research firm Mintel suggests the UK bicycle market could on the road to recovery, with sales of new bikes set to reach almost £1 billion this year.
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25 Jan 2024

With more than 500 cycle businesses having now signed up to its campaign for change to the Cycle to Work scheme, a delegation from the Association of Cycle Traders has met with All Party...

24 Jan 2024

The Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) is taking enforcement action and warning consumers about a brand of e-bike battery – UPP – that has been linked to a number of...

16 Jan 2024

Walton Street Cycles, one of Oxford’s oldest bike shops, has been trading in the city since 1975.
 

16 Jan 2024

ACT Gold Member ICE Trikes has announced a new partnership announcement with British Cycling’s Limitless disability and para-cycling programme. This partnership will help to support the...

15 Jan 2024

An interesting article has appeared in Forbes reflecting many of the issues that ACT members will be experiencing – the challenges and opportunities that are currently...

15 Jan 2024

The Guardian has reported that ministers decided to prioritise driving over active travel because of worries about “15-minute cities”.

15 Jan 2024

Go Outdoors, which operates 75 stores across the UK, has announced an apprenticeship scheme involving Cytech training with the aim of addressing what it terms a nationwide shortage of...

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Maybe*'s social media tips to generate leads from Instagram

Posted on in Business News ,Brands & Products News , Cycles News

String Theory Garage repeatedly feature as one of the most engaged local businesses in Stratford-Upon-Avon. They talked to Maybe* about how they focus on engaging with every single like, comment, share, story watcher AND ensure that their customer journey shines through to generate leads from Instagram. Read on to discover their social media tips.

 

Generate leads from Instagram

String Theory Garage was founded by Ben Broke-Smith in 2018. Ben has over 15 years of experience working on cars and competed for several years in British, Irish and European drifting championships, achieving many podium finishes and winning the European championship in 2008. To this day, Ben is a keen driver and attends track days as much as time allows, still spending his free time tinkering with car suspension tuning and wheel alignment, constantly looking to find that little extra improvement.

​Ben's diverse driving experience, extensive technical understanding and strong eye for detail are what has led to the success of String Theory Garage today, where hundreds of happy customers have had their cars transformed in the hands of Ben.

"I got into social media a while back, I started up a Youtube channel and it really took off for other car and racing lovers like me. I then built up a successful Instagram with over 10,000 followers and was getting around a 10% engagement ratio so I have just applied my knowledge to String Theory. Most of the customers coming into the garage see their cars like their babies just like we do so we know what works for them content wise" says Ben.

The garage use social media to take a photo of the before, the middle and the after and talk about how and what they have changed for that customer. It encourages people to engage with us because they love cars, it encourages people to ask questions and also to think about what the garage could actually do for them, and in turn generates leads.

 

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