We are delighted to be able to spread the news that Natalie has been named as one of the UK’s top 10 advisers 2019 for the work that she has been doing to help entrepreneurs grow their business!
About Naturally Social
For the past four years since Natalie founded Naturally Social, she has been advising firms on social and traditional marketing as well as blogging and digital advertising. Additionally, Naturally Social offers a team of experts for businesses looking for outsourced support. At the event, Natalie picked up an award in the Marketing category.
People kept encouraging Natalie to set up her own business because of the results she’d achieved and the impact she was having. She decided to take a leap of faith and once she got going it quickly became apparent there was a huge need for trusted social media and digital advice in the private sector.
A lot of the work we do is behind the scenes, helping firms get more traction, increasing sales efficiently in a frictionless way. It’s nice to be recognised for the impact we’ve had because service-based businesses like Naturally Social rarely get a lot of exposure for the work they do.
The awards were part of the Top 50 Advisers Competition hosted by small business support group Enterprise Nation. The awards were at the city headquarters of the Institute of Chartered Accountants England and Wales (ICAEW). There were sponsored by Direct Line for Business and Square.
Something which resonated with Natalie on the day, was what Emma Jones, MBE, founder of Enterprise Nation, said.
“All research points out businesses who take advice at the right time become more successful than those that don’t.”
“Yet our own research has found small firms are still reluctant to take advice, often relying on family and friends. These awards are about raising awareness about the benefits of guidance. This increases the ease of finding advisers you trust and recognising signs of when it’s time to seek help from an expert.
“Without these amazing advisers, great British businesses wouldn’t be doing great things”, Jasvinder Gakhal, managing director of Direct Line for Business, explained the awards.
“These awards celebrate the skill and success of business advisers across the country. It has been an honour to be a part of the awards. We would like to congratulate all of the winners. This is a tremendous achievement and is testament to the effort these businesses have put into growing their proposition. We look forward to seeing how they continue to develop in the future.”
The competition named 50 advisers in the nine core disciplines from the UK that offer quality advice to smaller firms. Enterprise Nation top 50 has developed an adviser platform with the ICAEW. This will help improve the speed and efficiency of selecting and connecting with a good adviser.
The competition saw hundreds of adviser nominations and more than 5,000 votes were cast during in the voting phase. These were for advisers in technology, leadership and management, PR, marketing, sales, branding and design, human resources, legal and finance.
Thank you to everyone who voted for Natalie in the marketing category. For more information about how we can advise you on your marketing needs, then get in touch.
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