Why Social Progress
We are a social media agency specialising in digital marketing. Whether you’re looking to outsource your social media marketing to us or train yourself or your employees to manage social media in-house, we’re here to help you get to grips with social media for YOUR business.
Every member of the Social Progress Team actively manages social media for clients, ensuring that we are up to speed with the latest platform updates and highly familiar with Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram as well as Pinterest, Google My Business and YouTube.
With a Team of 6 people, Social Progress offers a variety of services to deliver strategic digital marketing. From website development to photography, videography to drone imagery and creation of social media graphics, we provide professional and tailored packages to suit each business.
Social Progress also specialise in strategic social media advertising (including Facebook Advertising and Instagram Advertising). Did you know that you can do promotional campaigns on most social media platforms now? If you already have a strong digital presence and you’re looking to take your social media to the next level, why not have a chat with us about one-off social media campaigns or adding an advertising budget to your Content Management Package. Expect results!
What makes us different from the other “digital marketing experts”? Well, Social Progress started out sole-y as a social media training company in 2011 and has developed into a team offering social media management as well as training. We aim for “quality over quantity” so you can be assured that whether you come to us for training or to outsource your social media marketing to us, we will endeavour to get to know you and your business well and tailor the delivery of the service to compliment your marketing plan.
If you’d like to find out more about us, read on or drop us an email to info@socialprogress.co.uk to book an appointment for a chat and a brew to see how we can help you.
Facebook She Means Business Trainers
Janet Bebb and Esther Orridge are now both official Accredited Facebook She Means Business Trainers and have delivered various training events on behalf of the programme across 2019 using a toolkit provided exclusively by Facebook.
The Facebook She Means Business Programme consists of 24 hand-picked #DigitalMarketing specialists from across the UK who have been trained especially by Facebook to deliver Training Events and Meet Ups on their behalf to achieve their ambitious target of training 50,000 female entrepreneurs in 2019 alone. We are delighted to hear that the Programme will once again be active in 2020.
Not only will Janet and Esther be delivering Facebook and Instagram training on behalf of the Programme again across 2020, they will also continue to have access to a network of UK based digital marketing specialists and communication with a contact at Facebook.
You can read more about the #SheMeansBusiness Prgramme on our blog here: Facebook She Means Business Programme
West Yorkshire Consortium of Colleges (The Skills Service)
We are delighted to announce that Social Progress have been awarded a contract through the West Yorkshire Consortium of Colleges (The Skills Service) to deliver part funded social media & digital marketing workshops between January 2020 & March 2020.
Look at the full list of Workshops on our What’s On Page and download our pack to find all the information you need in order to check your eligibility and choose your preferred workshops.
If you’d like to apply for the part-funding, contact info@socialprogress.co.uk and we will send you the relevant forms
Digital Enterprise Voucher Scheme and Digital Knowledge Exchange 2020
Social Progress is one of the official training consultancies involved in delivering social media training and social media consultancy through the Digital Enterprise Programme. The First and Second Phase of the Voucher Scheme have been successful and the Third Phase is due to commence in 2020.
The Digital Enterprise has also launched the Digital Knowledge Exchange which is a series of funded training events and sessions for eligible businesses in the Leeds City Region (Europian Union ERDF Funding). Janet Bebb will continue to be presenting, supporting and training businesses through this Programme.
Find out more about the Digital Enterprise and Knowledge Exchange on our Funding Page here: Funding
We’re also active members of Local Community Groups and Networking Organisations:
- Holme Valley Fairtrade Group
- Kirklees Business Hub
- Mid Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce Member
- MYnetworkHUD Partners
- Business Networking International (BNI) Members
- Honley Business Association (HBA) Members
- Huddersfield Giants Community Trust
Did you know that we’re a Fairtrade business and members of the Holme Valley Fairtrade Support Group? We support Fairtrade by providing Fairtrade tea, coffee and sugar for all our visitors and clients when they come for an appointment or attend one of our business networking events.
Kirklees Council launched a Kirklees-based support tool called Kirklees Business Hub. Janet Bebb is one of the official Advocates of Hub Kirklees. You can find out more about Kirklees Business Hub on their website: www.kirkleesbusinesshub.com
Social Progress is also a member of Mid Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce. We’ve not only attended various events that MYCCI have organised and hosted but we have been involved with them too! Janet and Esther have attended and exhibited at the Kirklees Business Conferences for the past 5 years (and counting) and have been proud Social Media Partners of the event for the past 3 years, supporting the event with temporary social media management, use of Big Screen Social and promotional support around the event. You can find out more about MYCCI on their website: www.mycci.co.uk
Social Progress is a proud Partner of MYnetworkHUD. This is a free business networking event held on every third Wednesday of the month at Café Ollo (in The Media Centre, Huddersfield) from 9am – 11am. This informal monthly networking event is a great opportunity for businesspeople to meet new contacts and catch up with existing ones too. You never know who you’ll meet. If you’re new to MYnetworkHUD, look out for Janet or Esther who will be happy to introduce you to people.
The other event Partners of MYnetworkHUD are; Ramsdens Solicitors, Mid Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce, Better Telecoms, The Media Centre and Barclays UK
Janet Bebb is an active member of Business Networking International (also known as BNI). Janet has been a member of BNI Terriers since 2012 and holds the category of “Social Media” Specialist. If you’d like to attend a BNI meeting and see what it’s all about, get in touch with us on info@socialprogress.co.uk.
You can find out more about BNI in this area here: www.bnionline.co.uk/terriers
Social Progress is passionate about supporting local businesses. We are active members of the Honley Business Association (also known as HBA) – a group of local businesses, schools and individuals from the Honley area dedicated to developing and supporting their local community.
Janet has been involved in the organisation of various community events and initiatives to raise money for the CCTV cameras for Honley in Huddersfield.
You can find out more about HBA on their website: www.honley.info and they also have an active Facebook Page, keeping everyone up to date with events and news around the Honley area: What’s Happening In Honley
We’re delighted to be a Huddersfield Giants Community Trust ‘Friend of the Trust’. We’re passionate about supporting our local community and actively helping them to reach a wider audience. HGCT are located within The Zone and offer some brillant community focused programmes. We can highly recommend taking the family to The Zone for the day & trying out the Rainbow Slide – it’s awesome!
Holme Valley Fair Trade Group
Did you know that we’re a Fairtrade business and members of the Holme Valley Fairtrade Support Group? We support Fairtrade by providing Fairtrade tea, coffee and sugar for all our visitors and clients when they come for an appointment or attend one of our business networking events.
Kirklees Business Hub
Kirklees Council launched a Kirklees-based support tool called Kirklees Business Hub. Janet Bebb is one of the official Advocates of Hub Kirklees. You can find out more about Kirklees Business Hub on their website: www.kirkleesbusinesshub.com
Mid Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce Member
Social Progress is also a member of Mid Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce. We’ve not only attended various events that MYCCI have organised and hosted but we have been involved with them too! Janet and Esther have attended and exhibited at the Kirklees Business Conferences for the past 5 years (and counting) and have been proud Social Media Partners of the event for the past 3 years, supporting the event with temporary social media management, use of Big Screen Social and promotional support around the event. You can find out more about MYCCI on their website: www.mycci.co.uk
MYnetworkHUD Partners
Social Progress is a proud Partner of MYnetworkHUD. This is a free business networking event held on every third Wednesday of the month at Café Ollo (in The Media Centre, Huddersfield) from 9am – 11am. This informal monthly networking event is a great opportunity for businesspeople to meet new contacts and catch up with existing ones too. You never know who you’ll meet. If you’re new to MYnetworkHUD, look out for Janet or Esther who will be happy to introduce you to people.
The other event Partners of MYnetworkHUD are; Ramsdens Solicitors, Mid Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce, Better Telecoms, The Media Centre and Barclays UK
Business Networking International (BNI) Members
Janet Bebb is an active member of Business Networking International (also known as BNI). Janet has been a member of BNI Terriers since 2012 and holds the category of “Social Media” Specialist. If you’d like to attend a BNI meeting and see what it’s all about, get in touch with us on info@socialprogress.co.uk.
You can find out more about BNI in this area here: www.bnionline.co.uk/terriers
Holme Valley Fair Trade Group
Social Progress is passionate about supporting local businesses. We are active members of the Honley Business Association (also known as HBA) – a group of local businesses, schools and individuals from the Honley area dedicated to developing and supporting their local community.
Janet has been involved in the organisation of various community events and initiatives to raise money for the CCTV cameras for Honley in Huddersfield.
You can find out more about HBA on their website: www.honley.info and they also have an active Facebook Page, keeping everyone up to date with events and news around the Honley area: What’s Happening In Honley