Community Futures East Parkland announces social media marketing challenge winners

Mirror, Alta., based mostly Community Futures East Parkland just lately completed its most up-to-date Marketing Challenge.
The Marketing Plan Challenge started in 2017 and contributors would attend a one-day coaching session earlier than finishing a marketing plan that will be judged by a panel to find out winners.
“During COVID, we knew we would have liked to pivot and thru earlier conversations with enterprise house owners one factor that was constantly echoed to me was the necessity for assist with content material creation and social media,” mentioned Community Futures financial growth officer Kate Gislason.
In 2020, the Social Media Marketing Challenge was born.
During the November 2022 version of the challenge, enterprise house owners from all around the East Parkland catchment space got a calendar of content material to create to work in direction of rising their social media channels.
In whole, $9,200 value of prizes have been handed out.
During the challenge, weekly prizes have been awarded in addition to 4 grand prizes on the conclusion.
For the weekly challenges, prizes have been awarded to most improved and most influential and their runner’s up. The winners every received $250 whereas the second-place obtained $150.
In week one, most improved was Ponoka’s Artisan Frame Studio and most influential was Bashaw Meats and Sausage, with Halkirk’s Very Important Pets and Bashaw’s Fresh Start Studio each getting the nod as runners up.
Week two noticed Castor’s The Purple Platypus as most improved and Bashaw Farm and Building Supplies Ltd. as most influential, with Donalda’s Echoglen Gardens and Blackfalds’ Supernova Creations incomes the second-place prize.
During week three, Lacombe’s Deep Roots Farm earned the title of most improved whereas Castor’s Cornucopia Gourmet Popcorn and Treats was essentially the most influential. Coming in second this week have been Castor’s The Stuffed Potato Co. and Bashaw’s Meeting Place Coffee Roasters.
In the ultimate week of the competitors, Very Important Pets was again on the board incomes the title of most improved whereas Ponoka’s Torch and Teal received on the board with a win for the primary time. Second place in week 4 have been Donalda’s Heather’s Yarn Haven and Coulee Market and Echoglen Gardens.
The grand prize winners have been found out based mostly on Facebook insights, which confirmed every of the rivals progress and engagement.
Halkirk’s Very Important Pets Boarding Kennel and Salon received $1,000 as fan favorite; Ponoka’s Torch and Teal received $1,000 as most dynamic enterprise, Castor’s The Purple Platypus received $1,500 as most improved social media marketer, and Bashaw Meats and Sausage Ltd. received $2,500 as essentially the most influential on social media.
In whole, 38 contributors took half within the 2022 challenge.
Community Futures East Parkland covers an space from Alder Flats within the northwest, east to Bawlf, and stretches southeast so far as Castor, together with Big Valley, Elnora, Blackfalds, and Eckville within the southern fringes of its territory.
The function of Community Futures is to assist small companies, entrepreneurs, and rural diversification.
For extra info on Community Futures, try the web site at www.eastparkland.albertacf.com.
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 Halkirk’s Very Important Pets received the “fan favorite” award for within the Community Futures social media marketing challenge in November. (Photo submitted)Bashaw Meats and Sausage LTD. received the prize for ‘most influential’ within the social media marketing challenge hosted by Community Futures in November. (Photo submitted)

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