Although it has been a long, tiring month, it was also hugely rewarding as we met so many wonderful and inspirational people along the way, and we would therefore like to take this opportunity to say a big THANK YOU to everyone kind enough to spare us their time! As well, even though this month’s winner has been announced, this is only the beginning of a long series of competitions, and we are pleased to inform our previous contestants that they can continue to participate in future contests by sending in new pictures to like@nearbydigital.com.

The Future of the ‘Most Liked In’ Contest

Right now, we’ve got expansion on our minds! Not only do we plan to expand our reach with respect to businesses in Shoreditch and allow for companies to arrange photo shoots themselves, but we also plan to expand the project to other hip and trendy areas in London, such as Soho, Camden Town, London Bridge, and Covent Garden. In addition, our ultimate goal is to establish a local recommendations search engine, www.mostliked.in – so keep on following and sharing with us!

About the ‘Most Liked Business In’ Competition

Launched in May 2011, the ‘Most Liked Business in Shoreditch’ competition selects new winners at the beginning of every month, and concludes in the annual Most Liked Business in Shoreditch awards at the end of the year.

It’s one of a kind. Essentially, the competition is a location-focused social media competition based on rating local businesses using Facebook ‘Likes’. Pictures of local businesses are taken by the Nearby Digital team, and are then uploaded onto our Facebook photo album, where the public has one month to ‘Like’ them. In the process, stronger relationships are forged between local businesses and their customers, and due acknowledgment is accorded to the actual people behind these businesses creating value in their communities.

I just wanted to make a quick announcement. As you probably noticed there is a new logo on site "Supported by Nearby Digital" well the reason is that I (Giedrius Ivanauskas) joined forces with my dear friend Thomas Kulbokas founder of Nearby Digital. We are going to work as partners and will offer some  new, interesting and innovative solutions for businesses in social commerce, location based and social media marketing fields.

It’s not really going to effect the content of this blog as we will keep the focus on PEOPLE in social media and will try to analyse the behaviour of top minds in social media industry. Although you might notice a greater concentration on topics related to social media application in location based services and social commerce as we believe that these innovations combined with development of mobile technologies will present most interesting opportunities for the businesses in the future. Therefore, stay tuned as there are quite a few interesting interviews coming up with some of the top social media people in the industry.

Thank you very much for reading and supporting us. Wish us luck!:)

I am very excited to announce that we at Nearby Digital are starting a new project for local businesses called  ‘the most Like’d business in Shoreditch’. As a location focused social media marketing agency we felt that we want to get to know local businesses better and we want to do that not through the monitors of our PCs:) Therefore we came up with the idea of photo album of local businesses in Shoreditch (London). We think it is going to be a great opportunity for people working in this area to get to know each other and have a bit of fun as we also doing a competition of most Like’d business picture on our Facebook page.  How is it going to work? Well here is a short description what we have in mind:

– We take a fun picture of you and your business team.
– We upload it to ‘ the most Like’d businesses in Shoreditch’ album
– You tag yourselves in a picture and ask your friends to ‘Like’ it.
– The photo that has the most ‘Likes’ will win and at the end of each month we will announce – the most Like’d business in Shoreditch.

So get ready as we will be knocking on your door soon!

For more information contact us: like@nearbydigital.com or just post your question on the wall!

Just found this great video by WeExplainVideos called Facebook Commerce Explained – a simple review of the new trend that is changing business for good. It is a simplistic review, but that is what industry really needs at the moment as there are so many CEO who can’t still get it that Facebook can influence and will influence their sales. So enjoy the video and let me know how your organization is benefiting from social commerce?

Nearby Digital team is very happy to announce the first winner of “The Most Liked Business In – Shoredich” competition. It is Andrew White from FundApps, the company which aims to provide the new generation Financial Services software. We think Andrew should be not less excited as we decided to create a customized Facebook business page for his company (worth around £500).  He also will get the first The Most Liked Business badge which can be used in their promotions.

It’s been long and a bit tiring month, but it was also a brilliant month as we met so many great people on our way so we just want to say a BIG THANK YOU to everyone who speared us a minute of their time! Also, it’s just the beginning of this long marathon of Most Liked Business In project. A good news is that you can still be a part of this process – we decided that we will allow previous participants to send their new pictures and participate in the competition again, and again and again:) Just get in touch with us: like@nearbydigital.com.

The future of The Most Liked In project

In the next few months we plan to expand the competition – we will try to reach more businesses ourselves and companies will be able to arrange the photoshoots themselves. Also the competition itself is planned to be launched in other trendy areas of London like Soho, Camden Town, London Bridge, Covent Garden and etc. Finally, at the end of this project we are planning to launch local recommendations engine which will be called – www.mostliked.in. So keep on following and sharing with us..

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About  The Most Liked Business In project

It is the first of its kind location focused social media project concentrated on rating the most liked businesses in certain location with the help of Facebook Likes. The project aims to create stronger relationships between people and companies working in the same area and bring some entertainment to everyday office routines. Another goal is to acknowledge not the brands but the people behind the businesses who are creating value for their communities in lively Shoreditch area.

The Most Liked Business in Shoredich competition has started in May and the monthly winners will be announced at the beginning of every consecutive month leading up to the Most Liked Business in Shoreditch Awards at the end of the year. The pictures are taken by Nearby Digital team and uploaded daily on dedicated Facebook Album. The winner is selected by people who have one month to ’Like’ the pictures of their favourite local businesses on Facebook. The companies can participate as many times as they want with the different picture every month.