As it creeps ever closer to Christmas, sales surround us, threats of wild weather encroach and decorations start popping up at home and around the office. For many businesses, Christmas is a frantic time filled with last minute decisions, fine tuning of marketing campaigns and attempts to drive sales over the busiest shopping period of the year. For others, it is a chance to look back on the year, to see what went well, badly, or what could be improved on.
So, whether you’re reflecting or trying to get in 5 minutes of relaxation during the rush, here is our look back at 2014; from blogs to news pieces, charity events and pictures!
2014 has been a great year for Direct365, and with it came new challenges, new staff (Click here to read more about some of our staff members!), training days, qualifications and improvements on old and new ideas. We thought we’d share some of these with you! Here’s our Best of 2014!
Our most popular blog posts
In no particular order, here are our 5 most popular blogs that from this year, for your reading pleasure!
10 Google Docs Tips to Boost Productivity
With the rise in cloud storage and online working, we thought we should step in and offer small businesses some tips on how to get the most out of Google Docs!
How to be Nice to your Web Developer
A lot of small businesses do not have in-house developers, and one of the least productive things for developers is a client who doesn’t quite understand their role. This post, in support of the developers, offers small businesses tips on how to be nicer to their developer, in-house or freelance.
10 Biggest Wind Turbines
Renewable energy source are rising, and pushes for higher recycling targets are more common. With this in mind, we wrote a light hearted take on this, detailing the 10 biggest wind turbines in the world. Some of these things are huge!
Alternative Tips to Fight Procrastination
Everyone has heard tips to get more work done before, and a lot of them simply boil down to “be quiet and do more work”. Here’s our take on fighting procrastination with some alternative tips you might not have heard before.
A day in the Life: The Problems Bin Men Face
There’s only so much you can learn from phone calls, blogs and videos, and so in an effort to get to know our waste collection service inside and out, we sent one of our digital team to shadow some bin men for the day. The result was more interesting than anticipated.
Our charity/community events
We’re proud to do our bit for charity at Direct365. Over the past year, our chosen charity has been Together For Short Lives. Below are some events, days and projects we’ve taken part in to support them, and other charities and communities along the way.
Office Olympics
We hosted our own ‘Office Olympics’ in aid of raising money for TFSL. Wheelbarrow races and eating contests galore – click the link to read more, and view some videos from the day!
TrekFest
Back in June, two of our web team took on the immense challenge of walking 54 miles in just 24 hours. The appropriately titled ‘Trekfest’ event helped them raise thousands of pounds for TFSL – read more about this above!
Primary Futures – Direct365 at St. Martins Primary
Recently, in October, we send two of our digital team to take part in a ‘Primary Futures’ talk, to the children of St. Martins Primary School in Runcorn. You can read more about this above.
Healthy Heart Day at Grange Valley School
We’re always looking to push defibrillator, in public places, schools, offices and more. One way we helped realise this dream was by hosting a ‘Healthy Heart Day’ for Grange Valley Primary School, to present them with a Defibrillator and educate some of the children. Read more above!
Text Santa Static Cycle Challenge
We recently took part in a 24 hour cycle challenge, which took place during Phillip Schofield’s 24 hour Text Santa programme on ITV, starting at 11AM, Monday 1st December and ending the same time on Tuesday. 32 teams in total took part in the event, two of which being ourselves and the PHS South team, all attempting to cycle as many miles, and raise as much money, as possible in 24 hours.
We do a lot for charity, here at Direct365 – sometimes it’s the small things that makes the biggest difference. Here is a little list of other charity activities we’ve got up to in the year:
Coffee Mornings
Bake Sales
Christmas Jumper competitions
Fancy dress fundraisers
World cup competitions
Here’s to 2015!
Of course, however busy 2014 was, we’re sure that 2015 will be just as exciting for everyone at Direct365, and we wish the same unto you!
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