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Ballymena Today Youth team Interview BBC’s Natalie Lindo

Posted by Youth Team | Oct 20, 2015 |

The Ballymena Today Youth Team recently got the opportunity recently to do an interview with a BBC news reporter. We met Natalie Lindo who you will see & hear on both BBC TV & Radio, reporting from many of the leading local stories making the news. For us this was a brilliant opportunity to ask some questions about her education and experiences as a reporter. We want to pass on what she said as we found it really helpful especially as we’re choosing our subjects and thinking about our career paths now. But firstly, we asked some fun questions...

Pastel Pink Wedding Inspiration from Leaf Designs

Posted by Cherry | Oct 20, 2015 |

Leaf Designs, a florist and event styling company from Ballymena, showcased some beautiful pictures from the wedding of Victoria and Andrew. The couple loved their pastel pink theme and we think that Leaf Designs provided some beautiful finishing touches. If you are planning to get married then check out these wedding inspiration pics. Pastel Pink Wedding Inspiration from Leaf Designs Leaf Designs provided this beautiful bouquet, flowers for the bridesmaids, buttonholes for the men, along with gorgeous displays for the reception venue and some lovely arrangements. If you would like to see more beautiful work from Leaf Designs then click here and visit their website and follow them on Facebook here. Keep an eye on their Facebook page because Leaf Designs have been nominated for two awards at the Getting Married in Northern Ireland magazine Readers Awards. We have our fingers crossed for this great local Ballymena wedding...

Ballymena Today Youth Team: What have they been up to?

Posted by Cherry | Oct 19, 2015 |

Here at Ballymena Today one of the most important things about our local Ballymena blog is that we hear from the future of our town. That is why at Ballymena Today we have been quietly encouraging young people from Ballymena to step up and have a go at reporting something exciting about and for our town. We know that lots of our readers love the posts written by the Ballymena Today Youth team and we love them too! We have an exciting update about what our local youth team have been up to – forget school, forget doing the chores our youth team have been rubbing shoulders with an exciting TV star who has been giving them the inside track on her career in television, her life in Northern Ireland and her advice on handling yourself online. During the summer our team of teen sharpened their pencils, charged up their i-phone (for selfies), and were let loose on a BBC journalist. Who was it? You don’t have to wait long to find out. This week we are very proud and delighted to publish a series of interviews prepared, carried out and recorded by young people from Ballymena. These teens weren’t starstruck but used this awesome opportunity to grill out local tv star for advice and we are sure that you won’t want to miss these blog posts. Stayed tuned to...

Slemish Market Supper Club grows

Posted by Cherry | Oct 19, 2015 |

Slemish Market Supper club have announced another new date to add to your diary. We have only just written about our amazing experience at the local supper club which you can read here, and announced their Halloween Supper club and we are excited to see more on the cards in the future. Slemish Market Supper Club grows Due to the success of our ongoing Supper Clubs, we are running another evening in the Adair Arms Hotel on Friday the 27th of November £40 per head. £20 deposit and £20 on the night. Full bar available. To book a place send us a message or call in to either the Adair Arms Hotel ,the Slemish Market Garden shop or ring Rob on 07547804975. The Adair Arms is a hotel in the centre of Ballymena – find out more about the Adair Arms here. It is great to see a local event being run so successfully and we are pleased to see then doing so well. The evening is puts you in the hands of local chef Rob Curley who uses local produce when it is in season. We loved our experience at the Slemish Market Garden Supper Club and hope that lots of Ballymena folks have the chance to go along...

In-the-moment updates

Posted by Ally Simpson | Oct 16, 2015 |

Ballymena Today loves the super informative and helpful site, Social Media Today. Not only can you get useful advice there about the bigger picture of social media but, you will also be able to keep up with trends and try out new methods. Bookmark that site. At the weekend we read their really helpful article 7 Big Trends that Will Change your Social Media Marketing Strategy – You can read the full article here. The very first trend they mention is one we want to zoom in on quickly. 1. In-the-moment updates. Just as Instagram made it so pictures went up on a social platform moments after they were taken, platforms like Periscope allow you to live broadcast video. No more will you need to video something and then upload it later. “Periscope users collectively watch 40 years of live video each and every day,” writes Jayson DeMers. “Instagram and Snapchat also support on-the-go, in-the-moment updates as opposed to late-game retrospectives, and could collectively herald in a new era of immediacy in social media.” What could this mean for you? If you schedule your Twitter posts to go out, that could be a thing of the past. In August we wrote a post called Don’t Automate, Find Patterns – read that here. We think the linked post above highlights and emphasises the same mindset we were driving at, one that is in-the-moment. Not...

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Ballymena Today Youth team Interview BBC’s Natalie Lindo

Pastel Pink Wedding Inspiration from Leaf Designs

Ballymena Today Youth Team: What have they been up to?

Slemish Market Supper Club grows

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