Will Dorrell
Owner, Hoo Zoo and Dinosaur World
Talking Tortoise’s quick thinking during a challenging time turned our worst fear into a captivating story with unprecedented reach. Being approached by global press was never on our bingo card for 2024, yet here we are.
Alexa Reid
Owner, Auchingarrich Wildlife Park
We worked with Talking Tortoise to spread the word on the arrival of our brand new group of Chilean Flamingos. The team came up to the site to get the full story before sending out a press release which was picked up by regional and national TV networks. There was no doubt that the additional media attention boosted our visitor numbers to the park that month. We wouldn’t hesitate to recommend them.
Scott Adams
Owner, Exotic Zoo
The team couldn't believe how quick the story got out there. We literally started working with Talking Tortoise one day and we were on TV the next.
Marco Calzini
Owner, Adventure Valley
The enthusiastic team at Talking Tortoise are always full of fresh ideas and they really understand the challenges which we face in our industry. They have worked with our internal social media team to develop a content strategy whilst also managing our paid ads directly. They have also been successful in securing several local media pieces which has contributed to strong sales at both Halloween and Christmas. Whenever we need something they are always on the end of the phone to help out.
Richard Cook
Managing Director, Shirley Aquatics
We worked with Talking Tortoise during out 85th anniversary campaign and they helped to successfully launch a new area of the business, gaining rapid follower growth. The team had lots of ideas to help us reach new audiences, and we secured some regional press coverage and also featured in industry press.
The team of tortoises were also able to support with designing advertisements for print media and also managed our email campaigns for the year, delivering on a commitment to send out weekly communications to our database.
I look forward to working with Jessica, Martin and the team again on future campaigns.
Sarah Bird
Operations Manager, Spetchley Park Estate
Brilliant training on how to use LinkedIn to your advantage today at Talking Tortoise, Jess our trainer was amazing - her knowledge was fantastic. I learnt a lot.
Gemma Randle
Business Development Director, Four Oaks Financial Serves
I just want to express my sincerest thanks for your support since we partnered. I am so grateful for all your hard work on our marketing and I am delighted that we were able to make this collaboration work so effectively.
Thank you once again for being such an essential part of Four Oaks Financial Services. I’m really looking forward to working with you further in the coming year.
Ben Homans
Productivity Manager at Lloyds Banking Group
Jessica was introduced to me recently, where I could see how professional, knowledgeable and helpful she was straight away. The 9 years of experience in marketing really had shone through. This was evident yesterday when delivering the LinkedIn 101 session which was so insightful, interesting and a great addition to the networking event I had organised. There was a brilliant buzz around the room and Jess was personable to the attendees. Highly recommended and was a pleasure to work with you. Really excited to work with you in the new year! Thanks Jess!
Stuart Brown
Owner, Vitalize IT
Jess has opened my eyes to the potential of social media marketing on LinkedIn. She has created excellent content and enabled us to grow our prospect lists dramatically through connections.
The content has also attracted innovative suppliers to Vitalize, enabling us to expand our value.
After an initial vendor-funded project, we have decided to continue to work with Jess and her team.
John Crawshaw
Author
I have been working with Jessica and Talking Tortoise for 6 months now and not only have they lifted the heavy burden of media and marketing for my author brand, their energy, enthusiasm and professionalism has opened up possibilities I never thought possible. First class communication and friendly, innovative approach makes it a delight to work with them.
Michaela Cusack
Director and Owner, National Business Register
We've worked with Jess and the team a few months ago on a campaign. Our experience was nothing but positive, communication was great and being able to have meetings which take a holistic approach reviewing our offering and our target audience were incredibly helpful.
We are now looking to work with Jess, Martin and the team on a further campaign. We'd happily recommend Jess and Talking Tortoise.
Sharon Stephens
Marketing Manager, A Voice 4 All
Having been at a local networking event where Jessica was presenting, I was inspired to develop my LinkedIn profile to great affect. I then took the opportunity of a free marketing session in my workplace. This provided me with enhanced skills and ideas for developing my marketing plans in the future. I would definitely recommend Jess for anyone looking for support with their marketing. Knowledgeable, friendly and very personable.
Amy Wills
Sales Executive
Having recently worked with Jessica, I can honestly say she is fantastic to collaborate with. She is personable, highly knowledgeable in her field and very generous with her time. It has been a pleasure working with Jessica and Talking Tortoise and I look forward to working together further in the future.
Dave James
Life coach
Apparently, when I met Jess for the second time, I made her laugh within 40 seconds.
Now that might sound like more of a recommendation for me, but it should tell you all you need to know about how cool Jess is and what working with her could be like.
I was lucky enough to meet her and Martin at an event last year where she was speaking about how to use LinkedIn properly. That session itself was hugely valuable and there was loads to take away from that and use easily and quickly.
I don’t have a chance to sit with her for a couple of hours and talk through my marketing and social media strategy (which, if you know me is minimal to say the least).
Most people I talk to about this kind of work just don’t get who I am, and that ultimately I am my brand, but Jess got this straight away.
She gave me some really useful stuff to look at and identified places I’d already got content that I could re-purpose, tweak and generally use in a hassle-free way.
So if you ask me if I recommend Jess and the answer is yes. Mainly because she’s really good at what she does, but also because she’s a lovely human being.
If you’ve got questions about branding and social media and anything to do with building your business in those areas then give her a call.
Now I need to work out how to make her laugh quicker…
Daniel Ainsworth
Senior Marketing Manager UKI at Software AG
Jess worked with myself in the development and execution of social strategies. She took the time to understand the objectives of the strategy, the audience we were targeting and how best to provide value to them.
Jess built relevant stakeholder audiences around key sales and business development people in Tech Data. She ensured a regular cadence of engaging content to push out through the chosen profiles, this helped position the individuals as thought leaders in their networks.
The engagement and responses from Jess's social strategies were by far the most effective of the communication strategies we used in Tech Data. Jess was a hugely valuable addition to the marketing function, in the quality of her work, punctuality and supportive demeanour. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend or work with Jess again.
Richard Bonner
Founder, Rebar Consulting.
I worked with Jess on a project to relaunch and refresh a tech company eco system. Jess was a real asset which called upon her marketing, PR and social expertise but also and equally important, Jess was dedicated, supportive and an excellent sounding board across a whole variety of topics. First rate! I’d throughly recommend Jess and hope to one day work with her again myself.
Joseph Housley
Founder at Stormworks Studios
I have worked in partnership with Jessica and the fantastic team at KAD Technology for several years now. Jess is an exceptionally talented and hard working individual who has a deep understanding of the IT sector. She is a thoroughly wonderful person to work with and though various project we have worked on together we have become a great friends. Her expertise, organisation and attention to detail make her a brilliant partner for any business who is looking for a fresh perspective on their companies marketing efforts.
Mike Abate
Business Development Manager - Augmented and Virtual Reality
I have had the real pleasure of working with Jess for quite some time now.
She has always had fresh ideas to bring to the table and unbeatable turnaround time for execution.
Best part is that you can tell she really loves her job and works on every task with a real passion, delivering amazing results from the word GO with all the hard work she puts into it.
She has helped my social media community grow massively since we first spoke and has helped me produce amazing video content.
I highly recommend Jess, she is truly an unique expert in her field.
Ian Hemming
Area Account Manager at CORE HYGIENE LIMITED
Jessica has been inspirational and incredibly helpful during my Dark Times.
Jessica gave me the confidence to get back on my feet and to look forward to a new job/future. That was back in 2019 and since then life has been great.
I will never be able to repay Jessica but what I can do is tell people what a amazing person she is👍❤️
Corin Wright
The Practice Builder Methodology
We worked very closely with Jess as she guided us on our social awareness strategies. Jess is still very much engaged with us and is key to ensuring our social voice stays true and continues to be at the forefront of our communications activities.
Jess Tyley
Marketing Director at Westcoast Limited
The full day’s social media training with Jessica was very informative and helped us see the opportunity with social media and to build a strategy. Even the small changes we’ve made so far through the training have increased the engagement we are getting with our channel partners.
Nick Connors
Digital director at House
Jessica helped create a digital marketing strategy which she expertly delivered through social media. It was a pleasure dealing with Jessica while she was at Cookson and she would be a real asset to any marketing team.