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One such business, a leading home builder in Castle Hill, who specialise in large scale renovations, have doubled their amount of leads, and that’s before ScoMo’s Reno Rebate. They say their secret weapon has come from the Rhino Social team helping them leverage social media. “We have been working with Rhino Social from Quakers Hill for a few months now, and identifying together what our customers want in terms of content has been vital.” Said Megan. Megan says that being involved closely with your agency partner, and choosing a marketing team is key. “We work quite closely with the team from Rhino Social, and being local they really understand our customers and the local market. We’ve had experiences with companies using facebook, or with an I.T survive, but grow through this time is a testament to the amazing background, but that is only a small team we have here at Rhino Social.” He continued. portion of the job - the marketing behind Something interesting to add, is that Rhino Social provide it, and tailoring your message to your exclusivity to their clients - they only support 1 client per industry, audience is what gets the results.” and this is to ensure that none of your competitors are getting in front of the same people, and diluting the results, Great for their However, 2020 has of course thrown up clients, but is it limiting for them? Not at all. it’s only challenges, with some businesses having to move So if you’re looking to grow your business, be quick to contact the completely online. 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