Everything you need to know about Spotted in Ely

The Spotted in Ely™ Project began on August 13th 2013, really as a joke but very quickly became a community required household name in the East Cambs region.

We are not just any old notice board that can be found on Facebook. We have developed relationships with many groups, organisations and businesses. Developed a website to store as much data about everyday life in Ely and the surrounds and we continue to strive to grow, which now includes this brand new website.

Below, we will go through as many of the things we can and cannot offer but please be assured everything we are doing is to improve the community.

Spotted in Ely's Facebook Timeline

The Spotted in Ely Facebook Timeline is THE backbone to the project. We receive many messages every day via the page and email and so we have to maintain control of what we post. At the end of it all we want to focus on good news items and community issues.

Ely people are amazing, although we have over 25,000 followers on the main timeline, we have only had to ban around 20 real people and some fake accounts. We run with one rule on the page:

“BE NICE TO EACH OTHER”

WE POST

Submitted News Stories
Selected Amazing Photos
Live and Recorded Videos
Lost and Found
Traffic Information
New Vacancies
Major Local Events
Recommendations via the Business Directory
Selected Advertising

WE DO NOT POST

Free Advertising
Individual Legal Issues and Police Matters (unless requested by Police)
Potential Libel and Slander
Outside of the region information
Anonymously
Shares from other media sites

This is Ely / Ely Events

The events calendar we run is by far the biggest and busiest section of our project with plans to grow even bigger. The calendar averages around 70-80 listed PER WEEK.

F.A.Q.S

Our Frequently Asked Questions

How do I submit a Press Release to Spotted in Ely?

We accept press releases from all organisations but only those relevant to our region may be published.

We will only publish quality stories written by you and be minimum of 100 words and we recommend no more than 350 words. They must also be accompanied by at least one high-quality photograph. Links to YouTube videos can be included, which will be embedded into the story.

We do not allow the uploading of videos to our servers.

Please send in text format (not PDF) and individual image attachments to spottedinely@gmail.com

The final decision on whether an article will be published is that of the editor.

Businesses wishing to publicise on our website, please see Paid Promotion information.

My event is tomorrow, can you publicise it?

We do not publicise events on our Facebook timeline for free. This is owing to the number of event requests we get.

All of the events can be found on our calendar but please note, any listing of an event can take up 3 days.

If you wish to have an event on our calendar, it is free but let us know. Event ideas don’t happen overnight, so please tell us of an event as soon as possible.

We are currently working on a self-submit section of the website.

Can I advertise my business?

Yes. Please contact Joe, our brand ambassador via email sales@spottedinely.com

Can I advertise my vacancy?

Yes. The cost of advertising a job is £49 and can be done at GET YOUR VACANCY LISTED TODAY!

The money raised from vacancies pays for the services that Spotted in Ely use and keeps the project alive.