An annual event that brought together hundreds of local business owners to meet, connect and network. Participants had the opportunity to market their business offers in a number of different and exciting ways: on exhibition stands, as event speakers, during pre-Expo networking meetups, or by advertising in the Expo Guide magazine (published in print and online at: issuu.com/contactusealing)
Eventually, however, support, sponsorship, and advertising waned, and we were forced to discontinue running the event.
Still looking for a way to promote your business or service in Ealing? Check out our Events Booster page: click/tap here.
– Carlene Bender, Expo director
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2023: Ealing Business Expo at University of West London, Ealing (see video)
2022: Southall Business Expo at Southall Manor House (see video)
2022: Ealing Business Expo at DoubleTree by Hilton hotel (see video)
2020: Ealing Online Business Expo on Zoom (see video)
2019: Ealing Business Expo at DoubleTree by Hilton hotel (see video)
2017: Ealing Business Expo at Ealing Town Hall (see video)
2016: Acton Business Expo at Acton Library (see video)
2015: Ealing in Business at Ealing Town Hall (see video)
See full Expo playlists on the @CarleneBenderContactus channel on YouTube: click/tap here
Plenty of event coverage over the years on the main Expo page on Instagram: @EalingBizExpo
See how Events Booster promotional campaigns work – connect with us on:
Instagram @eventsbooster
Facebook @eventsbooster
X (Twitter) @EventsBooster
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Read on LinkedIn:
“Every event could do with a boost”: Five reasons to outsource all or part of your event promotion – even if you already have a PR / marketing / social media team in place
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What’s the thinking behind Events Booster?
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Congratulations to the three winners of our International Women’s Month 2026 competition, winning two hours of free live event coverage. See details on Instagram at: @eventsbooster
Promoting local businesses and events – online, in print and in person
Are you planning an event? What is your worst event nightmare – that too few people will know that your event is on? That nobody will come? That you won’t get any positive feedback on social media?
Hedge against the possibility of any of that cold-sweat stuff coming true by outsourcing some or all your events promotion to us.
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Events Booster (part of The Contactus Network) combines a bit of amplifier marketing with lots of West London contacts, plus experienced journalistic reporting to get your business or event noticed by a wide London (and beyond) audience.
Working alongside whatever PR / marketing / social media management setup you have going, our tried-and-tested ‘promotioning’ methods spread the word about your event before the date of the event, then while it’s actually going on, and also for follow-up afterwards. What’s really useful is that we send you the photos and videos afterwards to repurpose as you need.
**Note that we are not (i) influencers, or (ii) social media managers – so for our posts to be most effective and reach the correct audience, you would need to re-share them with your own followers.
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Go ahead and pick from the list below how you’d like your business show / music festival / sports match / awards presentation / charity fundraiser / open day / online course / stage performance / networking meetup etc promoted, send us a DM or email, and we’ll get back to you with a quote within 24 hours.
Select any (or all) of our promotional methods designed to bring your event to life on social media across multiple platforms including Instagram, X (Twitter), Facebook, LinkedIn, Threads, YouTube, and WhatsApp.
Email us at info@contactusealing.co.uk or send DM to @EventsBooster to book your event date(s), and for a detailed quote:
1. Pre-event buzz-building on social media – up to 1 week
2. Event attendance (online or in person) with LIVE coverage on social media – up to 2 hours in person, with a further 2 hours of posting
3. Afterzine PDF showing event highlights – 4 pages (only available alongside option 2)
4. Event consultation (advice on planning an event) – 2 meetings
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1. Not only will we repost from your official feed to spread the word about your event to our own social media channels, but we’ll also be creating safe, original, positive content for you or your social media team to share in return, bringing variety to your online streams.
2. We’ll be posting across X (Twitter), Facebook and Instagram, including going live, and/or using AI, plus some LinkedIn and YouTube, and this will save you and your team time and effort, especially during the event when all hands will need to be on deck to deal with attendees and speakers!
3. Our own experience of putting on events – from local business expos to networking meetups to cricket open days – means we understand what you’re going through and know what the priorities are during an event.
4. Tapping into the Contactus Ealing network would spread your message to several thousand – possibly mostly new – contacts.
5. Our pick’n’mix list of promotional methods offers a variety of choices and costs, and can be tailored to suit your budget – whether big or small.
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Examples of recent / ongoing campaigns (at @EventsBooster, @EalingBizExpo @ContactusEaling)
• FundForum conference, Monaco #FundForum2026 – 2026
• Ealing Flower Club #cinemainbloom – 2026
• Startup School for Seniors #over50s – 2026
• IPTogether 10th anniversary party #IPTogether10 – 2026
• West Ealing Community Library #WECLspringparty – 2026
• Action West London #electricalrepairsworkshop – 2026
• Slide2Open shipping conference in Athens, Greece #ShippingFinance2026 – 2026
• CACE (Caribbean and African Collective, Ealing) #CACE – 2024-2026
• Ealing Business Expo #EalingBizExpo #SouthallBizExpo – 2017, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023
• The Reminiscence Room #WindrushReminiscenceRoom – 2019
• Marketing by Minal #emailautomation – 2019
• Branduin Business Support #bizsupportEaling – 2018-2019
• Izzy Stradlin Concert petition #Izzyconcert2018 – 2018-2019
• The Avenue Vintage & Antiques Market #W13vintagemarket – 2018
• Marketology #FacebookReloaded #Kickstagram – 2018
• Ealing Small Business Saturday promotion – 2016, 2017, 2018
• Burlington Motors, Acton: 60th anniversary – 2016
• London Broncos Rugby League club – 2016
• Acton Business Expo – 2016
• Ealing in Business – 2015
• Actonians Cricket Club’s Cricket Open Day – 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
Event coverage over the years on the Events Booster page on Instagram: @EventsBooster
For more info, feel free to email Carlene at info@contactusealing.co.uk
The_Ealinger was created to help connect people living and working in Ealing, published online and full of links for following up and connecting with individuals, businesses and organisations.
Have a look through all of the 58 weekly editions (see sidebar, this page, or go straight to issuu.com/contactusealing) from January 2016 to July 2017 to catch any editions you may have missed.
– Carlene Bender, Editor/publisher
Main X (Twitter) account: @ContactusEaling – Carlene Bender
Other X accounts where we post about local businesses from:
• @EalingBizExpo – Ealing Business Expo
• @EventsBooster – Events Booster
• @EalingBizDiary – Ealing Business Diary
• @EalingHour – Ealing Hour
• @PitshangerW5 – Pitshanger W5
• @ContactusNet – The Contactus Network
• @ContactusW4 – ContactusChiswick
• @EalingSBS – Ealing SmallBizSat
Not currently updated:
• @The_Ealinger – The_Ealinger
• @ActonBizExpo – Acton Business Expo
• @EalingBiz – EalinginBusinessExpo
Facebook pages:
• contactusealing
• ealingbizexpo
• eventsbooster
Facebook groups:
• Businesses in Ealing – Contactus
• Businesses in Acton W3 – Contactus
• Ealing Business Expo – Online Networking Group
• Cricketforfun in Ealing – Network and Play
LinkedIn: Carlene de Bourg-Bender
Instagram and Threads:
@contactus_ealing
@ealingbizexpo
@eventsbooster
YouTube: Carlene Bender – Contactus
Issuu: Contactus Ealing
To subscribe to receive the Ealing Business Diary by email for £24 a year, or £12 for six months, choose the option in the drop-down menu, type in your email address in the white box, click/tap the ‘Subscribe’ button, and pay the £24 or £12 via PayPal or card.
If you would like to “try before you buy”, send me an email at info@contactusealing.co.uk to get your first edition of the Diary for FREE. Usually there are 40 or so in-person events a month, but we have been featuring about 15 online networking events a month during Lockdown 2020.]
For online networking, have a look at our groups on Facebook: Businesses in Ealing, Businesses in Acton, and Ealing Business Expo; and on Twitter, Contactus director Carlene Bender hosts the #EalingHour tweet chat every Tuesday, 8-9pm.
List of regular and ongoing business networking events in Ealing
Follow us on Twitter for Diary reminders: @EalingBizDiary
Meet up with us in person at the Ealing Business Breakfast on the fourth Wednesday of every month: RETURNING SOON
