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John Theobald owner of chauffeur tours company www.specialist-tours.co.uk talks about growing his business online and his aims for the future.


John, for those who haven’t heard of Specialist-Tours can you give us some background ?

Touring In Elegance offers exclusive vacations and chauffeur tours in luxury vehicles around Wales and the rest of the UK. We offer a comprehensive and personal tour package that encompasses every aspect of a family or small groups' vacation needs and wishes whilst they are in this country. Our USP over other chaffeur tour companies is our extensive knowledge of the best the area has to offer the discerning tourist; combined with our guiding expertise. We aim to keep our customers satisfied whilst keeping them safe, comfortable and entertained.


As a business owner what do you consider to be your greatest success?

Being complimented on the quality of our service and accomplishing our objectives of getting repeat business time after time.


On a scale of one to ten, how important is the Internet and your company website to your business?

 '8', however when we started this would have been a '10' as the internet was our only initial means of advertising.

Even now, for new clients seeing our website, it tells them all the fine detail of how we run our business using the very particular skills we have built up and honed, if we were to communicate these in our initial conversation with potential clients they would likely feel we were overselling our product and potentially be put off. With the website they can read as little or as much as they want to feel confident of our product.


Do you have any favourite websites, if so what are they?

I have to say that I rarely have time to browse websites that are unrelated to our business, therefore I feel (maybe rather predictably) that the 'Visit Wales' website does a good job promoting Wales to a global audience and anyone looking for fun-packed Wales tours as we also aim to do at Specialist Tours. 


How have you found your first few months experimenting with social media marketing?

It is very early stages for us with this form of marketing and too early to measure in significant 'increased traffic' as such. However I have seen the site moving in the right direction in the rankings for some of the key phrases I am targeting.I have seen enough improvement using Fotofire's SEO services to be very excited about the forecasted improvements over the coming weeks.


How do you see your business developing in the future?

Wales is an untapped resource of some of the finest attractions, exceptional food and historical sites anywhere in the world and as the secret of Wales starts to get around we aim to meet the increased demand in exclusive tours business with careful expansion. This will involve progressive recruitment of the highest calibre personnel who are as specialised and as passionate as the team we already have. This of course will not be easy, but we have the confidence that we will be able to offer the finest service on a broader scale than previously thought possible; as we grow organically and carefully alongside the growth of Wales Tours and Welsh Tourism in general Specialist Tours will become a leader in this niche market sector.



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