[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":341},["ShallowReactive",2],{"schema:\u002Fblog\u002Fhow-to-get-your-sme-ready-for-halloween":3},{"elements":4,"system":336},{"post__title":5,"post__summary":9,"post__content":12,"post__author":114,"post__reviewer":186,"splash_title":190,"splash_subtitle":193,"publish_date":196,"updated_date":200,"url":202,"read_time":205,"tags":208,"seo__meta_title":211,"seo__meta_description":213,"seo__add_no_index_tag":215,"seo__canonical_url":218,"related_articles":220,"categories":224,"hero_image":274,"mobile_hero_image":285,"thumbnail_image":295,"show_on_index_page":307,"hide_splash":313,"hide_author":317,"hide_reviewer":321,"hide_tags":324,"show_jump_links":328,"featured":332},{"name":6,"type":7,"value":8},"Title","text","How to boost business this Halloween ",{"name":10,"type":7,"value":11},"Summary","Get your ready for Halloween with these seven tips to boost your business this scary season.  ",{"images":13,"linkedItemCodenames":32,"linkedItems":40,"links":110,"name":111,"type":112,"value":113},[14,20,26],{"description":15,"imageId":16,"url":17,"height":18,"width":19},"An assortment of Halloween sweets in a bowl","e66952e0-8abb-4a55-83e6-af39178b4842","https:\u002F\u002Fassets-eu-01.kc-usercontent.com:443\u002F77bbf83a-1306-0152-fea5-3b5eaf937634\u002F7f16b835-5b89-4287-add2-4f597b88c15d\u002Fpexels-kristina-paukshtite-3095465%20%281%29.jpg",2984,4476,{"description":21,"imageId":22,"url":23,"height":24,"width":25},"Glowing carved pumpkins in the dark","b663dfd5-83bd-4306-8740-7d01181bd3c0","https:\u002F\u002Fassets-eu-01.kc-usercontent.com:443\u002F77bbf83a-1306-0152-fea5-3b5eaf937634\u002Fc84c873e-e5d7-41cd-be4a-0883f2966b5b\u002Fpexels-toni-cuenca-619418.jpg",3840,5760,{"description":27,"imageId":28,"url":29,"height":30,"width":31},"A selection of ghost biscuits in a 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ID","scary-shop-fronts\n",{"codename":33,"collection":50,"id":51,"language":50,"lastModified":52,"name":51,"sitemapLocations":53,"type":54,"workflowStep":55,"workflow":55},"default","2f996287-4fac-012d-d4a2-e0064488bacb","2022-07-11T08:55:42.2444391Z",[],"anchor_tag",null,{"elements":57,"system":62},{"text":58,"anchor_id":60},{"name":44,"type":7,"value":59},"Freakishly fantastic deals \n",{"name":47,"type":7,"value":61},"freakishly-fantastic-deals\n",{"codename":34,"collection":50,"id":63,"language":50,"lastModified":52,"name":63,"sitemapLocations":64,"type":54,"workflowStep":55,"workflow":55},"45547714-75c5-0109-3aae-66813bc9f2b1",[],{"elements":66,"system":71},{"text":67,"anchor_id":69},{"name":44,"type":7,"value":68},"Monster memes, ghoulish GIFS and horrifying hashtags\n",{"name":47,"type":7,"value":70},"monster-memes-ghoulish-gifs-and-horrifying-hashtags\n",{"codename":35,"collection":50,"id":72,"language":50,"lastModified":52,"name":72,"sitemapLocations":73,"type":54,"workflowStep":55,"workflow":55},"065311ca-32c4-01a1-66a5-709d88c67887",[],{"elements":75,"system":80},{"text":76,"anchor_id":78},{"name":44,"type":7,"value":77},"Creepy competitions \n",{"name":47,"type":7,"value":79},"creepy-competitions",{"codename":36,"collection":50,"id":81,"language":50,"lastModified":52,"name":81,"sitemapLocations":82,"type":54,"workflowStep":55,"workflow":55},"fedabc17-10f4-01a3-4d0b-c3faf0a48808",[],{"elements":84,"system":89},{"text":85,"anchor_id":87},{"name":44,"type":7,"value":86},"Embrace the spookiness\n",{"name":47,"type":7,"value":88},"embrace-spookiness",{"codename":37,"collection":50,"id":90,"language":50,"lastModified":52,"name":90,"sitemapLocations":91,"type":54,"workflowStep":55,"workflow":55},"3a1925f9-3844-0133-9def-b23e72e7691d",[],{"elements":93,"system":98},{"text":94,"anchor_id":96},{"name":44,"type":7,"value":95},"Pumpkin up your stock \n",{"name":47,"type":7,"value":97},"pumpkin-up-your-stock",{"codename":38,"collection":50,"id":99,"language":50,"lastModified":52,"name":99,"sitemapLocations":100,"type":54,"workflowStep":55,"workflow":55},"fd2b1dc3-9d66-013f-6c80-4183354d67ec",[],{"elements":102,"system":107},{"text":103,"anchor_id":105},{"name":44,"type":7,"value":104}," Wicked up your website\n",{"name":47,"type":7,"value":106},"wicked-up-your-website",{"codename":39,"collection":50,"id":108,"language":50,"lastModified":52,"name":108,"sitemapLocations":109,"type":54,"workflowStep":55,"workflow":55},"31ee8f34-347a-012a-c3f0-6826e5a1ce56",[],[],"Content","rich_text","\u003Cp>The spookiest time of the year is officially upon us,&nbsp;so&nbsp;we’ve&nbsp;come up with&nbsp;some&nbsp;grim and gruesome&nbsp;tips and tricks to&nbsp;help&nbsp;boost your business.&nbsp;Even if&nbsp;you’re&nbsp;not too sold on the season&nbsp;of the witch,&nbsp;we've&nbsp;got a&nbsp;few ideas that could help&nbsp;to fill your coffers&nbsp;without the need for coffins and&nbsp;cobwebs.&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Check out these&nbsp;top ideas to get your \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fbionic.co.uk\u002Fbusiness-finance\u002Fguides\u002Fwhat-is-a-small-business\u002F\">SME\u003C\u002Fa> ready for&nbsp;October&nbsp;31.&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cobject type=\"application\u002Fkenticocloud\" data-type=\"item\" data-rel=\"component\" data-codename=\"n2f996287_4fac_012d_d4a2_e0064488bacb\">\u003C\u002Fobject>\n\u003Ch3>1. Scary&nbsp;shop fronts&nbsp;&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cp>The simplest way&nbsp;to&nbsp;get your scare on is to hone your Halloween&nbsp;decorating&nbsp;skills&nbsp;throughout October.&nbsp;&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fbionic.co.uk\u002Fbusiness-finance\u002Fguides\u002Fthe-role-of-small-businesses-in-the-uk-economy\u002F\">Small businesses\u003C\u002Fa>&nbsp;often&nbsp;hit it out of the park with&nbsp;unique ideas and&nbsp;homemade decorations&nbsp;so why not really&nbsp;get into the groove of Halloween? If&nbsp;your business&nbsp;premises&nbsp;is&nbsp;positioned on&nbsp;a&nbsp;little high street nestled between other&nbsp;SMEs,&nbsp;you could&nbsp;host a&nbsp;mini&nbsp;competition&nbsp;amongst yourselves&nbsp;and see who ends up with the best-dressed shop&nbsp;front.&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Think hanging skeletons, floating ghosts,&nbsp;perfectly-carved&nbsp;pumpkins&nbsp;or&nbsp;fake&nbsp;cobwebs,&nbsp;just get really into the spirit&nbsp;(no pun intended!)&nbsp;and have fun with it.&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If&nbsp;you’re&nbsp;a&nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fbionic.co.uk\u002Fcustomer-stories\u002Fheidi-puts-her-best-bakes-forward\u002F\">baker\u003C\u002Fa>,&nbsp;why not&nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fbionic.co.uk\u002Fcustomer-stories\u002Fbaking-up-a-storm-with-bobbys-bakes\u002F\">bake&nbsp;up\u003C\u002Fa>&nbsp;some delicious&nbsp;cookies or&nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fbionic.co.uk\u002Fcustomer-stories\u002Fsmall-business-has-recipe-for-success\u002F\">cupcakes\u003C\u002Fa>&nbsp;in the shape of ghosts and ghouls? If you sell clothes, you could dress up your mannequins like your favourite scary characters for&nbsp;the&nbsp;ultimate ‘scream factor’.&nbsp;No matter what you sell in-store,&nbsp;you could&nbsp;carve your own pumpkins to guard the&nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fbionic.co.uk\u002Fbusiness-energy\u002Fguides\u002Fbusiness-premises-guide\u002F\">premises.\u003C\u002Fa>&nbsp;&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Last year, a few of the big supermarkets&nbsp;came up with&nbsp;their delicious delights to help tempt customers in.&nbsp;M&amp;S had their&nbsp;famed&nbsp;‘Mummy Meatloaf’&nbsp;-&nbsp;a meatloaf wrapped in pastry with&nbsp;glowering&nbsp;cranberry eyes&nbsp;-&nbsp;and&nbsp;each year they&nbsp;resurrect a&nbsp;range of&nbsp;spooky foodstuffs,&nbsp;everything from&nbsp;vampire fangs, sour spiders, bleeding brains and a creepier version of&nbsp;‘Colin the Caterpillar’.&nbsp;So,&nbsp;get thinking about how you can&nbsp;put the frighteners on&nbsp;your own best-selling products.&nbsp;&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sainsbury's, Tesco and BBC Food also&nbsp;frequently&nbsp;upload&nbsp;scary&nbsp;recipes&nbsp;on their sites to inspire the baker and cocktail maker in you.&nbsp;So,&nbsp;you could even try your hand at sharing some&nbsp;recipes&nbsp;with your&nbsp;own&nbsp;customers too.&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cfigure data-asset-id=\"e66952e0-8abb-4a55-83e6-af39178b4842\" data-image-id=\"e66952e0-8abb-4a55-83e6-af39178b4842\">\u003Cimg src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fassets-eu-01.kc-usercontent.com:443\u002F77bbf83a-1306-0152-fea5-3b5eaf937634\u002F7f16b835-5b89-4287-add2-4f597b88c15d\u002Fpexels-kristina-paukshtite-3095465%20%281%29.jpg\" data-asset-id=\"e66952e0-8abb-4a55-83e6-af39178b4842\" data-image-id=\"e66952e0-8abb-4a55-83e6-af39178b4842\" alt=\"An assortment of Halloween sweets in a bowl\">\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\u003Cobject type=\"application\u002Fkenticocloud\" data-type=\"item\" data-rel=\"component\" data-codename=\"n45547714_75c5_0109_3aae_66813bc9f2b1\">\u003C\u002Fobject>\n\u003Ch3>2. Freakishly&nbsp;fantastic&nbsp;deals&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cp>A lot of&nbsp;businesses&nbsp;take advantage of global holidays like Halloween and Christmas to reel in new&nbsp;customers&nbsp;and offer deals&nbsp;or&nbsp;savings to promote themselves.&nbsp;&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With&nbsp;this in mind,&nbsp;you&nbsp;could&nbsp;have a go at something that gives the customer a reason to shop with&nbsp;you, whether&nbsp;that’s&nbsp;a unique saving or a product they&nbsp;can’t&nbsp;get elsewhere.&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You could offer a&nbsp;seasonal&nbsp;loyalty card scheme&nbsp;that rewards customers with a free Halloween treat&nbsp;if&nbsp;they&nbsp;buy a certain&nbsp;number&nbsp;of&nbsp;products&nbsp;in-store&nbsp;during&nbsp;October.&nbsp;You could have a Halloween sale and slash the cost of items on&nbsp;October 31,&nbsp;introduce&nbsp;a buy-one-get-one-free offer in-store,&nbsp;or&nbsp;offer&nbsp;incentives&nbsp;to customers who recommend you to their friends.&nbsp;Every little idea can help boost your business and&nbsp;help&nbsp;get your&nbsp;business noticed.&nbsp;&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cobject type=\"application\u002Fkenticocloud\" data-type=\"item\" data-rel=\"component\" data-codename=\"n065311ca_32c4_01a1_66a5_709d88c67887\">\u003C\u002Fobject>\n\u003Ch3>3. Monster memes,&nbsp;ghoulish&nbsp;GIFS&nbsp;and horrifying hashtags\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cp>One&nbsp;trick&nbsp;that’s&nbsp;not to be missed&nbsp;(*insert creepy laugh here*)&nbsp;is adapting your marketing strategy&nbsp;to boost your business&nbsp;during October.&nbsp;&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It's&nbsp;easy to&nbsp;get&nbsp;caught up in algorithms, posting schedules and&nbsp;assume&nbsp;that&nbsp;social media (link to&nbsp;how to use social&nbsp;blog) is just another thing to worry about&nbsp;when running your SME. But&nbsp;when&nbsp;they’re&nbsp;used correctly,&nbsp;platforms like&nbsp;TikTok,&nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.facebook.com\u002Fbionicbusiness\">Facebook\u003C\u002Fa>,&nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ftwitter.com\u002FBionic_Business\">Twitter\u003C\u002Fa>&nbsp;and&nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.instagram.com\u002Fbionicbusiness\u002F\">Instagram\u003C\u002Fa>&nbsp;can&nbsp;increase&nbsp;your custom.&nbsp;&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Have a team meeting with your staff and ask everyone to&nbsp;come up with&nbsp;a few brands, shops or businesses that come to mind when thinking about good&nbsp;holiday-orientated&nbsp;content. You can use these as inspiration&nbsp;and then sculpt your own.&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From there you can start working&nbsp;on&nbsp;Halloween&nbsp;memes,&nbsp;GIFs,&nbsp;and posts so your customer base knows&nbsp;you’re&nbsp;keeping&nbsp;relevant,&nbsp;you will&nbsp;probably&nbsp;have&nbsp;a lot of fun with it too.&nbsp;Make sure&nbsp;you’re&nbsp;including any trending Halloween hashtags too to ensure&nbsp;you’re&nbsp;giving your business the best exposure.&nbsp;&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you have&nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fbionic.co.uk\u002Fblog\u002Fhow-to-boost-your-business-with-tiktok\u002F\">TikTok\u003C\u002Fa>&nbsp;or&nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fchannel\u002FUC7LURAo-4nflgxPDumVWJ3g\">YouTube\u003C\u002Fa>&nbsp;then you could get&nbsp;creative&nbsp;and post videos detailing how you decorated&nbsp;your&nbsp;shop&nbsp;with&nbsp;a behind the scenes glimpse into your&nbsp;Halloween&nbsp;preparations,&nbsp;or interview&nbsp;staff members dressed up in spooky attire.&nbsp;&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cfigure data-asset-id=\"b663dfd5-83bd-4306-8740-7d01181bd3c0\" data-image-id=\"b663dfd5-83bd-4306-8740-7d01181bd3c0\">\u003Cimg src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fassets-eu-01.kc-usercontent.com:443\u002F77bbf83a-1306-0152-fea5-3b5eaf937634\u002Fc84c873e-e5d7-41cd-be4a-0883f2966b5b\u002Fpexels-toni-cuenca-619418.jpg\" data-asset-id=\"b663dfd5-83bd-4306-8740-7d01181bd3c0\" data-image-id=\"b663dfd5-83bd-4306-8740-7d01181bd3c0\" alt=\"Glowing carved pumpkins in the dark\">\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\u003Cobject type=\"application\u002Fkenticocloud\" data-type=\"item\" data-rel=\"component\" data-codename=\"fedabc17_10f4_01a3_4d0b_c3faf0a48808\">\u003C\u002Fobject>\n\u003Ch3>4. Creepy competitions&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cp>Competitions are another way to get the attention of customers during the spooky season.&nbsp;If&nbsp;you&nbsp;run&nbsp;a food shop or a florist&nbsp;that&nbsp;sells&nbsp;pumpkins,&nbsp;why not encourage customers to carve their own at home and tag you in their creations? You can then pick a shortlist&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;best ones&nbsp;and offers&nbsp;prizes&nbsp;for their efforts. Getting creative and&nbsp;encouraging&nbsp;customers to&nbsp;\u003Cem>do&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fem>things with your stock can really increase your popularity online and in the real world.&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another idea is to&nbsp;set up some ghoulish games like ‘guess the name of the ghost’&nbsp;‘guess how many spooky sweets in a jar’&nbsp;or apple bobbing at the counter to win a prize. It can be as extravagant or as low key as you choose.&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An&nbsp;inexpensive&nbsp;idea&nbsp;like the ones above&nbsp;can really ramp up interest in your business and get people talking.&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cobject type=\"application\u002Fkenticocloud\" data-type=\"item\" data-rel=\"component\" data-codename=\"n3a1925f9_3844_0133_9def_b23e72e7691d\">\u003C\u002Fobject>\n\u003Ch3>5. Embrace spookiness\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cp>On&nbsp;October&nbsp;31&nbsp;itself,&nbsp;why not&nbsp;encourage&nbsp;your staff to dress up in spooky attire to really get into the swing of things?&nbsp;Never underestimate the power of getting stuck into a fun idea.&nbsp;&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It will get&nbsp;passers-by&nbsp;talking and you might even get some extra custom as a result. You could have bowls of sweets&nbsp;left&nbsp;out for avid trick or treaters and really have some fun, play a spooky&nbsp;Spotify&nbsp;playlist while you work&nbsp;or serve customers. Just make sure you&nbsp;don’t&nbsp;scare any away!&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cfigure data-asset-id=\"2bb51130-ead5-4b3d-bd11-93faf18d0852\" data-image-id=\"2bb51130-ead5-4b3d-bd11-93faf18d0852\">\u003Cimg src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fassets-eu-01.kc-usercontent.com:443\u002F77bbf83a-1306-0152-fea5-3b5eaf937634\u002F1b4d04ca-9a5b-481a-adef-6e51bd4bb944\u002Fpexels-monstera-5635113.jpg\" data-asset-id=\"2bb51130-ead5-4b3d-bd11-93faf18d0852\" data-image-id=\"2bb51130-ead5-4b3d-bd11-93faf18d0852\" alt=\"A selection of ghost biscuits in a bowl\">\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\u003Cobject type=\"application\u002Fkenticocloud\" data-type=\"item\" data-rel=\"component\" data-codename=\"fd2b1dc3_9d66_013f_6c80_4183354d67ec\">\u003C\u002Fobject>\n\u003Ch3>6. Pumpkin up your stock&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cp>As soon as summer ends, the likes of Starbucks start&nbsp;ramping up their countdown to Pumpkin Spiced Latte&nbsp;season.&nbsp;This has become so popular that&nbsp;other coffee shops and cafes have created their own versions of the autumnal drink.&nbsp;Think about what makes Halloween fun for your business&nbsp;and&nbsp;create&nbsp;your own products&nbsp;focused&nbsp;on that.&nbsp;&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You&nbsp;could&nbsp;add some pumpkin&nbsp;flavouring&nbsp;to the tea or coffee you sell, bake pumpkin pies or&nbsp;biscuits,&nbsp;or start stocking&nbsp;Halloween costumes different to what you can&nbsp;purchase&nbsp;in the&nbsp;local&nbsp;party&nbsp;shop. Thinking about your own customers and what they are more likely to buy is important and if you know them well then it will show in the themed ideas you&nbsp;come up with.&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Experimenting&nbsp;with different ideas&nbsp;is key&nbsp;and customers could&nbsp;then&nbsp;vote for their&nbsp;favourite&nbsp;themed beverages, food items or spooky stock&nbsp;to become a staple throughout autumn and winter.&nbsp;&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cobject type=\"application\u002Fkenticocloud\" data-type=\"item\" data-rel=\"component\" data-codename=\"n31ee8f34_347a_012a_c3f0_6826e5a1ce56\">\u003C\u002Fobject>\n\u003Ch3>&nbsp;7. Wicked up your website\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cp>Another creepily&nbsp;good idea&nbsp;is to wicked up your website, it takes little effort but can have a massive impact on your customer count. Why not add some attention-grabbing&nbsp;spooky banners, pop-ups or buttons to your website during October?&nbsp;Then when customers visit your&nbsp;site,&nbsp;they&nbsp;are met with a little Halloween creep factor&nbsp;and some simple but fun content.&nbsp;&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You could&nbsp;get&nbsp;really creative&nbsp;and&nbsp;add a spooky filter to your logo&nbsp;on social media&nbsp;or send out a Halloween email to your customers letting them know about any promotions, offers or ways they can get involved in your Halloween campaign.&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch2>Slash your utility bills\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cp>Halloween is the season of the slasher film, so why not take the opportunity to slash your utility bills with Bionic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We compare, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fbionic.co.uk\u002Fbusiness-energy\u002F\">business energy\u003C\u002Fa> and \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fbionic.co.uk\u002Fbusiness-insurance\u002F\">business insurance\u003C\u002Fa>, as well as \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fbionic.co.uk\u002Fbusiness-connectivity\u002F\">business phone and broadband\u003C\u002Fa>, and could help knock hundreds of pounds off your annual business utility bills. Just give us your postcode at \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fbionic.co.uk\u002F\">Bionic.co.uk\u003C\u002Fa> and we'll get right back to you.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"name":115,"type":116,"value":117,"linkedItems":119},"Author","modular_content",[118],"author___chloe_bell",[120],{"elements":121,"system":179},{"name":122,"title":125,"linkedin":127,"twitter":130,"intro":133,"body":140,"slug":147,"image":151,"seo__meta_title":163,"seo__meta_description":166,"seo__add_no_index_tag":169,"seo__canonical_url":176},{"name":123,"type":7,"value":124},"Name","Chloë Bell",{"name":6,"type":7,"value":126},"Content Journalist",{"name":128,"type":7,"value":129},"Linkedin Address","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.linkedin.com\u002Fin\u002Fchlo%C3%AB-ivy-lily-bell-183658162\u002F",{"name":131,"type":7,"value":132},"Twitter Address","https:\u002F\u002Ftwitter.com\u002Fbionic_business",{"images":134,"linkedItemCodenames":135,"linkedItems":136,"links":137,"name":138,"type":112,"value":139},[],[],[],[],"Intro","\u003Cp>Chloe has a passion for reading, writing and anything creative. As a child, she was always eagerly penning stories about pirates and mystical places for her family to read. When she graduated from university, she worked as a reporter for a local newspaper before heading into the marketing world, landing an exciting role as Content Journalist at Bionic.&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>",{"images":141,"linkedItemCodenames":142,"linkedItems":143,"links":144,"name":145,"type":112,"value":146},[],[],[],[],"Body","\u003Cp>Chloe has a passion for reading, writing and anything creative. As a child, she was always eagerly penning stories about pirates and mystical places for her family to read. When she graduated from university, she worked as a reporter for a local newspaper before heading into the marketing world as a Content Journalist at Bionic.&nbsp;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chloe has a background in broadcast journalism and creative writing and loves telling fascinating stories. When working for Bionic, part of her job was to interview small businesses and find out what makes them tick. From butchers and florists to escape rooms and even paranormal investigators, Chloe has chatted with the owners of some really unique companies. 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