PCTA Online Nov: 2022- Feb 2024
Our Web and Social Media Co-ordinator has written a short report on
PCTA’s virtual activity in this Website's first year
Poole-Cherbourg Twinning Association Web/Social Media Report 2022-23 (updated Feb 2024) - Colin Phillimore
PCTA has been able to develop its interaction with key organisations (in Poole and Cherbourg) the wider public and members through developing it’s Social Media use and the development of a pooletwinning.com website. We are always open to contributions from members.
Social Media Platforms. The three main social media outlets have provided a wider audience for PCTA events, developments and membership to be publicised - locally and in the Cherbourg - en- Cotentin region.
Facebook: 220 (310) Followers Poole 50 41% Bournemouth 15.5 21.9% Cherbourg 3.2 2.6% Ferndown 2.7 1.9% Wimborne 2.3 % Dorchester 1.3%
16.2.24. Les Skittles III post reached 22 people
Twitter/ X: 203 Following 136 Followers
Instagram: 215 /212 Followers Website:
The new pooletwiining.com website was launched at the Nouveau Beaujolais event in November 2022. This enables PCTA to provide visitors to the Website to explore: Archive photographs, Events and a Blog page referring to specific events or other developments. Courtlye Musick provided a report on their Twinning with Cherbourg-based musicians Ars Noveau to create a Blog article: https://bit.ly/3QQsGg3
Menu headings: About History (by decade 1970’s -2020’s) Events Contact Poole Twinning Blog Gallery (archive photos).
Interest so far peaked (as we would expect) at the time of the launch (62 visits) During the visit of the Poole Dolphin Marching Band to the Carnaval de Cherbourg in April (71 visits) and the Pétanque competition in July (35 visits)
Year November-December 2022 78 visits 188 page views 62 unique visitors
Year Jan-Aug 2023 254 visits 618 page views 219 Unique Visitors
Year Jan - Feb 2024 28 visits 46 page views 28 Unique Visits
I hope that this report shows an encouraging increase in the amount of people that are engaging with the PCTA ‘virtually’ and how interest spikes when we are active promoting what we do - typically relating to events and archive sharing. As with any publicity it cannot be one person’s sole responsibility and material, posts, sharing and commenting all helps to show ‘the world’ that we are active, relevant and value our heritage a La Manche.
Colin Phillimore PCTA Web/Social Media Co-ordinator
September 2023 updated February 2024.
