John Henry COMMUNICA Issue Three | Page 18

COMMUNICA | No.3 “About 85 per cent of people in the UK now own a smartphone, so it’s important that we try to find new ways of communicating with such a large audience with new ideas.” And as well as the introduction of the Inmystreet initiative improving public communication, it also has benefits for the John Henry Group clients, says Martin. “With a fair amount of traffic visiting the website to view information in relation to the works in their street, we are also able to offer clients an opportunity to ‘lead generate’ by placing calls to action on the website which automatically allows their target audience to subscribe to broadband services that might be offered. “For example, the trial we are currently conducting with a major client has allowed us to allocate the client branding on a space on each job page, which allowed the inbound enquiries from members of the public to be directed to Inmsytreet.info and then ‘bounced on’ to a client’s online subscription page it’s very simple but very clever and we feel it could become a really powerful marketing tool, as well as an information platfrom for street works. “Inmystreet.info has also received initial interest from the Chartered Institution of Highways Transportation, which is looking to explore a national feature on the forward thinking technology,“ Martin said. “These are exciting times ahead of Inmystreet as we look to develop the technology further to help achieve the best results for our clients and to assist members of the public with information and enhance communication.” The Inmystreet.info initiative is set to launch in late September 2016 and could be operational across the John Henry Group UK footprint by Christmas on major work streams. To take a look at John Henry Group’s Inmystreet search engine, visit Inmystreet.info, or search for Inmystreet.info “There are exciting times ahead of Inmystreet as as we look to develop the technology further to help achieve the best results for our clients and to assist members of the public” 18 |