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Zig Zag Dance
Manchester-based dance school and choreography service
Who Are Zig Zag Dance?
ZigZag Dance is a Manchester-based private dance studio founded and run by Zoe Solanki, a dance teacher and performer with almost 20 years of experience on stage and screen. Like most small business owners, Zoe was running her business on spreadsheets, a personal email address and instinct.
When Zoe came to In The Sky IT she had no business website, no professional email, no backup for her business data, and a set of increasingly unwieldy spreadsheets managing her bookings, student records and finances. She needed someone to make the technology work without requiring her to become a technology expert.
What We Delivered
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Assessment and plan: We assessed Zoe's full technology situation and produced a prioritised action plan. Rather than recommending the most sophisticated solution, we recommended the most appropriate one for a sole trader with limited time and a tight budget.​
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Website and email: We designed and built a professional website for ZigZag Dance and set up a branded email address, giving the business a credible online presence for the first time.
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Hardware selection: We helped Zoe choose and buy a new laptop suited to her business needs, then transferred all her existing data across from the old device.
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Cloud backup: We put an automatic cloud backup in place so that Zoe's student records, choreography notes and business documents are protected against hardware failure or accidental deletion.
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Coaching: Over a series of weekly sessions timed around Zoe's teaching schedule, we introduced her to a set of cloud-based tools to replace her manual spreadsheets, covering bookings, student records and basic bookkeeping.
The Result
Zoe now runs ZigZag Dance on a professional technology foundation that takes minutes to manage rather than hours. Her data is backed up, her online presence is live, and she has tools she understands and uses confidently every day.
"In The Sky IT provided a brilliantly talented consultant who was easy to work with and full of ideas. He took my basic requirements and found ways of implementing them, even if this meant hours of research to find how to make it possible. Highly recommended."
Zoe Solanki - Founder of ZigZag Dance