This guest article kindly submitted to me by Ann Hawkins who attended the recent Travelling Geeks visit to Cambridge where they discussed how small business and corporates are beginning to utilise social networking and social media to properly engage with their clients. Unfortunately I was unable to make that meeting, however I was lucky enough to meet the Travelling Geeks at the Fitzwilliam College in Cambridge the following day (picture...

Unprecedented growth of Social Media As I continue bringing Social Networking and Social Marketing to the masses through my seminars, I find many people are very confused or even intimidated by the sheer number of social network applications available for people to use these days, and the number continues to grow. When we made our “Introduction To Social Networking” training video earlier this year there were around 375 mainstream...

It’s always nice when people say “well done” but this comment made me smile more than most: As a presenter I take my audience on a journey of discovery so there is nothing more rewarding than watching the sparks of an idea I planted burst into flames of inspiration like this! Lyn was a guest at the Best-of-Bedford, Best-of-Luton and Bedford Chamber of Commerce event where I had been invited to give a Social Networking presentation...

1. Creating the right image on Twitter I don’t know about you, but if truth be told, I find it really annoying when I discover a follower that hasn’t made any effort to upload their photograph to their Twitter profile. To be honest, I’m not really interested in building any kind of business relationship on Twitter with someone who can’t be bothered to upload their photo, in fact I find myself wondering “Why are you...

Why our “SuperBlog Offer” is just SO good! A SuperBlog is very different to the free blogs that many people use. It has all the features of a web site and can actually replace a website in many instances. A SuperBlog has special aspects that work in the background to create superb Google rankings, allows you to analyse results and enables you to create a comprehensive on-line marketing strategy. It also contains tools making it easy...

A few attendees to my Social Networking seminars have told me they’ve had some problems uploading their photograph to Twitter so I thought it would be a good idea to publish some very simple step by step instructions for everyone. As you can see from the screen capture to the right, Twitter does give you a little help in selecting the right photograph, and gives some advice on copyright, but unfortunately it’s not very helpful if...

I was very lucky to have been invited to a cookery demonstration by my good friends Chris (AKA@MisterCrispy of Twitter fame) and Roz Eadon, owners of Stonetime and Cooks Barn in Bottisham, Cambridge. We were treated to an evening of wonderful entertainment and excellent food that had been prepared on a range of amazing Lacanche cookers that were on display in their showroom. Here’s a selection of the photographs that I managed to Tweet...