Yes – it’s that time of year again when our minds turn to Christmas presents because despite the doom and gloom of the recession we still like to dig deep to give our loved one’s a nice present on Christmas morning. It’s no different for Gordon Brown of course, except he has to dig a little deeper than the rest of us. The banks will want some money to pay for their Christmas bonuses and the Army would like some more helicopters, the...

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In August I was invited by Paul Sage of Click4Causes to give a presentation in Milton Keynes to demonstrate the power of Social Media and Social Networking, and how these could be used to engage with their audiences to raise awareness of, and increase contributions to their causes. Paul Sage began the seminar with some very sound advice on the importance of choosing the right words to ensure our messages elicit the desired response. In Pauls...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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