• Our top story this morning: "Social Networks Play a Major Part in How We Get News " – http://bit.ly/cigKGm RT @mashable #
• Flash versus HTML5: Virgin America breaks up with Flash http://bit.ly/9trvIz #
• Social Media World Forum is coming! March 15 & 16 2010 « Techfluff.tv http://bit.ly/9R2nPD RT @hermioneway #
• Sometimes best to forget Social Media / email & Pick up the Phone! #
• How fast is the broadband in your street? http://bit.ly/9W6HWF #
• Full time web developer needed. Usual flavours – PHP, CSS, knowledge of CMS, Wordpress etc. Design skills don't need to be super. £20-40k #
• @JudithMorgan Me too. 2 ways, copy & paste or use charmap (Start & type in 'charmap') which will give you the keystroke in reply to JudithMorgan #
• @JudithMorgan '#' – Is Alt (on the right hand side of the keyoboard) + 003 (For Macs running Bootcamp) #

• Our office cleaner is scared of our camp StormTrooper and will only clean one end of the office. Bless http://twitpic.com/14p8vy #
• RT @techwatch: Microsoft dreams of smart charging pad with information display: http://bit.ly/9vHFT0 #
• @ColleenMick You need a decent IT company in reply to ColleenMick #
• @ColleenMick Oh the shirt pocket pen protector brigade. Ooofk. Good luck with that. Not inspirational in reply to ColleenMick #
• RT @mashable: New Details Emerge About Google Hackers – http://bit.ly/ckWJDk #
• RT @webmattersuk: Ten Tips To Make Your Blog A Success: http://bit.ly/aITuIY #
• Buying IT Support? Some rules http://bit.ly/cBUmlP #
• Managers resign despite recession. Where are they? http://bit.ly/bQjYEt /via @bbcbusiness #
• 46% of UK brands are not managing their online reputation (@econsultancy survey – RT @Gabriellala) #
• Slow internet? – Is Spotify killing your network performance at work? #
• The Future of the Internet http://bit.ly/aM7Bjc (c/o @tiffanystjames) #
• Social Media Trends – Top 100 US Companies – http://bit.ly/9Poytl #
• RT @whuntpartners: Zillow upgrades iPhone app, nears 1 million downloads #startup
  #technology http://bit.ly/9EeeBp #
• Google executives convicted of privacy violations and given six-month suspended sentence – http://bit.ly/brGRsz via BBC #
• The Science of Building Trust With Social Media – http://bit.ly/aUlnnc RT @mashable #
• Gmail Retires Labs Features: http://bit.ly/cKibUX #
• @lizellevrhyn @ExtelTweet are looking for telemarketers. Ring and wow them! #
• Vodafone fastest UK network for mobile browsing: http://twurl.nl/hjjweu (Says O2??!?!?!) #

Tweetface my Bebospace. What does Social Media do for you really?

If you’re using Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, Tumblr etc but still don’t really get why or how, then this is the session for you…….

Steve and Luke from Web Matters and Social Tech follow up our last session with some juicy tidbits for your savoury pleasure

* 29th October

* Adam St

* 1230-1330

* Free

* 30 Spaces ONLY (12 at TOP)

Call or email to RSVP

Dan

08456 447758

dan@theengineroom.co.uk

Video from a previous session

A quick video promo here and the lengthier version below

This workshop explored the ‘What the heck is it’ and ‘How the hell do I use it’ regarding Social Media in small business. We all need to generate sales, but firstly trust, and Social Media fits the bill perfectly if you know how to leverage it.

We had 25 small business owners join us for our 7th workhop. Long may they continue! Hoorah.

Well done Richard O’Connor from Grab Marketing and Luke Williams from Social Tech for delivering a full-on workshop. The feedback so far has been extremely positive with only 1 or 2 a little brain fried with too much content. However, we will remedy that.

Thank you to all who came, I’m sure there is follow up to do so let us know ‘What’ and ‘How’ you would like that to happen.

Thanks to Rick from Red Banana for creating these diary and promo videos. Lovely! Now all I’ve got to do is lose some weight and learn how to present!

All constructive feedback appreciated. As usual, the Good, Bad and Ugly…….

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• Would you prefer to use a Mac at work? #
• RT @danbowyer: Started a project in Kabul last week. Had to leave the roof as bullets flew overhead….mmm! A view http://twitpic.com/4luor #
• Top Tip: If you’re on O2, you can text a blank msg to 21202 and they will text back your remaining mins, texts and monthly bill total. #
• If you want to know what the current Twitter tends are, check this out: http://bit.ly/FvQZz #
• Some really great articles on social media and online marketing by @mashable here: http://bit.ly/ykXVL #
• Stay away from early Sony Vaio’s. Pre 2008 let’s say. Hideous PCs! #

• iPhone top tip for boys. Put in pockets upside down so charging port doesn’t fill with pocket fluff #
• RT @techwatch: First Solid Gold iPhone Takes Tackiness to New Levels : http://tinyurl.com/cr4qx2 #

• What’s better, Facebook or your Landline? #
• Here’s a fun little twitter tool. Powerful too. http://www.tweetwheel.com/ #
• @drlogic We all have a role to play…. As it were. J. in reply to drlogic #
• Dear small biz owner. Do you care how green your IT is? Yes or No #

1. Explain to your followers what retweeting is and encourage them to retweet your links. Retweeting pushes your @username into foreign social graphs, resulting in clicks back to your profile. Track your retweets using retweetist.

2. Fill out your bio. Your latest tweets and @replies don’t mean much to someone that doesn’t know you. Your bio is the only place you have to tell people who you are. Also, your bio is displayed on Twitter’s Suggested Users page. Leaving it blank or non-descriptive doesn’t encourage people to add you.

3. As @garyvee says, “link it up.” Put links to your Twitter profile everywhere. Link it on your Digg, LinkedIn, Facebook, blog, email signature, and everywhere else you live online. Also, check out the great feedburner-like badges from TwitterCounter for your blog.

4. Tweet about your passions in life and #hash tag them. Quality content coupled with an easy way to find it never fails. If others enjoy your content, they’ll add you. Learn more about #hash tagging here.

5. Bring your twitter account into the physical world. Every time I give a talk, speak on a panel, shoot a podcast, present slides, or hand out business cards, I figure out a way to broadcast or display my twitter account.

6. Take pictures. Pictures are heavily retweeted/spread around. This one from US Airways Flight 1549 has been viewed 350,000+ times. For mobile pics use iPhone apps such as Tweetie or Twitterific, both which support on the go uploading.

7. Start a contest. @jasoncalacanis offered a free macbook air if he reached the #1 most followed spot. That never happened, but Jason added thousands of followers…brilliant.

8. Follow the top twitter users and watch what they tweet. Pay attention to the type of content they sent out and how they address their audiences.

9. Reply to/get involved in #hash tag memes. search.twitter.com lists the hot ‘trending topics. Look for the #hash topics and jump in on the conversation (see #4 for links to #hash instructions).

10. Track your results. TwitterCounter will show you how many new users you’re adding per day and Qwitter will email you when someone unfollows you after a tweet.

By Kevin Rose. Follow at www.twitter.com/kevinrose

On Thursday the 16th April we delivered a 1 hr ‘Top Tips’ seminar covering the concept of how to market your business online using a plethora of free tools.

We looked at Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and many more including how to optimise your website and measure results.

Our guest speakers Richard O’Connor from Grab Marketing and Damien Senn from Senn-Sational gave their perspective from years as online marketing and sales gurus.

Here’s what a few attendees had to say:

“Thank you very much for the extremely informative talks today – great stuff, thought it was brilliant.”  Keren – Shout! Communications

“I thought that it was great!! My brain is still ticking it all over!! Lots to think about.”  Lisa – Ablestoke Consulting

“Just wanted to say how interesting (and entertaining) the session was last week.” Jackie Morley – NHS

Damien talks about his time with us:

Do you know your Twitter from your LinkedIn and your StumbleUpon from your DIGG?

Come and see what free tools are available to market your business online.

* Thursday 16th April

* Adam St (The Gallery)

* 12:30-13:30 (Do not be late!)

* Free! (£50 refundable deposit so secure your space)

* Limited to 20 spaces

Every month we run ‘100 Top Tips’ sessions like this to show how technology can improve our working lives.

We feel passionately about getting positive messages out there during recessionary times, building communities and generally putting something back in the pot.

Call 08456 447758 or email dan@theengineroom.co.uk to book your seat