Isy Suttie from Channel 4’s Peep Show and future Formula 1 Star Jon Lancaster join our Twitter Q&A for Charity
Posted on 25. Aug, 2010 by Chi-chi Ekweozor in Inspired, Social Media Strategies
Isy Suttie, Channel 4 Peep Show star and future Formula 1 driver Jon Lancaster get behind 7 Wonders in 7 Days
Our social media fundraising project 7 Wonders in 7 Days continues to gain momentum with comedienne Isy Suttie who plays Dobby on Channel 4 sitcom Peep Show and future Formula 1 driver Jon Lancaster participating in a second social network powered Q&A for the project tomorrow.
Testing Memory Bump
Posted on 09. Jul, 2010 by Chi-chi Ekweozor in Inspired
Just a short blog post to test fixing a problem with the blog!
Please bear with us.
Social Media for Tourism: VisitManchester.com releases the Manchester API
Posted on 25. May, 2010 by Chi-chi Ekweozor in Inspired, Social Media Strategies
Brendan Dawes, creative director of digital design company magneticNorth shows off the new VisitManchester.com on his Apple iPad
Here comes that promised blog post about the launch of the new and improved VisitManchester.com.
I had the pleasure of attending the launch of the new VisitManchester.com website in the rather salubrious settings of the Portico Library last week.
New Course: Social Media Monitoring Training
Posted on 21. May, 2010 by Chi-chi Ekweozor in Inspired, Social Media Strategies
Following requests from attendees of Real Fresh TV’s Social Media Starter Course, I’m pleased to announce we’ll now be offering a Social Media Monitoring Training Course.
Full course details to follow in the next blog post!
5 Questions Businesses Are Too Scared To Ask About Social Media Marketing
Posted on 12. May, 2010 by Chi-chi Ekweozor in Inspired, Social Media Strategies
The funny things people say…
To mark the six month anniversary of the Manchester Social Media Surgery, I’ve compiled 5 great questions asked by attendees that highlight objections businesses have to using social media like blogs, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn for marketing.
Social Media Surgery events are free monthly events that help Manchester businesses embrace the social media revolution in order to grow and market their companies.
Each Manchester Social Media Surgery offers real life advice and case studies from an experienced panel of digital and social media marketers who discuss social media projects and issues presented by the audience.
You’re Hired! How to sell better than the BBC’s The Apprentice – What I learnt at a Ruth Badger Master class
Posted on 18. Apr, 2010 by Chi-chi Ekweozor in Inspired, Social Media Strategies
Chi-chi Ekweozor meets Ruth Badger the most famous star of popular BBC show The Apprentice
I’ve been on the excellent LEAD programme at the University of Salford’s Salford Business School since September last year.
LEAD is a leadership development programme developed and piloted by Lancaster University Management School (LUMS) in conjunction with the North West Regional Development Agency (NWDA).
Since its inception in 2004, over 150 businesses have benefited from the programme which combines personal development of the owner-manager with support and development of the business itself.
Free Social Media Surgery for Businesses in the North West
Posted on 26. Mar, 2010 by Chi-chi Ekweozor in Inspired, Social Media Strategies
Excitement is building ahead of next month’s Social Media Surgery.
The theme of the popular monthly informal networking event that attempts to help Manchester businesses embrace the social media revolution in order to grow their company is ‘Is Twitter any good for marketing’.
Taking place on the second Tuesday of every month at Innospace (Manchester Metropolitan University’s business incubator) on Chorlton Street between 5-7.30pm, Manchester Social Media Surgery events offer real life advice and case studies from an experienced panel of digital and social media marketers who discuss social media projects and issues presented by the audience.
NOISE Lab – Manchester’s Audacious Pop Up Store For Creative City Centre Urbanites
Posted on 01. Feb, 2010 by Chi-chi Ekweozor in Events, Inspired
T-shirt: Mark Wigan creation on sale at NOISE Lab
I really enjoyed last Thursday’s launch of the NOISE Lab, a ‘guerilla arts pop up store’ nestled opposite the Orange Shop and next to Boots the Chemists right on the Great Manchester High Street aka Market Street.
Situated in the former Shelly’s footwear outlet, next to Schuh and in prime shopping centre real estate, this incredibly bold 6 month long ‘experiment’ is born out of the national NOISEFestival.com project, an online community where young creatives in film, music, visual arts and many other creative disciplines develop and showcase their (first, in many cases) online portfolio.
WordCamp UK 2010 is happening in Manchester… woot!!
Posted on 09. Dec, 2009 by Chi-chi Ekweozor in Announcements, Inspired
You have to wait 10 weeks for a blog post and then two tumble out in two days!
As I shared in the last post, I’ve been pushing hard on a number of fronts over the last few weeks but this is one result I’m really pleased about.
I found out over the weekend that the bid I entered for Manchester to host WordCamp UK 2010 has been accepted, beating Portsmouth’s strong offer.
This can only mean one thing:
WordCamp UK 2010 is happening in Manchester!
Fundraising using Social Media: Mashable’s Summer of Social Good Case Study
Posted on 28. Aug, 2009 by Chi-chi Ekweozor in Inspired, Social Media Strategies
Another momentous month has flown by.
Amongst a raft of new project developments for Real Fresh TV (more on this on the soon-to-be unveiled new website!), a number of significant developments have taken place in the burgeoning social media industry relating to charity fundraising I feel I most post about.
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