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As Group owner, I’m thinking of switching the closed Manchester Social Media Surgery Group on LinkedIn to an open Group, meaning all past discussions will be tucked away in a members-only archive and all future discussions will be visible and fully searchable and shareable on the Web.

The Manchester Social Media Surgery Group on the world’s leading social network for professionals has grown organically to eclipse numbers on its Social Media Manchester counterpart and now boasts 90 members compared to Social Media Manchester’s 60.

To be honest, this has taken me by surprise!

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The Social Media Surgery is a free monthly event that attempts to help Manchester businesses embrace the social media revolution in order to grow their company.

Each event features a panel of experienced digital and social media marketers who discuss social media projects and issues presented by the audience.

The informal networking events offer an opportunity to find out how other companies are benefitting from using free social media tools like Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn to market and grow their businesses.

Since starting in December 2009, the surgeries have gone from strength to strength.  Here are a couple of videos from previous events:

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I recently received a message on LinkedIn that reminded me that social media is, well, “social”.

With so many jumping on the ‘social media consultant’ bandwagon, I was reminded that people talk and that reputations eventually sort out the wheat from the chaff.
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Here comes a roundup of upcoming social media and digital content events taking place in the region in June.

Want to add your event to the list?

Contact us at least one month before your event and we’ll publicise it! Call it a media partnership in the making…

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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.

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Real Fresh TV, a social media training and implementation consultancy based in Manchester, develops and delivers industry-leading social media marketing training courses specifically designed to equip business owners with the confidence to strategically use free social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn to grow and market their companies.

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Ahead of the free Social Media Surgery for Manchester businesses event on Tuesday 13th April, I’d like to solicit your burning questions on using Twitter for marketing.

Perhaps you’ve wondered how to get qualified leads using Twitter for your business.  Is it any good? Has it worked for Manchester businesses?

What would you ask a marketing expert about using Twitter… if you could?

Please post a question by leaving a comment after this blog post.

We’ll be posing your questions to the Surgeons at the event at Manchester Metropolitan University’s business incubator, Innospace on Tuesday 13th April, 5-7.30pm.

After the event, I’ll be reporting back with some responses for you!

If you fancy coming down to the event, sign up here. It’s free.

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This month sees the launch of Real Fresh TV’s Social Media Events Guide.

In the last week of every month, we will be bringing you a roundup of upcoming events, seminars and conferences focused on social media and the web taking place in the region.

Want to add your event to the list?

Contact us at least one month before your event and we’ll publicise it!  Call it a media partnership in the making… (more…)

Social Media Process v 1.0

Yesterday I had the pleasure of running an Introduction to Social Media for Media Professionals training course at One Central Park, Manchester.

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Friday’s blog post suggesting that social media training should be provided by web design and development companies seems to have struck a nerve on LinkedIn.

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