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Just a quick update on this month’s Manchester Social Media Surgery.

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.

They’ve been taking place regularly at a city centre venue since December 2009; I’ve blogged about previous events here.

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.

The next Manchester Social Media Surgery event is on Tuesday 26 October from 5:30-7:30pm at Manchester Digital Development Agency‘s (MDDA) offices, Lower Ground Floor, 117-119 Portland Street, Manchester, M1 6ED.

The theme for the October Social Media Surgery is: ‘Getting LinkedIn for Business’

Social Media Surgeons:
Ben Gibbs, (@bobop on Twitter), Web & social media consultant to third sector organisations
Alan Holding, Digital Development officer, MDDA
Coral Grainger, (@CapitalRels on Twitter), Managing Director, Capital Relations
Tom Mason, (@totmac on Twitter), Social Media Manager, Delineo

Community groups curious about using social media most welcome.

I organise Manchester Social Media Surgery events on a voluntary basis as an outreach project of the popular Social Media Cafe Manchester network (@smc_mcr on Twitter).

We’re also on LinkedIn!
If you have a question for the surgeons either post it via the event sign up page or on our new LinkedIn Group!

Sign up to attend!

Hope you enjoyed the summer!

Here comes a roundup of upcoming social media and digital content events taking place in the region in September.

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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Image credit: handsongourmet on Flickr

I’m sharing this after getting asked for practical examples of what companies have achieved after attending our social media marketing training courses.

Here’s what a company we recently trained achieved in half a day at the Learning Social Media By Doing Course, our Level 2 course social media training course.

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Wow, where did July go?  It flew by so fast we didn’t get round to posting details of any events!

Well, here comes a roundup of upcoming social media and digital content events taking place in the region in August.

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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I’m excited to be presenting this workshop for the LEAD programme at the University of Salford.

I’m a recent delegate of this innovative programme of leadership and management training for small business owners (graduated yesterday) and can’t recommend it highly enough!  It changed my life, as I blogged after attending a Ruth Badger Masterclass on sales put on by the programme.

What follows is copied from the event publicity:

The Small Business Guide to Effective Social Media Marketing

Date: Thursday 1 July 2010
Time: 8.30am registration, 9.00am – 10.30am workshop
Venue: Rayleigh Room, Faraday House, University of Salford (Building 18 on page 3 of this campus map)

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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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Did you attend our last event?

Please take a minute to take part in this quick poll and let us know what you’d like to see more of at a Manchester Social Media Surgery event.  Cheers!

Leave a comment and get a Twitter recommendation!

On Friday I’ll be recommending one person who attended the Surgery every hour on Twitter from those leave a comment below. Please include your Twitter handle in the comment!  Thank you.

If you have any other comments/queries about the Manchester Social Media Surgery events, please share in the comments below.