Practical Marketing Training: The Learning Social Media By Doing Course

Posted on 13. Aug, 2010 by Chi-chi Ekweozor in Social Media Strategies

Cool hands on image from handsongourmet on Flickr
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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Real Fresh TV’s Monthly Social Media Events Guide – August

Posted on 23. Jul, 2010 by Chi-chi Ekweozor in Events, Social Media Strategies

June Social Media Events Guide ManchesterWow, 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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Real Fresh TV’s Monthly Social Media Events Guide – June

Posted on 03. Jun, 2010 by Chi-chi Ekweozor in Events, Social Media Strategies

June Social Media Events Guide ManchesterHere 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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Manchester Social Media Surgery welcomes Crain’s Manchester Business

Posted on 01. Apr, 2010 by Chi-chi Ekweozor in Announcements, Social Media Strategies

Crains Manchester Business, the highly regarded weekly business newspaper for Greater Manchester

Highly regarded weekly business newspaper for Greater Manchester

I’m really excited to share that Samrana Hussain, business reporter at Crain’s Manchester Business, the highly regarded weekly business newspaper for Greater Manchester will be attending the Social Media Surgery later this month.

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.

As shared earlier in the week, Hussain reported on the free Social Media Surgery events on Crain’s Manchester Business and I’m delighted that the experienced journalist is joining us at the event on Tuesday April 13.  Hussain recently joined Manchester Crain’s Business from ITV Granada.

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Real Fresh TV’s Monthly Social Media Events Guide

Posted on 25. Mar, 2010 by Chi-chi Ekweozor in Events, Social Media Strategies

Real Fresh TV - Social Media Events GuideImage Credit: thatsoftwareguy.com

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?

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Book on the next Social Media Starter Course and get 50% off the Learning Social Media by Doing Course

Posted on 22. Mar, 2010 by Chi-chi Ekweozor in Events, Social Media Strategies

Book on the next Social Media Starter Course and get 50% off the Learning Social Media by Doing Course

Book on the next Social Media Starter Course and get 50% off the Learning Social Media by Doing Course

Image credit: Rob Watling on Flickr

Following on from last week’s successful Introduction to Social Media for Media Professionals course, I’d like to extend an invitation to businesses that need support in using social media to win new customers and achieve business goals.

Read on if you interested in finding out how to use Twitter and Facebook constructively to grow your business network and engage with pre-qualified new clients.

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The Learning Social Media by Doing Course Overview

Posted on 28. Apr, 2009 by Chi-chi Ekweozor in Social Media Strategies

The Learning Social Media by Doing Course Overview

The Learning Social Media By Doing Course has been put together in response to requests by attendees of the popular Social Media Starter Course for a more practical, hands-on training event.

Designed as a follow up to the entry level Social Media Starter Course, the Learning Social Media By Doing Course is a practical half day workshop that gives anyone new to social media a safe environment to try on the tools for size.

Do you need to Twitter for work?  Have you just been nominated company blogger but don’t know your WordPress from your Movable Type?  Do you feel overwhelmed by all this talk of trackbacks, pingbacks and Google PageRank?

Then the Learning Social Media By Doing Course is for you.

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The first Social Media Single: “Credit Crunch Christmas” by Micky P. Kerr

Posted on 19. Dec, 2008 by Chi-chi Ekweozor in Engagement Marketing, Social Media Strategies

Social Media Christmas Number One

Earlier this week I shared how Peter Hartey, a recent attendee of the Social Media Starter Course was seeing some fantastic online success around a social media project he launched after attending the course in October.

Hot on the heels of Peter’s good news, I’ve been contacted by another Social Media Starter Course attendee with details of a fascinating social media project, this time featuring a Christmas single!

Liam Walsh of Ask Me PR is currently promoting an inventive musician’s Credit Crunch-themed Christmas single using social media.

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Introducing the Social Media Starter Course

Posted on 03. Sep, 2008 by Chi-chi Ekweozor in Events, Social Media Strategies

Introducing the Social Media Starter CourseI’m pleased to announce that you can now register for our newly minted Social Media Starter Course.

Social Media Starter Course

Date: 10 October 2008
Time: 9:30am–12:30pm
Venue: One Central Park, Northampton Road, Manchester, M40 5WW
Cost: £100 including lunch

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Social Media Starter Course Overview

Posted on 03. Sep, 2008 by Chi-chi Ekweozor in Social Media Strategies

Social Media Starter Course Overview

Introduction
In these times of economic uncertainty, how do you stand out in a crowded marketplace?

Your competition is increasingly your customers themselves, empowered by social media platforms like blogs, micro-blogging tools like Twitter and profiles on social networking and video sharing sites.

They are staying connected with each other for longer online, and increasingly via the mobile web using smartphones like the iPhone, creating and consuming information about products and services in a virtuous circle of digital word of mouth.

It is time to admit the inevitable.

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