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LinkedIn: Make it work for you and your business

Event Date: 
07/06/2016 - 9:30am to 12:30pm
Venue: 
Conference Room 50 Teignbridge Business Centre, Cavalier Road, Heathfield Industrial Estate, Newton Abbot TQ12 6TZ

Find out how to get LinkedIn working for you and your business.

At this half day seminar you will discover:

  • 7 essential steps to captivate and cultivate your connections
  • How to be acknowledged as an industry expert in your sector
  • Practical advice on how to generate leads and build beneficial relationships that will help you achieve your business objectives
  • Why and how to measure what's important and what needs to change
  • How to avoid legal battles related to LinkedIn and your business presented by guest speaker Stephen
  • ...

Students can bag cash for Flippie sign-ups

Students from across the UK are being offered the chance to win up to £2,000 for getting their friends signed up to a brand new social media network. Flippie, a platform set to rival the likes of Facebook and LinkedIn will launch in fresher’s weeks across the country this September. And the graduate behind the system is giving away £1,000 to the university student who gets the most sign ups in the week. Kieran Roper will also hand out a further £1,000 to the individual who shows the most entrepreneurial spirit in attracting interest. Students from all over the country will be battling it...

Compelling Content is Key to Social Media Success

Event Date: 
24/02/2015 - 5:00pm to 7:30pm
Venue: 
The Riviera Cafe Bar, 4 Den Crescent, Teignmouth, Devon TQ14 8BG

Creating compelling content is top of the agenda at the Teignmouth and Dawlish social media café on Tuesday 24 February.

The free event, open to businesses and community organisations, takes place at The Riviera Cafe Bar from 5.00pm to 7.30pm.

On hand will be Mandy Pearse, Seashell Communications talking about how to create content to attract customers and volunteers.

Curtis Goss from Pano 360 will explain why every trader needs to claim their Google Business listing, how to do it and why its important to use it.

Joanna Bowery from Cosmic Frog will be taking...

Study examines websites' password practices

Global IT giants including Amazon and LinkedIn could be doing far more to raise awareness of the need for better password practices among their users.

Analysis by Professor Steve Furnell, Director of the Centre for Security, Communications and Network Research at Plymouth University, looked into the password security controls in place among ten of the world’s most visited websites.

It revealed very few of them give detailed guidance about the importance of providing secure passwords, either when users were creating or updating accounts.

The majority also provided...

First anniversary for social media cafe

Authored by Mandy Pearse
Posted: Mon, 09/29/2014 - 11:14am

The Teignmouth and Dawlish Social Media Cafe is one year old this October.

Over the past year it has helped over 50 local businesses and community organisations with help and advice in using social media to promote themselves.

The birthday cafe will be held at the Langstone Cliff Hotel in Dawlish on Tuesday 7 October and experts will be on hand to provide advice on which social media to use and how to set up accounts.

The social media cafe runs from 5pm to 7.30pm and provides a free drop-in event where people can pick up tips and hints on using social media, ask...

Utilising your Linkedin Connections – In a nutshell

Authored by Bitpod
Posted: Wed, 02/19/2014 - 6:26am

In this latest In a nutshell video local business expert Chris Wood at Q Social Media discusses how to utilise your Linkedin connections.

Chris gives great advice on how to make LinkedIn work for you. He also explains the importance of using your connections to help your develop new connections. “Advanced People Searches -- you can utilise existing connections to introduce you to shared connections - people you don't know but that your connections do. Helping you to develop new connections. This will give you new opportunities to: Drive sales leads Be seen as industry experts...

Is social media good or bad - In a Nutshell

Authored by Bitpod
Posted: Mon, 12/02/2013 - 10:14am

In this video local expert Ann Holman from Our Think Lab discuss whether she thinks social media is good or bad.

Ann then goes on to explain her answer and gives her thoughts on the future of social media

"This is the time to look forward to when we can redirect our efforts away from posting what we had for breakfast or drunken images of last night, to co-creating and collaborating. Using the connections, fans and followers we have accumulated on social media platforms. It's about solving real problems in society and in business. Thats when it gets really special."

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Twit or Tweet?

With Social Media marketing taking on a life of its own in recent years, we at The Plum Consultancy ask what is relevant and what isn’t? How many people are drowning under the barrage of tweets, shares, likes, LinkedIn requests and Google+ notifications? Are they all meaningful or are tweets being re-tweeted within an inch of their lives and is anyone taking any notice or is it all going in the spam folder?!

We believe the considered approach is the only approach to have when using and dealing with Social Media for business purposes. Social Media is as much about relationship...

3 ways to use LinkedIn

For those of you that don’t already know, LinkedIn is a powerful networking site that can be used to create business opportunities, ask questions, and build credibility. In particular, it can be a brilliant tool to generate leads from high-end decision makers, especially since 39% of members are at management level or above.

As a user, you should be pro-actively using the site to ensure you are exploiting its full potential. With this in mind, we have put together 3 ways in which you can use LinkedIn to do just that.

1. Create your own group

Setting up your own...

Creating effective online video for business - Workshop

Event Date: 
11/10/2012 - 5:45pm to 7:45pm
Venue: 
Bishop Fleming, Stratus House, Emperor Way, Exeter Business Park, EX1 3QS

The "Camera skills, lighting and sound" workshop is designed to help you get the most out of your video equipment to create good looking and good sounding business videos. This session includes advice and demonstrations suitable for dedicated video cameras and mobile devices.