This week’s Social Media Award of the Week has to go to the Australian Courts for ruling that although Google doesn’t technically publish content because computers are doing all the work… if asked to remove links then they should oblige and respect the wishes of the individual not wishing to be indexed.
“But that would mean we’d have to do some work… Google guys want to hang in the labs, not do real work!” one insider was heard to moan when the announcement came in.
The Guardian reported at the end of November, “Milorad Trkulja, a music promoter, took action against Google over material online, which linked him with criminal figures in Melbourne. Trkulja has never been involved in any criminal activity, but was unfortunate enough to have been shot in a restaurant in 2004.”
It reminded me of the case of Richard O’Dwyer, the student wanted for extradition by the USA and initially signed off by Theresa May MP, who was simply adding links to sources of TV content… he didn’t publish the content… oh, yeah, but he manually added links so I guess that makes him an evil criminal! It was his mum who sorted that out, as all good mums do…
The only reason the yanks wanted him was because he’d made a few quid out of it… so I guess he paid tax in the UK but that’s not good enough for the Americans? The only reason Google have been able to get away with it is because they have bigger lawyers and as we have seen from Big Brother, “USA are best, the greatest, they offer freedom”… mmmm well done Australia.
Everyone loves to win a Social Media Award… so we thought we’d make it more fun in 2013… we’ll give out a social media award of some description every week… if you want to be a winner then you’d better tell us why 
Every week I’ll shine a light on a social media campaign that made laugh or cry! Or it might be a thought that grabs my attention, something I think you should ponder…
You need to tweet @jondavey with the reason why you and yours should be a winner… or complete our contact us form with a few words…
Thank you.
Jon Davey
Sales & Marketing for Web 2.0
Encouraging Positive, Proactive Participation
SOCIAL MEDIA DIRECTORS
01753 852904
Social Media Award of the Week ending 12th Jan 2013
My first social media award of 2013 has to go to Mark Zuckerberg… he was one of the first to start the social media party… some might think this great business practice… others will find it a tad arrogant… does it make you laugh or cry? You can send Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg a direct email via Facebook… it only costs you $100 if you want it to land in his inbox… I wonder if that guarantees he’ll read it or is that $1000!
Everyone loves to win a Social Media Award… so we thought we’d make it more fun in 2013… we’ll give out a social media award of some description every week… if you want to be a winner then you’d better tell us why
Every week I’ll shine a light on a social media campaign that made laugh or cry! Or it might be a thought that grabs my attention, something I think you should ponder…
You need to tweet @jondavey with the reason why you and yours should be a winner… or complete our contact us form with a few words…
Thank you.
Jon Davey
Sales & Marketing for Web 2.0
Encouraging Positive, Proactive Participation
SOCIAL MEDIA DIRECTORS
01753 852904
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Will ONLY the best social media do for you?
If you run the best marketing agency… or the best sales lead generation company… the best PR company or the best of anything, when it comes to thinking about who to turn to for social media advice, then obviously ONLY the best social media director will do
I’ve just reviewed the social media marketing solutions on offer from Social Media Directors in 2013. The links below will take you to a few words on each of our best social media services:
And at the start of 2013 we’ll have some fun with our Social Media Awards… if you spot something that looks like fun, share it with us and we’ll shine a light on the best social media.
Thank you.
Jon Davey
Sales & Marketing for Web 2.0
Encouraging Positive, Proactive Participation
SOCIAL MEDIA DIRECTORS
01753 852904
Our Social Media Christmas Competition 2012 Award Winners
For 12 working days we ran the Social Media Christmas Competition and after the votes have been counted and verified we have our Social Media Award WINNERS for December 2012.
I used 12 days because it was a Christmas competition and I like working around rhythms in my head, they resonate better for me and probably for others.
We didn’t get a ton of votes because most folk CBA… they are thinking, “I’ll never win, I never win anything” ;( and so don’t enter in the first place… not the attitude of a WINNER…
I knew before I even posted the competition who would win at least one of the prizes. A guy who is constantly on the go, pushing his current brand as far and wide as he can, ensuring he is on the radar of decision makers… a firm believer in “something has to happen” if you keep peddling… he presented at our BinB EXPO earlier in the year and I caught this footage of him at CompTIA a few weeks ago where he earned this pitch by knocking Microsoft into 2nd place!
AND OUR SOCIAL MEDIA AWARD WINNERS FOR 2012 ARE:
Best LinkedIn Group : Channel & Account Management Experts (run by guess who!)
Most Influential Business Person “Thought Leader” on LinkedIn : Ian Moyse
Best Offline Events run by a LinkedIn Group : NRG Networks
When it comes to networking lunches then those run by NRG Networks are second to none. Always a good cross section of business professionals in attendance… you should ask Dave Clarke if you can attend one near you soon… I shot this footage at a question and answer session after the main event… most folk had left to do the next thing on their to do list but this captures the essence of NRG Networks. Go join their LinkedIn Group.
The key to being a Social Media Award WINNER is you have to enter… I won Social Media Week’s Personality of the Year in February because I took time to enter with this video… vote4me.org.uk
This has lead to a number of opportunities which have included doing some work for LinkedIn & IBM as a direct result… so don’t miss out on opportunities to shine more brightly than you do right now and enter the relevant competitions that come your way… you just don’t know where they may lead…
AND SO WHAT DO OUR WINNERS WIN?
As I read through this year’s entries there was one that made me Laugh Out Loud… and that was for @warpdog who are the unofficial Walthamstow Tourist Board who shot this amazing visitor attraction video… watch out for the CGI and augmented reality
Or maybe that is the reality…
Each of our winners will receive one of the LIMITED EDITION Mattresses of Walthamstow 2013 Calendars… and better still, you don’t have to worry about not having your very own copy, you can order them online… you’re just a click away…
If you want to be a sponsor of our next Social Media Awards 2013, which will probably happen in January, assuming we’re all still around after the 21st December, then you’d best get in touch with me via phone, email or LinkedIn.
Thank you.
Jon Davey
Director of Aspirational Customer Experiences
Encouraging Positive, Proactive Participation
SOCIAL MEDIA DIRECTORS
01753 852904
Social Media Christmas Competition 2012
Social Media Christmas Competition 2012. We’re keeping this simple… 3 categories… 12 business days to vote… closes Friday 7th December 12pm and the WINNERS will be announced the following week… YOU can only enter once… you can sponsor all 3 categories…
We’d like to say thank you for taking 2 minutes out of your day to vote by making you a little more famous than you are right now What have you got that others will wanna win?
For many year’s Google has been king of search, allowing you to find what you are looking for… if you know what you want! Today, I would like to suggest that Google makes total sense if what you are looking for is some new shoes… and if you know the actual shoes then you can find the best price… and if you prefer actual shops, you can use the maps to find the location of the shop with the best offline price that maybe 50 miles away but hey, it’s cheaper! You get the idea…
But the best social media community I am aware of, tell me if I’m wrong, for finding intelligent professional people who can offer you solutions to your business problems… problems that may have some similarities but will be varied and unique in their detail… that social media community is obvioulsy LINKEDIN…
So having a Social Media Christmas Competition that focus on LinkedIn makes total sense… and if I’ve learned anything about competitions it’s to keep it simple… so how about 3 categories and 12 days to vote… prizes will be determined by those who choose to sponsor it… let’s have a gadget show approach and anyone voting can offer a prize if they wish and they will aggregate up as we go… ho, ho, ho Merry Christmas
You don’t have to vote for all 3 categories… just 1 if that’s all you want to vote for… tell us who are you’re WINNERS in 2012
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THE BEST VALUE social media engagement available TODAY?
THE BERKSHIRE 24/7 CLUB COMPANY PAGES SERVICE + “SIMPLIFICATION SERIES” offers you the best value social media engagement service available today…
The purpose of any sales & marketing service is to add value to your organisation. This could be in the form of:
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• more pages on the web with your brand on them
• an increase in visitors to your website
• uptake of your new mobile app
• conversations with past, present and future customers & employees
• or it might even be about generating more direct sales!
Each company will have their own set of criteria, unique to their situation.
If only there was an organisation that could make this happen… to bring together both online engagements and turn this into offline meetings with potential customers / employees.
BUT WAIT, what’s that coming over the hill? Is it a lobster (Sorry… track from the 80′s, just felt right at this point!)
The Berkshire 24/7 Club organise regular meetings where business people gather to discuss how to simplify various processes to ultimately create sales for, or employment in their company.
Here is the check list of what’s on offer with our Company Pages Service… don’t worry if you don’t understand some of the options… just trust it is a positive one… or call us to discuss 01753 852904… thank you:
Simply send us your latest press release and we will:
~ Publish the content on your very own Business in Berkshire web space
~ Push your latest news story out via our BinB news feed
~ (The BinB news feed is picked up by both Google News and Google Alerts)
~ Add your story to our next BinB newsletter (usually despatched on Monday’s)
~ Publish the story link through our news curation service
~ Tweet a link to our @binbnews followers
~ Push out via Facebook
~ Add to our BinBnews blog and other blogs as relevant
We’ll also:
~ Identify content, produced by others, that will compliment your marketing activities
~ Distribute the content through the relevant social media channels
~ Research your market place and identify potential online opportunities
~ Keep our eyes and ears open to business opportunities for your organisation
~ Encourage you to engage on our Business in Berkshire LinkedIn Group
~ Offer Members discounts as they come our way
~ Give you advanced notice of any events we are hosting
If you are not already, we will:
~ Produce a monthly email newsletter from the news available
~ If necessary, set up a new blog to maximise SEO opportunities
When it comes to our “SIMPLIFICATION SERIES” you will:
~ Be given the opportunity to present at our half day events
~ Feature in relevant webinars
Thank you.
Jon Davey
Director of Inspirational Customer Experiences
Encouraging Positive, Proactive Participation
SOCIAL MEDIA DIRECTORS
01753 852904
Early History of the Berkshire 24/7 Club
Jon Davey created Business in Berkshire as an email newsletter back in 2002 to help promote his email marketing business. In 2004 this became a content management website which allowed members the ability to add regular content that would get picked up more easily by the search engines. In 2008 the site generated 5 million page views! 2009 we started using a LinkedIn Group to engage in conversations with our members and potential members.
2010 Jon created Social Media Directors to help senior managers understand the advantages of using LinkedIn and other social platforms to communicate with customers, employees both past, present and future.
2012 Jon won Social Media Week’s Personality of the Year and hosted the inaugural Business in Berkshire EXPO which attracted 54 exhibitors and 350+ visitors.
The mixing of online and offline became the obvious next course of action and the Berkshire 24/7 Club was born.
