Is Google helping sites with Google ads fly higher than those without or is it really picking the best articles through its panda eyes?
This morning I was looking to top up my list of social media events on our socialmediaevents.co.uk website… logical if we want to be found and offer relevance around searches for social media events!
The first article I came across, after searching Mashable, a few months back they had a great list but that seems to have disappeared, was a story on The Belfast Telegraph website about the “Social Media Association for Business” holding an event on a barge.
What got me was there was no link to the actual event, it simply had a title of “Social media event to make a splash on barge” and was literally only 71 words in length, surrounded by adverts, many provided by Google … see for yourself.
Is this journalism or simply another page on a site full of Google sexy stuff that Google shows to the world, giving it a top listing because it is full of Google sexy stuff… I think we need more from professional journalist and search engines or people may start looking for alternative ways to search the web.
Perhaps they already are? Have you seen LinkedIn Today, a personalised news feed based on what your contacts are interested in, so you may be too… take a look at LinkedIn Today. (Chances are the link will only really work if you have a LinkedIn account).
Just a thought. Thank you for listening.
Jon Davey
Social Media Director
01753 852904
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Vouchers for Students
Vouchers for Students are available for our Social Media Directors “How to use LinkedIn for Business” workshop on 24th June 2011
We figured if Harry can work his magic then so can we…
What better way to kick off our Vouchers4 scheme after last week’s tour of Amersham college than by offering enthusiastic students who would like to learn more about LinkedIn to do so at a magic price!
Raleigh, who could have been one of Lord Sugar’s Apprentices, joined us for our last event. This month we have room for 2 or 3 students, if they can get their business brains in gear sharpish!
LinkedIn is the most powerful FREE CRM system there is in 2011 and it makes a great deal of sense for all proactive business men and women to ensure they know what’s what when it comes to navigating such an excellent online sales and marketing service.
If you are a student looking to break into the world of business and you can confidently navigate your way round LinkedIn, you’ll prove more attractive to a potential employer than someone who says “What is LinkedIn?”
We generally charge business men and women £175 + VAT to attend our How to use LinkedIn for Business workshop and we are happy to offer you an amazing college fund supersaver of just £60 + VAT (that includes lunch at a posh hotel in Windsor).
And if you can persuade your parent or guardian to attend with you and pay full price, we’ll reduce your fee to just £25 + VAT, that’s just £200 + VAT for two 
Please call 01753 852904, text 07881 744495 or email with your contact details and quote “Vouchers 4 LinkedIn workshop Windsor”.
Thank you.
Jon Davey
Social Media Director
01753 852904
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Social Media Directors LinkedIn with Associations
Social Media Directors have been running LinkedIn workshops for 18 months and have created a very polished presentation format that seems to be addressing most of the questions that people have regarding this incredibly powerful customer relationship management solution.
With over 130,000 business men and women registered within a 10 mile radius of our Windsor office, there will be thousands more thinking, “I really need to know more about that LinkedIn that everyone is talking about!”
We’d like to speak to those who are willing and able to value their training so we can offer our How to Use LinkedIn for Business workshop.
A few of those who have attended our workshops have added their comments and testimonials to our Social Media Directors blog, please review and contact me, Jon Davey on 01753 852904.
We would particularly like to talk to Associations and Business organisations that would like to gather their members together for a workshop, tailored around your specific industry.
Thank you for taking the time to read this and we look forward to hearing from you shortly.
Jon Davey
Social Media Director
01753 852904
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Is it the Re-Tweet process or the Re Tweet count that is important?
Recently it became very apparent that increasing folk are doing a bunch of re-tweeting. Obviously Twitter, looking to exceed the floatation values of LinkedIn and GroupOn combined, would like you to re-tweet until the cows come home.
According to a major burger chain that is unlikely as they have a new recipe which is based on home grown stock rather than African imports
I have posed a question on LinkedIn asking for feedback on What’s your over riding attitude to the re-tweeting of others tweets?
BUT this survey misses the most important point… I put it to you that the re-tweeting process is not what is important, it is the visual impact a story has if it has been re-tweeted that matters.
A page showing 2 re-tweets makes you go “Well!” in a sympathetic way… a page that says 2000 re-tweets makes you go “WELL!!!” these guys are like way popular, I must get to know them
I guess you could add a zero to your invoice if you rock the re-tweet world?
Go compare our LinkedIn event, now has 6 shares on LinkedIn, so looking a little more important than it did with 2, with those re-tweets over at Mashable.
Even if people like what we do, which they do, they may be unsure how to use the “share” button… we’d best ensure we teach our workshop attendees using our event promotion page button
They also may not feel motivated to join in such a small re-tweeting gang… not even a gang, just a few appreciative folk…
While over at Mashable they have a bunch of stories that are being redistributed around the planet every second of every day, with “likes”, “shares” and “re-tweets” coming out of their ears… if 100+ have liked something then you’d better make sure you do too, if you want to be “in with the in crowd” that is…
Is there a playground theme running through all this?
I hope you can join us for our next LinkedIn workshop on the 24th June, take a look at the detail at www.howtouselinkedin.co.uk or call me for more information.
Thank you.
Jon
01753 852904
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LinkedIn Midsummer Workshop
Come and find out why over 100m business people worldwide, 6m in the UK and over 127,000 within a 10 mile radius of Windsor consider LinkedIn to be the pre-eminent business networking platform online. A place where professionals have the ability to connect, develop their sales and market themselves, their skills, services and products.
Find out more…
http://www.howtouselinkedin.co.uk
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Using LinkedIn for business, Windsor 17th May 2011
Spot The Apprentice in the room
http://www.howtouselinkedin.co.uk
In the meantime we’ll add a few comments below during the day and please feel free to join in…
Enjoy these LinkedIn workshop testimonials from today…
LinkedIn workshop testimonial Margaret Haynes OFAS
Social Media LinkedIn testimonial
LinkedIn training workshop testimonial by Raleigh Addington
Jazz mouse’s Paul Fawcus talks acoustics over lunch in Windsor
Thank you.
If you would like to know more then please call 01753 852904.
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