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Archive: May, 2012

Can I use WordPress to make a website?

Posted on 27 May 2012 by Jayson in Website, WordPress

This is one of the most frequently asked questions, “Can I use WordPress to create my new website?” WordPress is well-known in the blogging sphere, but if used correctly this extremely powerful and very versatile Content Management System can help you create a new, easy to manage website – you will be able to create [...]

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Jayson Gurney, Managing Director of the Social Media Consultancy Limited. Passionate about all things Social Media and Information Technology. Hobbies & out-of-work activities include Fishing and Kamishin Ryu Karate.

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LinkedIn for Small Businesses – 1 Day Workshop

Posted on 22 May 2012 by Jayson in LinkedIn, Training Workshops

We are in the process of adding the final touches to our new one day intensive “LinkedIn for Small Businesses” workshop, which has been designed to show you how to effectively use LinkedIn for your business. This new hands-on workshop is designed for small business owners and non-profit organisations who want to demystify social media [...]

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Jayson Gurney, Managing Director of the Social Media Consultancy Limited. Passionate about all things Social Media and Information Technology. Hobbies & out-of-work activities include Fishing and Kamishin Ryu Karate.

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Wheels are in Motion for the New Crook Social Media Café

Posted on 22 May 2012 by Jayson in Social Media Café

Following a lot of interest from our Twitter followers and Facebook fans we are pleased to announce the wheels are in motion for the launch of our 6th regional Social Media Café. We are just confirming the location of the new Crook Social Media Café, but at present it looks as though the monthly meetings [...]

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Jayson Gurney, Managing Director of the Social Media Consultancy Limited. Passionate about all things Social Media and Information Technology. Hobbies & out-of-work activities include Fishing and Kamishin Ryu Karate.

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Another Sold-Out Event – Durham Social Media Café: Friday 1st June 2012

Posted on 21 May 2012 by Jayson in Social Media Café

We are very pleased to announce our next Durham Social Media Café on Friday 1st June 2012 at the Ramside Hall Gold Club is a total sell-out!  We are looking forward to welcoming 6 new members to the group – Steve Ogden (CT-Web), Gary Lintern (Trance Media), Caroline Molloy (OT Consultant Ltd), Maureen Henderson (Elvet [...]

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Jayson Gurney, Managing Director of the Social Media Consultancy Limited. Passionate about all things Social Media and Information Technology. Hobbies & out-of-work activities include Fishing and Kamishin Ryu Karate.

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New Website Feature – Ask a Question

Posted on 20 May 2012 by Jayson in Website

We have just updated our website to include an “Ask a Question” facility.  The aim of this new feature is to provide you, our website visitors a simple way of asking your social media related questions.  When asking your questions, you will be asked to provide your email address; this is to allow the system [...]

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Jayson Gurney, Managing Director of the Social Media Consultancy Limited. Passionate about all things Social Media and Information Technology. Hobbies & out-of-work activities include Fishing and Kamishin Ryu Karate.

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Google+ Generates Interest from Local Business Owners

Posted on 19 May 2012 by Jayson in Google+, Social Media Café

Yesterday’s Barnard Castle Social Media Café at the wonderful Jersey Farm Hotel was another well attended meeting.  The cafés format was slightly different to all previous meetings in that we had a focused topic – “Why Small Business Owners Should Start Using Google+“. With several new faces we started the meeting with a quick round [...]

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Jayson Gurney, Managing Director of the Social Media Consultancy Limited. Passionate about all things Social Media and Information Technology. Hobbies & out-of-work activities include Fishing and Kamishin Ryu Karate.

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Google Analytics (The Basics) for Small Business Owners

Posted on 19 May 2012 by Jayson in Google Analytics, Training Workshops

Once again we have listened to what our loyal Social Media Café members. We are pleased to announced our new ½ day training workshop entitled “Google Analytics (The Basics) for Small Business Owners“. This ½ day training workshop is suitable for people, with little or no knowledge of Google Analytics.  It will help you to [...]

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Jayson Gurney, Managing Director of the Social Media Consultancy Limited. Passionate about all things Social Media and Information Technology. Hobbies & out-of-work activities include Fishing and Kamishin Ryu Karate.

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Course Update: WordPress (The Basics) for Small Business Owners – May 2012

Posted on 18 May 2012 by Jayson in Training Workshops, Website, WordPress

Yesterday we were in the back in the classroom with a small group of local business owners teaching them the basics of one of the most popular online blogging /content management systems – WordPress. All the delegates who attended our hands-on “WordPress (The Basics) for Small Business Owners” workshop walked away with a new functioning [...]

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Jayson Gurney, Managing Director of the Social Media Consultancy Limited. Passionate about all things Social Media and Information Technology. Hobbies & out-of-work activities include Fishing and Kamishin Ryu Karate.

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Event Update: Darlington Social Media Cafe – 12 May 2012

Posted on 11 May 2012 by Jayson in Facebook, Google Analytics, Google+, LinkedIn, Social Media Café

Yesterday’s Darlington Social Media Café at the Aston Hotel was another well attended meeting.  Several of our members arrived later than expected due to unavoidable traffic delays on the way out of Darlington. With several new faces we started the meeting with a quick round the table introduction, where members introduced themself, their businesses and [...]

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Jayson Gurney, Managing Director of the Social Media Consultancy Limited. Passionate about all things Social Media and Information Technology. Hobbies & out-of-work activities include Fishing and Kamishin Ryu Karate.

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Durham Social Media Cafe – 4 May 2012

Posted on 5 May 2012 by Jayson in Social Media Café

I would like to start off by apologising to the couple of registered attendees who arrived at the Ramside Hall Golf Club, but we unable to find us due to staff not directing them in to the main Golf Club lounge. With the exception of this minor issue the Social Media Cafe at the Ramside [...]

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Jayson Gurney, Managing Director of the Social Media Consultancy Limited. Passionate about all things Social Media and Information Technology. Hobbies & out-of-work activities include Fishing and Kamishin Ryu Karate.

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