November 2013

Social media speaker, author, wine buff and generally excitable marketing man-about-town Gary Vaynerchuk hits London for VaynerWorld, to launch his new book, 'Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook', on 12th December (10% discount for Chinwaggers)

In typically understated fashion Gary said, "I'm basically going put on the greatest event in London history! I don't give a crap about The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Clash or Beckham or whoever, not the single best business book event, the single... greatest... event!"

If you were under the impression hacking was dodgy business - think again. Growth hacking is the rapidly expanding practice of discovering creative options to traditional marketing.

This coming week, on Nov 21, us at Chinwag and UKTI are excited to partner with Real Business, the UK’s first magazine for entrepreneurs and SMEs, to host SME Growth Hack - Build. Promote. Sell. Inspire. With Real Business aiming to aid business leaders in their day-to-day activities and decision- making, they are a great addition to any SME related events and we are happy to have them onboard.

Ed: When long-time Chinwag contributor, Jemima Gibbons, heard about the SME Growth Hack she kindly put together this blog post with 6 crucial questions to develop an SME's social media strategy. Excellent prep for the event. Got your ticket?

By definition, every company created in the last decade is a Digital Native. Or at least, it should be. If you’re a Millennial business, there’s absolutely no reason why you shouldn’t be using digital and social technologies effectively throughout your operations. 

So - why aren’t you?

Want to grow your business? Spending too much time working in the business and not enough developing it?

Help is at hand with next week's SME Growth Hack day (Thu 21 Nov), which thanks to support from UK Trade & Investment is free to attend.

The day includes a programme of expert speakers from Market Invoice, Eventbrite, Constant Contact, Duedil, Alibaba, Startup Britain and more.