As you will of course be aware, last night was our Late Summer BBQ, with Bootlaw, Kingston Smith and Great British Chefs. It was a wonderful evening of delicious food and exciting discussion.
We're so glad so many of you could make it and it was brilliant to catch-up with you all. Judging by the Tweets we've spotted last night and this morning, everyone had a fantastic time.
The debate about the best way for brands to engage, use and market with Facebook is raging as the social networks 700m strong userbase firmly places it on every marketer's radar. In this controversial guest blog by Mark Rogers of Market Sentinel, he investigates the numbers, the reality and gives brands 3 simple rules.
All this summer we have been looking at the effectiveness of Facebook for a variety of big brand customers. Here is what we have discovered, and for Facebook it doesn’t make pretty reading.
The Advanced Email Conference, taking place in London on 15th November, will discuss the difficult task of creating personalised, targeted and engaging email campaigns that stand out in the sea of emails we receive on a daily basis.
The organisers, Global Insight Conferences, have offered an exclusive discount for Chinwaggers (see below). Here's what they have to say about the conference:
It's award season and time for nominees to gather public votes. Having got your eye in with some thumbs-up, thumbs-down action on the SXSW panel picker, it's time for voting in the Smarta 100 awards and the Vodafone Mobile Clicks competition.
And we're chuffed that our friends and Digital Mission alumni ParcelGenie, Teamly and Zkatter have made it through to the Smarta 100, vote for them, or, if you must the other nominees ;-) - here:
For the past 2 months I’ve taken on a community management role for a brand that have a community who don’t like to talk. That’s an understatement. They don’t comment, they barely click “Like” on Updates and all of this is causing me a headache.
I have a monthly meeting with the client about the brand and it’s taking a lot for me to explain to them that I am doing my job correctly.
At SoCon 2011 (Thurs 20th October) you'll hear marketers from world leading businesses and brands discuss their journeys of discovery in social media. From building and nurturing communities to the El Dorado of monetisation and co-creation.
We're delighted the organisers have offered one lucky Chinwagger the chance to win free conference tickets for themselves and a colleague.
Voting ends for the annual SXSW Panelpicker on today at 11:59 CDT - which on this side of the pond translates to 5:59am tomorrow morning (Saturday 3rd September).
Chinwag Live returns to London on Wed 5 Oct, 2011 with an evening session that explores what happens When Customer Service Goes Social, sponsored by Conversocial.
The impact of social media is having an increasing impact on the way organisations market themselves and interact with their customers. Conversations previously confined to phone or letter are now taking place publicly on Facebook, twitter and other social media channels.
Taking place right in the middle of National Customer Service Week our expert panel will look into the profound impact social media is having on how corporates interact with their existing and prospective customers.
The Digital Brand Strategy Summit 2011 (22nd November) is designed to create a unique showcase from leading brands and industry experts on how to create, launch and implement an effective Digital Marketing Strategy for your brand.
We're delighted the organisers have offered 2 lucky Chinwagger(s) the chance to win a free conference ticket.
