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Hanging Up The Telephone?

Switchboard

As more and more companies effectively rip out their telephone lines to replace them with online channels, the accessibility and speed of the Internet seems to be heralded as a more effective way of businesses communicating with their customers.

But once the dial tones fades, will online customer service just shine a light on faults within in a brand?

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25 July 2011 by Diana Yeboah

Chinwag's 4-Step Guide for Brilliant Event Promotion

Crowd

The benefits of hosting and running an event are obvious. In one fail swoop, your influential speakers will draw in guests who could end up being potential partners, consumers or even investors.

Your event will be the toast of the digital town, elevating your brand in a dynamic way. The only drawback? The niggly fact that everybody wants a slice of the events pie. So what to do?

In such an overcrowded market, strategic planning and promotion can see your event being firmly pencilled into the diaries of those that matter. But navigating the choppy waters of promotions can be tricky for even the savviest of marketers, so we've come up with four easy ways to promote your event.

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21 July 2011 by Diana Yeboah

Silicon Valley Start Ups - how & why we should copy them fast!

LikeOurselves was set up as a UK company. However, co-founders Pardeep Kullar and Steven Lai soon found that it's suicidal not to take the best tips from US companies when building a start-up. Learn about the trials and tribulations Pardeep and Steven faced along the way.

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Date: 3 August 2011
Location: Central, UK

Communications for a Digital World

Join Media Trust and our digital partners for this fast paced one-day conference on communicating in a digital world.

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Date: 14 July 2011
Location: Media Trust, UK

Digital Brand Strategy Summit 2011

The Digital Brand Strategy Summit 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.

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Date: 22 November 2011
Location: Prospero House, UK

London Startup Weekend 09/11

Startup Weekends are 54-hour events designed to provide superior experiential education for technical and non-technical entrepreneurs.

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Date: 9 September 2011
Location: Clerkenwell Workshops, UK

SF MusicTech Summit

The SF MusicTech Summit brings together visionaries in the music/technology space, along with the best and brightest developers, entrepreneurs, investors, service providers, journalists, musicians and organizations.

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Date: 12 September 2011
Location: Hotel Kabuki, US

Social Media Results For PR & Comms Conference

Tried and tested social media strategies from 22 brands to cut through all the noise, mobilise engagement and clearly demonstrate real results.

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Date: 29 November 2011
Location: Hotel Russell, UK

Internet Week Europe 2011

Internet Week is a five-day festival of events to celebrate Europe's thriving internet industry and community.

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Date: 7 November 2011
Location: City Wide, UK

.YourBrandHere As Domain Name System Embraces Brands

Domain Names Bench, Bristol

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has announced plans to dramatically increase the amount of domain suffixes allowed for websites in one of the biggest ever changes to the Internet's Domain Name System.

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28 June 2011 by Lauren Cotton

Content and The Consumer: Making the connection

A rare chance to learn from Matt Atkinson, Tesco's new Group Marketing and Digital Officer (previously Global CEO of Agency network Euro RSCG 4D) about the methods and strategies used in engaging consumers with great content.

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Date: 14 July 2011
Location: The Hospital Club, UK

Social Media Marketing from Start to Finish

“Do you want to drive sales at your business by incorporating social media into your marketing strategy? This workshop helps participants understand how they can utilise the latest social media tools as part of their wider marketing strategy in a practical and insightful way.”

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Date: 6 July 2011
Location: Link Humans, UK

Practical Crowdsourcing + Crowdfunding - Engaging Citizens and Customers with Social Media and Web2.0

Crowdsourcing and Crowdfunding are not new, but their impact on the way organizations operate and make decisions or fund change is evolving more each day. In fact - some organizations are built around the wisdom of the crowd as part of their business model.

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Date: 20 June 2011
Location: Innovation Warehouse London, UK

Music 4.5: Brand discovery...

Music 4.5: Brand discovery... A showcase and discussion - in collaboration with Brand-e.biz

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Date: 28 September 2011
Location: Central London location TBA, UK

Young Entrepreneurs Hackday @Techhub

Are you a software developer or designer? Are you a product manager, marketer or startup enthusiast? If so, come build a website or smart phone app at: TechHub on 25th June from 9am-11pm

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Date: 25 June 2011
Location: Tech Hub, UK