business & innovation

5 Tricks To Get More Retweets [infographic]

Getting Retweets

Quick Sprout, the digital marketing and social media hub, has released a useful infographic outlining the factors which influence the chance of retweets. Adhering to these guidelines will apparently boost the chances of your tweets being shared:

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7 August 2013 by Patrik Wagner

SMWLDN 2013: Hubs, VIP Passes and Sponsors Announced

Social Media Week London

Social Media Week London 2013 is approaching rapidly, and we're celebrating the release of two of our three Official Hubs!

Our SMWLDN HQ location is still being kept a secret, although we can confirm that it will be located in Covent Garden! Bloomberg's tech savvy offices in East London will serve as the location of our Business & Entrepreneurship Hub, while Virgin is hosting the Disruptors Hub in Paddington.

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1 August 2013 by Patrik Wagner

Behavioural Economics for the Web

We'll be discussing experiments and successes in using behavioural economics in online and digital. There will be some lovely breakfast, as well as nibbles to carry us into midday.

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Date: 24 September 2013
Location: Digital Shoreditch HQ, UK

Rewire London 2014

What happens when you bring together 150 of the brightest brains in business, design and technology? Find out. Be part of it.

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Date: 7 March 2014
Location: Google Campus, UK

The Ultimate Social Media Post

Perfect Blog Post

Sharing and declaring are the foundation of social media, but businesses are still unable to decide on one issue: is there such a thing as the ideal post?

What makes consumers like a post? What makes them share? Answering these questions is tough, but can lead to an increase in awareness and stronger customer relationships.

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29 July 2013 by Patrik Wagner

Meaning 2013

Meaning conference is the annual gathering for people who believe business can and must be better in the 21st century. Our speakers are international thinkers and doers from business, academia and activism. Join us and be part of change.

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Date: 8 November 2013
Location: Brighton Dome Corn Exchange, UK

MiniBarCamp ‘Perfect your Pitch: fundraise and accelerate your business’

MiniBarLabs invite you to a special two-day free conference for London-based businesses in the creative/tech sectors, in partnership with Ravensbourne’s Digital Media Innovation Consultancy (DMIC) incubator programme.

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Date: 21 August 2013
Location: Ravensbourne, UK

The Tech Business MiniMBA #8: Effective Software Development Management

The Tech Business MiniMBA #8: Effective Software Development Management presented by Peter Brownell

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Date: 8 August 2013
Location: Young Foundation, UK

Performance Marketing Insights: London

Performance Marketing Insights: London is a two day conference and exhibition offering education and networking for the performance marketing industry.

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Date: 29 October 2013
Location: Park Plaza, Westminster Bridge, UK

Performance Marketing Insights:London

Harnessing all areas of Performance Marketing on an international platform, Performance Marketing Insights brings together the key decision makers from across the world Providing the best in Networking and a real chance to meaningfully connect with the people who matter, for everyone whose serious about getting smarter with their performance.

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Date: 29 October 2013
Location: The Park Plaza, Westminster Bridge, UK

Track and Yield: Get Wise and Analyse, says Decibel Research

Putting pieces together

Want a visually appealing, well structured, content rich website? Tick.

Want to analyse its performance? Not so much.

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22 July 2013 by Ben Harris

The Xchanging London Market Conference

The Xchanging London Market Conference will be focusing on the digital world - specifically with a focus of bringing claims, technology and people together.

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Date: 6 November 2013
Location: Etc. Venues St. Paul's, UK

Getting the balance right: How to lead a successful design agency

Balance

Many design agencies are run by talented creatives who believe they have unique insight. 

They live and breathe the rarefied atmosphere of the creative process that aims to produce the Single Grand Idea and captivate the consumer.

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17 July 2013 by Allison McSparr...

Learning from success– The Tech Startup Meetup

We will be bringing together some biggest success stories of tech start-ups in the last decade and finding out how they achieved monumental growth and success within a matter of years. The Digital Pond will be inviting them to share their secrets of success, and how to utilise new technologies to gain a competitive advantage.

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Date: 1 August 2013
Location: Old Sessions, UK

The Festival of Marketing

Celebrating Modern Marketing in the Age of Disruption Econsultancy launch The Festival of Marketing, laying bare an entirely new landscape to help marketers tackle the challenges of an industry on the move www.festivalofmarketing.com

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Date: 8 October 2013
Location: various, London, UK