BNI Cobbold on Facebook

You are cordially invited to become a fan of BNI Cobbold Ipswich on our very own Facebook Page.

The page features up to the minute postings from the BNI Cobbold leadership team and members.

If you would like to be part of the growth of our Chapter in Ipswich, please visit our page on Facebook and become a fan.

If you know of anyone else in your contacts on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn or any of the other Social Networks, please feel free to ‘Retweet’ or ‘Share’ this post.

We look forward to welcoming you.

Matt Porter
Web Site Coordinator
BNI Cobbold Ipswich

10 Minute Presentation

Right now Matt Porter is presenting his business and particularly Social Media Pack as part of his 10 Minute presentation to BNI Cobbold Chapter in Ipswich, UK. Its 8.08am (London Time), and we are sitting in David Lloyd Health Club.

Matt is demonstrating Social Media Pack’s integration with Wordpress, Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr, and how companies using the power of social networking working together with  ‘permission marketing’ can effectively drive ‘warm’ leads to their web sites.

If you know of a business that is looking to market themselves to millions of potential customers, ask them to contact Matt Porter Web Design at socialmedia@mattporter.com

If you want to follow Matt on the social networks and find out more about Social Media Pack, go to:

For Social Media Pack information go to:-

http://twitter.com/socialmediapack
http://www.facebook.com/socialmediapack
http://www.socialmediapack.co.uk

To follow Matt directly on Twitter go to:-

http://twitter.com/mattporterwd

If all goes well, it should be approx 7:40am (London Time), on Friday 4th September 2009. I am attending BNI Cobbold Chapter in Ipswich, UK. To demonstrate the speed and ease of posting to multiple Social Networks, this post will be triggered during my sixty second presentation.

“My name is Matt Porter from Matt Porter Web Design Limited, based in Ipswich, we design, build, manage, host and optimise web sites for all sizes of business across the world.

This week, I would like to demonstrate the speed and simplicity of using Social Media Pack for business, this sixty seconds and the attached photograph of the BNI members present.

Members should go to www.socialmediapack.co.uk or twitter.com/socialmediapack after the meeting you will see this post in all it’s glory. This week I am looking for businesses that are looking to generate leads to their web sites, including via the search engines.

That’s Matt Porter Web Design, Bringing your business to the world.”

Social Media is the current “Buzz Word” on the Internet, but how can Social Media help your business?

Here are some facts and figures from Facebook, who have just reached 250,000,000 active users.

As you can see, Facebook is still primarily UK, USA and Northern Europe, but growing at an enormous rate every day.

How can Facebook help my business?

Facebook gives Business the opportunity to set up their own page. This page should contain all the relevant information about your business, such as the type of products or services you provide, your opening times and relevant news stories about your business. It’s relatively straightforward to set up, however you do need to keep an eye on your page to ensure it’s kept up to date.

So, what about Twitter, everyone seems to be talking about it?

Twitter is a reasonable new kid on the social media block, however it has seem massive growth over the past 12 months. The key to Twitter is its simplicity of use and also the speed in which its content is distributed.

When a plane made an emergency landing on the Hudson in January, the first reports were posted on Twitter long before the regular news agencies got to the scene (see here).

Twitter is considered superior to other Social Media sites, because users only get to see the information they want. This is achieved by ‘Followers’. Information from these followers is displayed on Twitter users screens in chronological order. There are now 25,000,000+ people using Twitter for personal and business use.

How can Twitter help my business?

Twitter users only see the information they request, if they decide to follow you, it’s because they are interested in you and the products and services you offer. By keeping  your Twitter stream alive, you are marketing to your potential customers 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

What about Blogs, I hear a lot about them too?

Blogs (or Web Logs) are web sites specifically designed to tell visitors about the person, their interest or their Businesses. This might be latest offers, product information or stories about how those products and services helped another business save money.

Blogs are simple to maintain, but again you should ensure that you keep the information stream alive (ie. Keep writing content). So in fairness, you should write a blog post at least once or twice a month (However there are many blogs that are updated several times a day).

But I don’t have the time to do all of this, I am busy enough running my business!!??

If you feel you don’t have the time to manage all this information, all is not lost. Matt Porter Web Design offer a Social Media Pack, the pack is specifically designed for businesses who don’t have the time to write multiple posts to a variety of Social Media sites, but can afford the time to spend a few minutes a week updating ONE place.

If you are currently producing a E-Newsletter, then the information on this newsletter can be simply copied and pasted and used in the Social Media Pack.

For more information about how our Social Media Pack can help you or businesses you know, contact Matt Porter Web Design Limited on +44(0)1473 211038 or email socialmedia@mattporter.com.