social media

The Week in Tweets

We spend such a lot of time on Twitter and are kept constantly amused / saddened / inspired / shocked / informed! Here are the top ten tweets that caught our eye this week...

1. Ben Bradshaw ‏@BenPBradshaw

Lovely photo of #Exeter canal this evening taken by constituent. I am the small dot in the water.

2. The Knitting Tent ‏@stormina_teacup

@TheExeterDaily Where's Woolly? #29 An art project celebrating #wool #knitting #crochet ~ 52 #yarnbombs in a year! pic.twitter.com/lUDr93tdTv

3. Great West Run ‏@GreatWestRun

New route, new autumn...

Social:haus warns of 'reputational risk' from password hacks

Authored by Socialhaus
Posted: Fri, 07/12/2013 - 10:54am

Businesses that use online resources are being warned that they risk serious reputational damage if they do not keep on top of their password security according to Devon-based training and marketing agency, Social:haus.

The hacking of social, gaming and other online platforms and resources is nothing new and Social:haus CEO, James Barisic, says that it is the most likely cause of a noticeable spike in the number of hacked Twitter and Facebook accounts appearing online – and an increase in spam messages, including pornography and phishing attacks, appearing on social media streams...

Cosmic wins national BT technology Award

A company in Honiton has won a national technology award from BT for innovation in technology.

Cosmic, ( www.cosmic.org.uk ) a social enterprise offering IT services across the South West, was announced as the winner of the BT Get IT Together Award in this year’s Technology4Good Awards, organised by AbiltyNet.

The award, sponsored by BT, recognises inspiring UK-based organisations which are supporting digital inclusion activities by enabling and encouraging people to get online.

Cosmic, of East Devon Business Centre, Heathpark Way, is an ethical IT company which...

Free - Cosmic & Mole Valley Farmers Workshop: Focus on Facebook for your Business

Event Date: 
09/07/2013 - 2:00pm to 5:00pm
Venue: 
East Devon Business Centre, Honiton

Need to know more about Facebook for your business? Cosmic and Mole Valley Farmers have teamed up to provide you with FREE afternoon of Facebook!

Set up and be proficient with Facebook in an afternoon at the East Devon Business Centre in Honiton. Tuesday 9 July @ 2PM

If you are interested in attending; register for free on our Eventbrite page: www.mvfwfacebook.eventbrite.co.uk .

Or visit our website www.cosmic.org.uk

Free support for Exeter, East & Mid Devon sports

Sport clubs across the Exeter, East and Mid Devon area are taking up the opportunity of free support to help them run their club and grow their membership, making the most of the workshops on funding and marketing through social media on offer on the night.

County Sport Partnership Active Devon is delivering the Club Support evening on Monday 10 June at Exeter City Football Club, St James’ Park, Exeter and are urging all sports clubs to utilise this free resource.

The evenings offer clubs the opportunity to find out about the latest programmes and the workshops will focus...

Double Award scoop for Exeter-based web design and online marketing agency

The champagne corks were popping for Optix Solutions, one of the South West’s leading web design and online marketing agencies, at the Express and Echo 2013 Business Awards this year.

Not only was Optix Solutions’ Director Alastair Banks winner of the Entrepreneur of the Year, Alastair and Co-Director James Dawkins picked up the award for Employer of the Year.

"It was an amazing night" said Alastair, "we are having such a great year and feel honoured to have been recognised in our local community. Optix has gone from strength to strength and we couldn’t have done this...

No-onecaresaboutme.com!

Is this what your website would say if it had a voice? How many of you have invested your time and in some cases, a not inconsequential amount of money, in a website only to leave it floundering out there in cyberspace fighting for its intergalactic life! Out of date information, typos, old images, missing information on built pages, outdated screen sizes, links that don’t work, no social media links and half-hearted attempts to be social, news features and blogs several months old, text-heavy content, poor visuals, the list goes on and on…

And yet, there are hundreds, if not...

Twit or Tweet?

With Social Media marketing taking on a life of its own in recent years, we at The Plum Consultancy ask what is relevant and what isn’t? How many people are drowning under the barrage of tweets, shares, likes, LinkedIn requests and Google+ notifications? Are they all meaningful or are tweets being re-tweeted within an inch of their lives and is anyone taking any notice or is it all going in the spam folder?!

We believe the considered approach is the only approach to have when using and dealing with Social Media for business purposes. Social Media is as much about relationship...

Social media demonstration planned after dogs slaughtered

A mass demonstration on social media has been planned in Chile following the grim discovery of over 40 poisoned stray dogs in Punta Arenas. The so-called 'tweetstorm' is scheduled to take place on Wednesday.

On Sunday hundreds of protesters gathered at the Plaza de Armas Benjamín Muñoz Gamero and marched to the home of Bishop Bernardo Bastres, who called for the eradication of the dogs following an attack. Local media have reported: “God created things to be at the service of humans,” Bastres declared. “This is a principle of the Genesis. Everything is at our service. I don’t want...

Key speakers come together for a business event with a difference

15 Minute Wonders - a business seminar with a difference - is due to be hosted at Buckerell Lodge, Topsham Road, Exeter on 17th January 2013.

Based on the Pecha Kucha and TED concepts of keeping presentations concise, fast paced and generating curiosity, Southwestfd have brought together some of the region’s most professional public speakers for an evening of 15 minute wonders. Each speaker will present for 15 minutes on a key business function, giving you a valuable insight into how to improve your business success.

There will be a speaker panel Q&A session and the...

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