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Comment on WordPress UK North cont… by Northern UK Bloggers’ Meet-Up

Northern UK Bloggers’ Meet-Up — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 14:50:54 +0000

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Comment on Configuring the Postie Plugin by Richard

Richard — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 11:23:30 +0000

Terry, It’s been a while since I looked at or used the postie plugin for moblogging, but a client recently raised the question of a moblogging facility so I’ll be reimmersing myself in postie over the next few weeks.

All I can say is “Watch this space…” as I’m very busy right now.

Comment on Configuring the Postie Plugin by Terry

Terry — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:44:46 +0000

I’m trying to configure Postie – I’m not getting an option screen, so I can’t figure out where to enter my email server information or email address I want to sent to. Any suggestions? I already deleted and re-downloaded Postie, still not getting the option screen. I have the latest wordpress and postie release. Thanks.

Comment on BNI 10 Minute Presentation by Lexus in Lincoln | Lincoln Web Design

Lexus in Lincoln | Lincoln Web Design — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 09:40:01 +0000

[...] At Friday’s BNI meeting fellow BNI member James Boughton-Thomas, Centre Principal of Lexus in Lincoln stepped in to do the 10 Minute Presentation. [...]

Comment on WordPress UK North – First Meeting by Northern Bloggers Meetup - Wordpress Specialists

Northern Bloggers Meetup - Wordpress Specialists — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 10:35:57 +0000

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Comment on BNI 10 Minute Presentation by Richard

Richard — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 08:45:55 +0000

That’s an excellent plan Paul – I’ll pass it on to our chapter members.

Thanks again!

Comment on BNI 10 Minute Presentation by Paul Boulton

Paul Boulton — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 08:14:03 +0000

Hi,

ius my turn to do the 10 minute spot this Friday (12/9/08) at our Chapter, Cookson in South Shields, N.E. England.

I think the best formula is one of simplicity. Firstly introduce yourself and say your business name. Next, pick 3 things that you do, at the lowest level, and give about 2 minutes on each one. Its easy if you think of each one as a story and how you helped one customer do that one thing.

Repeat a different story for each of the three subjects, and add about 20-30 seconds after each story on what would make a good referral for you on that subject.

This will have used up about 8-9 minutes of your 10 minutes. use the extra minute to point out perhaps a free bit of advice in your subject area that your ’sales team’ can pass along to their contacts. This, again, could be in a story form – the more amusing/unusual the better.

hope this help

Paul
RedGymShoes.co.uk
Branded gifts to leave a lasting impression.

Comment on Technology – Reaching SMEs by Benjamin

Benjamin — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:45:54 +0000

Hmm… One to ponder. you certainly can’t reach them via the cutting edge of social media – although there are some exceptions, and it is something that is changing very rapidly right now.

The challenge is connecting with how they run their business, without telling them how to run it! They know how too more than any marketeer does… We’ll come back to this one I’l sure!

Comment on Technology – Reaching SMEs by Richard

Richard — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:49:38 +0000

So if I understand you right, Benjamin, actually show/demonstrate the technology, not just talk benefits.

In a totally unconnected way, I’d been thinking of running a ’show and tell’ session with existing/potential clients. Of course, the exact same concern came up – how do I motivate these SMEs to come along?

Agree that social media could be the key, but as I think only 5% of computer users use RSS what are the chances of increasing those figures and by extension into social media.

I’m going round in circles here – are we back to more tech evangelists?

I recall in 1996, it was all education, education, education. No one in Lincolnshire seemed convinced that the Web was where it was going to be for businesses.

Back to square one – over to you Benjamin and Chris… :)

Comment on Technology – Reaching SMEs by Benjamin

Benjamin — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 09:09:32 +0000

I’d say go even further, when marketing to SMEs, focus on the application, even more than the benefits. Owner managers don’t have the time to figure out what it is that you can do for them, or how it is going to help, so joining the dots is important.

The SME space is notoriously fragmented, hence my and Chris’s conversation – finding us SME folks together is tought. Hopefully social media will fix that!

Comment on WordPress UK North cont… by Richard

Richard — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 07:23:33 +0000

Update: No further alterations to the postie plugin required to be able to include hypertext links in a post – simply use standard HTML code.

I did suspect this, but hate assuming – it’s been tested now. :)

Comment on WordPress UK North cont… by Richard

Richard — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 12:09:06 +0000

Wuups, Jon. I’ve now rectified that and linked all the site addresses in the post. Having posted from my mobile I’d really like to see if I can get hypertext links to work. Guess I’ll have to take a look at the Postie plugin again.

Comment on WordPress UK North cont… by Jon Eland

Jon Eland — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 23:32:30 +0000

Nice summary… tho, I guess http://www.photocamp.org.uk didn’t make the edit lol. Hope to see you again soon.