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In case you’re wondering if I’m talking about a wobbly dessert, read here first! I’ve been asked quite a lot over the last year about why I do Jelly – there’s a number of reasons, but the main one is I just like bringing people/businesses together; it’s a really powerful way of helping businesses grow [...]

When I first started out on twitter, I quickly heard about a feature within certain twitter applications (such as tweetdeck and hootsuite) where you could schedule tweets. ‘Schedule Tweets?!?!?!?’ Was my reply, why that’s the antithesis of what twitter is all about – uh hello, real-time conversations anyone?! Then over time I became a little [...]

Yesterday I witnessed something pretty special – a social media marketing campaign that (bar a few niggles below) delivered a very strong positive message for Virgin. Virgin did something pretty darn good – and it’s secret? Simplicity: engage, ask people what the next BIG Virgin idea should be and do a blinking good competition.   [...]

The world of networking is changing, fact. I’ve noticed quite an evolution in terms of how we build meaningful business relationships over the last 7 years since moving up to Shropshire. A collection of my thoughts are below: In the olden days…. In years gone by (yes I am older than I look!), networking used [...]

I just thought I’d let you know about all the amazing Jelly events happening in Shropshire next month – but first of all remember there are now over 60 Jelly events every month UK-Wide – to find your nearest one please visit the UK Jelly website. 1. The monthly free Jelly events – Ludlow, Shrewsbury, [...]