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Wednesday, November 18th, 2009
Toby Parkins of UKNetWeb as well as Aren Grimshaw of Tonick Media and Rob Edlin of Niddocks Internet Marketing presented at the Friday 13th Marketing Seminar in Newquay. The event received a great response with over 100 people attending. We have made Toby’s powerpoint presentation public through Slideshare. (more…)
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Friday, October 30th, 2009
After a really busy month we have finally put the latest webinar recording online. This was a joint webinar with Aren Grimshaw of Tonickmedia and Toby Parkins of UKNetWeb. This series of webinars began in early 2009 and have now developed into a webinar format. (more…)
Tags: social media, social media taster course, webinar
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Monday, August 31st, 2009

Social Media Webinar - UKNetWeb and Tonick Media - Aren Grimshaw presenting
The Social Media for Business Taster Webinar delivered by UKNetWeb with Tonick Media was an outstanding success. This was the first in the series of taster courses to be entirely delivered through a webinar platform following a series of physically located seminars based in St Agnes, Cornwall.
The event was almost entirely marketed digitally with over one third of attendees discovering the course through Twitter. Most attendees were located in Britain and the United States of America although there were attendees from Finland and Canada. (more…)
Tags: aren grimshaw, Marketing, social media, toby parkins, webinar
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Monday, August 31st, 2009
The Social Media for Business Taster Webinar on 27th August 2009 was well received with over 25 people viewing from 4 different countries. We have captured a video and audio recording of the main content of the presentation which can be viewed below.
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Tags: aren grimshaw, smtc, social media, toby parkins, web 2.0, Web Development, webinar
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Monday, August 31st, 2009
This chatroom transcript was taken from the Social Media for Business Taster Webinar on 27th August 2009. The event itself took the form of a video and audio delivered presentation delivered in 2 parts by Toby Parkins and Aren Grimshaw. (more…)
Tags: Add new tag, aren grimshaw, smtc, social media, toby parkins, web 2.0, Web Development, webinar
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Friday, April 3rd, 2009
A copy of yesterday’s ‘Social Media for Business – Social Media Taster Course‘ Powerpoint Presentations are shown below.
For all those who could not get a place on the first course, please get in touch, as we are hoping to run another event on Thursday May 7th. (more…)
Tags: smtc, social media, social media course, social media for business, social media taster course, uknetweb
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Friday, November 21st, 2008
The last few weeks has seen a barrage of negative stories dominating the news channels around the globe.
No one can argue that the outlook is a little bleak in some quarters; however, as we hope to show you, there are still some positive rays of hope out there getting lost amongst all the talk of economic downturn and recession. (more…)
Tags: always look on the bright side, Business, downturn, ecommerce, facts, profits, recession, retail, uknetweb
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Tuesday, November 11th, 2008
Cornish Facebook users are being warned not to open suspicious links in their Facebook accounts after a Trojan virus made its way through the profiles of hundreds of users in the county. (more…)
Tags: business in cornwall, cornwall, facebook, Hack, Messages, Security, social media, Social Networking
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Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
Making money online is not about having the biggest site out there but giving your potential customers the very best online experience they can get.
The task of building the perfect website is an ongoing one. Continuous monitoring, tweaking and updating is the only way to ensure your site is the very best it can be.
Here are ten tips to improve your website…
1. Understand the customer – sounds simple but so many people get it wrong.
Get all your great products together with a clearly defined and communicated brand message and you’re on to a winner!
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Tags: list, Marketing, online, online marketing, seo, tips, Web Development, website
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Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
Although web cart abandonment rates are falling year on year, businesses looking to maximise their profits online still need to work hard to ensure that their customers aren’t put off making that all important purchase. In this article, Toby Parkins, Managing Director of web development company, ukneweb, outlines some ways e-commerce owners can reduce cart abandonment and drive increased sales on the web.
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Tags: abadonment, business online, E-commerce, ecommerce, lists, making money online, online business, online shop, online store, online strategy, selling online, shopping cart, tips, web cart, web cart abandonment, Web Development, web stratgy, websites
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