Outlook Training 2007 – Review from a previous workshop
On Thursday 16th April we had 14 people take a Microsoft Outlook 2007 Booster course for 2 hours.
We asked them to take at least 3 top outlook tips away to save time, money or reduce frustration.
We will be running more Microsoft Office Public Training Courses starting at £45/head. Come and join us.
Email dan@theengineroom.co.uk for details
Here’s what some of the attedndees had to say:
“Thank you very much, it was really helpful to me on many levels. Interesting group of people too. Much appreciated.” - Denise – Draycott Nursing
“I didnt know I could use it as a CRM tool!” - Jason – CB Developments
“We have been just scratching the surface of Outlook! Thanks for opening our eyes” - James – Sony Distribution
What Richard had to say:
Twitter 2009-04-26
- What’s better, Facebook or your Landline? #
- Here’s a fun little twitter tool. Powerful too. http://www.tweetwheel.com/ #
- @drlogic We all have a role to play…. As it were. J. in reply to drlogic #
- Dear small biz owner. Do you care how green your IT is? Yes or No #
Ten Ways To Increase Your Twitter Followers
1. Explain to your followers what retweeting is and encourage them to retweet your links. Retweeting pushes your @username into foreign social graphs, resulting in clicks back to your profile. Track your retweets using retweetist.
2. Fill out your bio. Your latest tweets and @replies don’t mean much to someone that doesn’t know you. Your bio is the only place you have to tell people who you are. Also, your bio is displayed on Twitter’s Suggested Users page. Leaving it blank or non-descriptive doesn’t encourage people to add you.
3. As @garyvee says, “link it up.” Put links to your Twitter profile everywhere. Link it on your Digg, LinkedIn, Facebook, blog, email signature, and everywhere else you live online. Also, check out the great feedburner-like badges from TwitterCounter for your blog.
4. Tweet about your passions in life and #hash tag them. Quality content coupled with an easy way to find it never fails. If others enjoy your content, they’ll add you. Learn more about #hash tagging here.
5. Bring your twitter account into the physical world. Every time I give a talk, speak on a panel, shoot a podcast, present slides, or hand out business cards, I figure out a way to broadcast or display my twitter account.
6. Take pictures. Pictures are heavily retweeted/spread around. This one from US Airways Flight 1549 has been viewed 350,000+ times. For mobile pics use iPhone apps such as Tweetie or Twitterific, both which support on the go uploading.
7. Start a contest. @jasoncalacanis offered a free macbook air if he reached the #1 most followed spot. That never happened, but Jason added thousands of followers…brilliant.
8. Follow the top twitter users and watch what they tweet. Pay attention to the type of content they sent out and how they address their audiences.
9. Reply to/get involved in #hash tag memes. search.twitter.com lists the hot ‘trending topics. Look for the #hash topics and jump in on the conversation (see #4 for links to #hash instructions).
10. Track your results. TwitterCounter will show you how many new users you’re adding per day and Qwitter will email you when someone unfollows you after a tweet.
By Kevin Rose. Follow at www.twitter.com/kevinrose
Technology For Marketing Seminar – A review
On Thursday the 16th April we delivered a 1 hr ‘Top Tips’ seminar covering the concept of how to market your business online using a plethora of free tools.
We looked at Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and many more including how to optimise your website and measure results.
Our guest speakers Richard O’Connor from Grab Marketing and Damien Senn from Senn-Sational gave their perspective from years as online marketing and sales gurus.
Here’s what a few attendees had to say:
“Thank you very much for the extremely informative talks today – great stuff, thought it was brilliant.” Keren – Shout! Communications
“I thought that it was great!! My brain is still ticking it all over!! Lots to think about.” Lisa – Ablestoke Consulting
“Just wanted to say how interesting (and entertaining) the session was last week.” Jackie Morley – NHS
Damien talks about his time with us:
Free Laptop Surgery!
It’s Free Fix month again and that means we’re running our Laptop Surgery at Adam St for you lucky people. If you’re out and about and depend on your laptop for work or play then you know how important it is to have it running smoothly.
If you’re laptop is feeling poorly, bring it to us and we’ll give you 30mins with our laptop Guru.
The next Surgery will be held on 20th May from 11am at the usual place: 9 Adam St (www.adamstreet.co.uk), near Embankment station, London.
Please book in a slot with us by calling 08456 447758, emailing info@theengineroom.co.uk or if you’re a member, by letting the wonderful people at Adam St know.
Happy Computing!
The Engine Room.
Global Virus Stats
According to Microsoft, the global average for malware infection is 8.6 out of every 1000 systems—a number that’s lower than we’d have estimated. And apparently Ethiopia and Myanmar run a pretty tight ship, but that could be down to lack on internet access….
Russia and Brazil were found to be the most infected.
Other interesting findings by Microsoft’s cyber security team include that, at the moment, 97% of all emails are spam.
Outlook 2007 Training – What's new, Top Tips, Save Time!
Due to demand, we will be running a more indepth Outlook 2007 Training Session
* Thursday April 16th
* 0930-1200
* Adam St (The Gallery)
* Cost £45/person
Bring your laptop if you can, not essential (We can supply a limited number of laptops for £35)
Who should come?
* Want to know what Outlook 2007 can do for you?
* Do you have Outlook 2007 and want to work smarter?
* Do you simply want to save time and reduce frustration managing your inbox?
(session designed for beginner/intermediates)
Did you know – If you use Exchange (or hosted Exchange) you can either use Outlook 2007 for free, or at a low cost. Just ask us how.
Call 08456 447758 or email helpme@theengineroom.co.uk to book.
What others have said
“Powerful, tangible, relevant” - Claire Lowson – Brand Consultant
“These sessions are a no brainer for us. Our new recruits come back brimming with ideas of how to do things better. Brilliant” - Sue Snell – CJ Recruitment
“Great Session, you really know your IT Onions!” - Linda Williams – Bright Blue Skies
100 Top Tips – Technology For Marketing and PR
Do you know your Twitter from your LinkedIn and your StumbleUpon from your DIGG?
Come and see what free tools are available to market your business online.
* Thursday 16th April
* Adam St (The Gallery)
* 12:30-13:30 (Do not be late!)
* Free! (£50 refundable deposit so secure your space)
* Limited to 20 spaces
Every month we run ’100 Top Tips’ sessions like this to show how technology can improve our working lives.
We feel passionately about getting positive messages out there during recessionary times, building communities and generally putting something back in the pot.
Call 08456 447758 or email dan@theengineroom.co.uk to book your seat
Scumrun 2009!
Hi all,
It’s that time of the year again where I need to ask you for some money!
The event is the Scumrun (formerly Scumball 3000), and for those of you that don’t know, it’s a rally across Europe in a car worth £500 or less in order to raise as much money as possible for the nominated childrens charity.
This year the charity is CHASE Hospice Care for Children (http://www.chasecare.org.uk) and I would love to beat last year’s fundraising of £2000.
Like last year, I would love for you to sponsor my car, and achieve this by “buying” advertising space on the car, all of which you can pay via the Justgiving page detailed below. If you are interested in having your logo on the car, space is given on a first-come basis, with higher donations getting premium spots in the car, such as the bonnet or roof (although whilst space is available you can specify areas such as the wings). Examples of how much you are recommended to pay for the space would be around £400 for a logo of around 60cm x 90cm,£200 for 30cm x 60cm or £250 for 4x 15cm x 30cm (one on each corner), but please don’t look at these as maximums!
If you are interested, please send me your logo in PDF or EPS (as soon as possible), or if you have stickers or vinyl already created please send them my way.
Of course smaller donations are equally welcome for those who love (!) me enough to sponsor me anyway!
Please give as much as you are able to – I know these are difficult times for us all, but the charity needs us now more than ever. Also, if you are a business, the spend is tax deductable (either as charity or marketing spend)!
Donate here: http://www.justgiving.com/scumrun-2009
Cheques are equally welcome – please make them payable to “Chase Hospice Care for Children” and send them to my office.
Thank you in advance,
Eric
Business Coaching – You don't need it?
Your business is cooking on gas. You have your business plan and everything is running according to it, recession or no recession……Right?
If not, read on.
On the last Thursday of each month we run a free workshop in Central London to help push our businesses through their next brick 
wall (For most this is the recession, but not for all) and accelerate growth.
What does it look like?
A free monthly program to learn, share and build a community of likeminded businesses.
When and where?
Adam St on the last Thursday of each month 1430-1600. PS You must RSVP. Limited spaces
Who is running it?
Les Hercules Kalas, our Business Coach for the past 3 years. He is a founding partner at Shirlaws. They turn over $18m, have an international footprint and work with all types and size of business.
Why are we doing this?
Les, who is used to working with O2, Sony and other large corporates also loves working with Startups, businesses stuck at a growth stage (like us) or those looking for ways to innovate through the recession (also us). I am there as an example, to learn, reinforce the frameworks in my business and support friends, colleagues and clients with material I have found to be extremely powerful. As cheesy as this sounds, we want to put something positive out there in response to the flood of negative media messages. It isn’t all doom and gloom. It is also a great opportunity for you to network & build relationships within a community of likeminded people.
How much will it cost?
The first 3 ‘Tasters’ are free. If you want more, there are options geared for smaller businesses, all of which consider ‘Credit Crunched’ budgets.
Who should come
Owners/Managers of smaller businesses (1-100) who want to learn, grow, share, collaborate and ultimately thrive through the recession and on.
Expectations
You will learn useful concepts within one session that you can take back, discuss with the team and perhaps implement. Each ‘Taster’ session is different so you can come to more than 1 if you find it’s for you.
I appreciate that business coaching can be a dirty word to some, misunderstood by many and it is not a magic bullet. Personally I have struggled with it in the past, the people and delivery methods.
However, come and see what YOU think….
What previous attendees have said:
“They say you can’t bottle inspiration. But it does seem that an afternoon spent with Les and Dan uncorks the ideas and enthusiasm to take a business over its next hurdle. Les asks the right questions, builds confidence and provides key strategic guidance. For a small business every hour is precious. The time spent in last Thursday’s coaching was an excellent investment in my business’s future.” - Lucy George, Wordville Limited
“Les was impressive and clearly knows his stuff (very different from the last coach I worked with). The purpose of my visit was to assess if I want to work with Shirlaws. I came away wanting to take it to the next stage.” - Stu MacArthur, Green Oak Living
“Great to have an opportunity to discuss issues in an open environment. I think the venue worked brilliantly for post event networking which was very valuable for me. This demonstrates that Dan has a great network. Thank you” – Alyson Pellowe, People Vision HR
“Thought provoking & challenging” – Catherine Bayfield, Shout! Communications
”The ‘Taster’ session was an effective introduction to business coaching which I was sceptical of. While aware of my own business and personal situation, these free ‘taster’ coaching sessions could prove a catalyst for change, encouraging a commitment to action and the development of lasting growth.” - Victoria Millar, Hy Smith & Assoc
“Stimulating. Great to take a step back and re-think” - Ian Sime, Sime Design
“Simple, concise and very effective” - Geoff Sewell, Incognito Artists
“Powerful frameworks, thank you so much for sharing” - Paul Shafer, Sony Distribution
Dan
Sign up here
or call 08456 447758
or email dan@theengineroom.co.uk to confirm your seat