Social media

It’s Tuesday and that can only mean one thing, EYorksHour! 

Last week our networking session was based around the theme of ‘being communal' and after reading the latest figures on British businesses, we tested the theory and it turned out that the participants of #EYorksHour are very communal too. If you missed out, don’t worry! You can read what was discussed by following this link: http://ow.ly/uI3zv 

It was said during last week that social media is a great tool for providing support and advice to other local businesses whilst also being able to make effective relationships that benefit both contacts. 

Therefore this week our theme is Social Media. 

According to MediaBistro, twitter handles more search queries than Yahoo or Bing combined. More Facebook profiles (5) are being created every second than there are people being born (4.5). So when you consider facts like these and the potential for reaching a wider target market, how do you then go about using social media? 

In addition to our usual networking fun, tonight we have enlisted the help of @AbstractEM to provide you with live support and advice for all of your social media questions. All you have to do, is send them a tweet and they will get straight back to you with some top notch guidance. For instance, if you want to know how to set up a YouTube channel, they will have the answers. Or if you need advice on the best times to tweet in a day - then just tag @AbstractEM #EYorksHour in your tweet. 

Abstract Events and Media are specialists in events and online communications with a whole heap of creative services such as, social media management, training, and strategy building. You can check out their website here: http://ow.ly/uI293 

Here are a few pointers up for discussion tonight:

• What platforms do you use to engage with customers and clients?

• Do you actively research the latest social media trends to keep up with how you should be interacting with your audience?

• How do you schedule social media activity into your day? 

• Are you the social media voice of your business or does someone else look after that for you?

• What lean time do you find appropriate for tweets, comments and messages to be answered? 

• How do you prioritise networking hours? Do you pick a specific one or tap into all of them? 

We are looking forward to hearing your thoughts on #socialmedia tonight between 8pm and 9pm and don’t forget to use #EYorksHour in your tweets to keep up with the conversations. 

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P.s If you haven't already, please complete our quick survey to have your say in how we can improve #EYorksHour: http://ow.ly/uI4sm