5 February 2010 - Free Charity Seminar on Social Media and Twitter
Aware that many charities from different causes were eager to engage and learn more about responsible social networking and in particular Twitter, we organised and hosted a completely free one day seminar in the boardroom at Festival House. Delegates, who came from all over the country, listened intently to several presentations including one from BPE Solicitors LLP who are members of the Charity Law Association. They gave advice on legal issues to be aware of including copyright infringement, cyber-squatting and damage to reputation which all those attending found exceptionally valuable.
Mike Payton of TAP Business Development created an excellent course on the subject of Twitter - from setting up a page, connecting with followers, adding pictures, geotagging, and Twitterquette! After a buffet lunch this was followed by a seminar on Innov8ive SEO and effective organic search engine optimisation with the emphasis on how to keep a site active and therefore enhancing search engine rankings. One way to do this is to incorporate your Twitter feed or blog within your website!
All those attending were at varying stages of using social networking tools which was advantageous especially whilst networking with each other and during Q & A sessions with the presenters.
Delegates were asked for topics they would like to hear about in future seminars and they included Data Protection and marketing techniques which they are eager to attend.
As well as our AniLog Animal Welfare charity clients we also invited other charity organisations to attend as our guests. Since the event two of the charities have now set up their Twitter site which has been really gratifying for all those involved as it has enabled them to engage with a new and wider community.
10 December 2009 - HSBC Economic Overview
Christina Johnston, Business Development Director at Innov8ive Software attended a members breakfast briefing event organised by chartered accountants and business advisers, Hazlewoods LLP. The speaker was Mark Berrisford-Smith, Chief Economist at HSBC and the subject was the "HSBC Economic Overview. Hosted by David Williams, Partner and Head of Corporate Services at Hazlewoods it was very informative and focussed also on the pre-budget report including changes to VAT etc.
3 December 2009 - Coutts Network Event
Martin Horwood MP was invited by Christina Johnston, Business Development Director of Innov8ive Software to be guest speaker at a network event she hosted at Festival House. The quarterly women's network meeting was launched early in 2009 by Coutts and over 30 guests attended - companies represented included Coutts, BPE, Von Essen Hotels, Hills Design, Gusto and Beards to name just a few. Martin chose the subject "Why you should stand for Parliament" - a wonderful insight into the history of women in politics and giving his favourite quote from Rebecca West - it can be found on his Facebook page!
George Sherratt, Technical Director of Innov8ive Software introduced Innov8ive Technical Consultant, Chris Newton, who gave a well prepared and received presentation on the importance of SEO and that this should be a priority before building a new website or even when choosing the URL. Research has shown that over 90% of people use search engines to look for what they want and 84% of those won't click past the second results page! The overview also covered Keyword Analysis, On-page and Off-page techniques, bad SEO techniques and Search Engine Marketing.
November 2009
French Magician Nicolas Clement has asked us to conjure up a new website for him using the Innov8ive CMS® Content Management System. His professional close up magic and mind reading truly leaves you speechless as you don't have a clue how he does it! He recently was asked to perform at Simon Cowell's 50th birthday party and others celebrities who have been amazed include Piers Morgan, Jeremy Clarkson, Brian May, Roger Taylor and Sarah Brown who he performed for at Chequers!
NCAR chooses AniLog® and Innov8ive CMS®
All relevant staff at North Clwyd Animal Rescue (NCAR) have now received their training not only for the AniLog® Animal Welfare Solution, but also for their new website which is powered by the Innov8ive CMS content management system. The website is built to comply with WCAG standards and having given NCAR the ability to update the content of their new website as often as they want - with instantaneous results - it will also ensure excellent search engine optimisation (SEO) results for them.
3 July 2009
Innov8ive Software were approached by an electrical appliance testing company, with national coverage, who required a more prominent web presence that complemented the service they provided to their clients - both private and corporate. By understanding their long-term business plan we demonstrated our ability to design and host the websites - 50 in total - that they required in order to achieve their goal. All the sites will be built to "Web Content Accessibility Guidelines" using our Innov8ive CMS fully functional content management system.
We are "currently" in the first stages of the project which is an important commitment by our client - by liaising with them and appreciating their requirements we are confident of exceeding their expectations.