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`"Always on" for consumers means 'ever onward' for digital marketers.

That's the conclusion of a PwC and IAB survey showing that mobile advertising earned £429.2 million during the first half of 2013, continuing the sector's exponential growth.

We're very excited to announce our latest event in the USA, working with our friends at the amazing SXSW Interactive festival, we're announcing a one-day masterclass, "Doing Business in the USA", designed for international digital firms expanding into the US taking place on Fri 8th March 2013 in Austin, Texas.

Backed by SXSW and building on Chinwag's experience within the Digital Mission series, helping UK firms expand internationally this official SXSW event provides the essential guide for Founders, CEOs and C-level executives planning to enter or expand their business in North America.

Our two events, focusing on the creative industries and taking place as part of Global Entrepreneurship Week and Internet Week Europe are just around the corner!

Join us for free at Enterpising Fashion (Weds 14 Nov) and Enterprising Music (Fri 16 Nov) - we've got a super venue lined up as well as some brilliant speakers ready to share their knowledge with you.

In a collaboration with international online marketing agency, Distilled, Facebook have released their first video providing users with advice for optimising their Facebook Pages for search engines.

The video, "SEO for Facebook Pages" covers the basics on how businesses can optimise their Facebook Page for better ranking and more ownership of the search engine results page for keywords. Viewers are taken through step-by-step guides for a number of processes in building optimised Facebook Pages, followed by how to get links and likes. 

This is a time of unprecedented access to free support for your career and/or business (ED: think Chinwag's Careers Day this Weds).

Whether you’re a school-leaver or a graduate looking for a first job, an entrepreneur / freelancer starting out, or an employee looking to change direction, there is no shortage of individuals and organisations willing to meet, help and support you.

But what to do when you get that opportunity?

Based on a reasonably reliable mix of experience, observation and (occasionally hilarious) anecodotes from others here are a handful of things to help you make the most of the experience, and to leave a positive impression on those who might be helpful again later…

Come along to Chinwag's Careers Day at Digital Shoreditch next week (23rd May), where you'll be able to meet the industry's leading employers including agenices, top brands and exciting start-ups.

If that wasn't reason enough, you'll be able to improve your job-hunt with a brillant programme of advice sessions, with Portfolio Reviews from Vitamin T, CV Surgeries with Chinwag Jobs and Creativity & Ideas Workshops by Hyper Island.

There's limited space, so make sure you book now!