business & innovation

MINIBAR WORKSHOP: Business Model Development for Web Start Ups

This workshop will focus on how to build revenue models ranging from freemium models, subscription, to b2b2c options.

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Date: 13 October 2010
Location: Young Foundation, UK

ONLINE BUSINESS ESSENTIALS 3: Effective Search Engine Optimization Strategies

All businesses want to show up first in an organic search on Google and Bing, but how can you achieve this? This workshop will give you an overview of effective techniques and show you how to get ahead of the competition and increase your customer base and revenue.

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Date: 30 September 2010
Location: T8-04 Tower Building, UK

MINIBAR WORKSHOP: Fundraising and Investment Strategies

In this workshop, we hope to help you discover appropriate ways of fundraising for your company, such as: when and when not to go to a venture capitalist; methods for designing a fundraising strategy, and common issues to watch out for.

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Date: 29 September 2010
Location: Young Foundation, UK

ONLINE BUSINESS ESSENTIALS 2: Increase Your Online Visibility

This workshop will introduce Google Analytics and explain how to use it effectively and how to integrate it into marketing campaigns. Other analytics tools will also be considered, and participants will be given advice on how to analyze the origins of their web traffic and convert their traffic into sales.

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Date: 22 September 2010
Location: T8-04 Tower Building, UK

ONLINE BUSINESS ESSENTIALS 1: An Introduction to Online Business

The first workshop in the Online Business Essentials series provides an introduction to the skills required for putting a business online and creating an online presence.

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Date: 21 September 2010
Location: T8-04 Tower Building, UK

Web Analytics

To optimize return on investment you need to measure how users react to campaigns and most importantly what makes a visit into a sale (conversion). In this workshop we will introduce tools and techniques used analyze web traffic.

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Date: 15 September 2010
Location: Young Foundation, UK

Search Engine Optimization

This workshop will explain how to pick the right key phrases that best fit your business, identify who your searchers are, and which search engines would be best used to draw them in.

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Date: 1 September 2010
Location: Young Foundation, UK

MiniBar Data about Data

This month we will focusing on Metadata - the data about data that lets us find content, contextualize it, stream it etc. As part of an upcoming funding call on 'metadata' by the Technology Strategy Board, we will be hearing more about it from some experts.

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Date: 27 August 2010
Location: Corbet Place Bar, UK

Adobe Creative Suite 5 Seminar Roadshow: London

Come and see what's new and good in the latest version of Adobe Creative Suite 5. Covered in these sessions will be Design : Photoshop, Indesign, Illustrator, Acrobat Web : Flash, Dreamweaver, and Flash Catalyst

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Date: 2 September 2010
Location: Academy Class, UK

Summer BBQ - 26th August - Discount Tickets Still Available

Burgers on the Grill by Don LaVange

We didn't take much persuading by the folks who'd been on the Digital Missions that a gathering might be in order to mark the end of the Summer. 

We've hooked up with the Digital Mission alumni and Bootlaw regulars to gather, mingle, chat and sup a cold beverage. Let's face it, we don't need much of an excuse and it's a great opportunity to meet interesting people doing interesting things.

Tickets cost £15 (+VAT and booking fee), but there's still a few tickets available at the discounted rate (use code: 'dm' to get a 3rd off), but they're being snapped up quickly. At the time of writing there's already 100 people on the list, so make sure you grab your ticket soon.

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Help Build Megalist of British Panels Submitted to SXSW

SXSW 2010 Interactive Programme by Sam Michel

Can it really be that time of year already? The PanelPicker for South by South West Interactive (SXSW), the annual mass-gathering of digital types in Austin, Texas is open for votes and we're building a list of all the panels submitted from the UK.

The lengthy journey to Austin hasn't deterred an increasing numbers of Brits from making the trek, with initiatives like the Digital Mission to SXSW organised by Chinwag, which involved nearly 100 companies this year mixing with over 14,000 delegates from the US and beyond.

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'WORDS UP' - MUSIC WRITING FOR PEOPLE WHO MEAN BUSINESS

This innovative music journalism course aims to engage a breed of writer who has the drive and talent to steer a new anti-churnalism campaign - with our help.

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Date: 11 October 2010
Location: university of westminster, UK

Bootlaw and Digital Mission Summer BBQ

Sizzling sausages and other char-grilled delights are on the menu combined with the opportunity for the Digital Mission alumni and Bootlaw regulars to gather, mingle, chat and sup a cold beverage. Let's face it, we don't need much of an excuse and it will be the last week of Summer.

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Date: 26 August 2010
Location: The Driver, UK

The evolution of on-demand TV: Digital designers cash in on Project Canvas

Television by *USB*

Project Canvas, a partnership formed by some of the biggest names in broadcasting and digital, has recently received its backing from the BBC trust. The project could change the way in which commercial entities communicate with consumers and the scope for digital content development and interactive services could be huge. So how can digital designers attempt to capitalise on this new venture? And how will it change the market place?
 

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TechHub Movie Night

Where can you find movies, geeks, entrepreneurs, drinks, snacks and...er...more geeks this Friday? TechHub movie night! Vote for the old school tech film you want to see.

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Date: 6 August 2010
Location: TechHub, UK