Check out this ad for our next Web Wednesday - My Successful Online Start Up event on Wed 21 March which will go to air on Hot 91 from next week. We hope to see you at this event - great line up! 

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Whether you choose to participate in the online world or not, chances are that you, your business, your products and services are being talked about online. So how do you find out what is being said and begin to manage your reputation online? 

Word of mouth is still one of the most powerful forms of marketing. However with the advent of the internet, this is now often referred to as ‘world of mouth’ as any communication online has the potential to be amplified from its place of origin, and read and shared around the world.

Today’s customers expect to be able to interact with you and your brand and are quick to comment on social media networks, blogs, forums and to provide independent reviews on their experiences with your business. 

Building and managing your online reputation requires understanding what is being said and where, engaging with customers and monitoring the online conversation and a continual basis so you can manage any issues as they arise and maximise any positive opportunities.

On this interview with Queensland's favourite talkback radio station, 4BC, director of The Creative Collective, Yvette Adams offers her top tips on how to manage your online reputation.

Managing Your Online Reputation - 4BC - 17 July 2012

Get Up To Speed and bring your business into the Digital Age! 
Across Australia, the National Broadband Network is being rolled out, representing enormous possibilities and new opportunities for businesses to change their business models, increase efficiencies and increase their reach. In this interview, Sunshine Coast small business owner and Mum, Karina Sharpe shares her experiences of participating in the Government funded Get Up To Speed program with Annie Gaffney of ABC Coast FM.
If you are a Queensland based business struggling to keep up with new advances in technology and digital marketing strategies, listen to this interview and find out how you can access this heavily Government subsidised state-wide program aimed at helping you get online and succeed online! See www.getuptospeed.com.au for more.

Get Up To Speed program participant Karina Sharp - ABC - 20 July 2012

It’s hard to remember, but just a few years ago there was no such thing as an “app.” Today, the App industry continues to explode.

There are now over half a million apps available to smart phone users. The Apple app store has over 500,000 apps available, and the Android Market is growing fast with more than 400,000 apps. [Source: http://www.turtledove.com/blog/mobile/app-economy-growth-skyrockets-in-slow-economy].

So should you be making an app for your company or industry? What is involved in making an app? Should you make it available free or paid and if paid, for how much? Come along to our next Web Wednesday and hear from three very different speakers who are experts within the app industry.

Book your ticket here: https://thecreativecollective.worldsecuresystems.com/BookingRetrieve.aspx?ID=137023

Web Wednesday - There's An App for That!

Social media. Online video. Surface devices & location marketing. It’s all changing at such a rate it can be hard to know what is out there, what is coming and what it potentially means for your industry and business. 

For our final Web Wednesday of 2012, once again we’ve assembled a team of experts to help you and your business keep on top of the most important trends on the web predicted for 2013.

Come along to our next Web Wednesday event and find out what three panel experts predict will be the biggest online trends in 2013 and WHY!

Web Wednesday Nov 7 2012 Online Trends 2012

It's pretty hard to find a career that pays well and in which there are plenty of jobs.

Have you thought about IT?

Local business woman and self confessed tech-head Yvette Adams, founder of digital agency The Creative Collective, has just returned from Silicon Valley where she witnessed just how competitive companies are when it comes to hiring programmers.

There just aren't enough people to fill the jobs.

She told ABC Coast FM's Karyn Wood we should ditch the algebra and calculus and instead teach our kids code. 

Yvette suggested looking here for more information about the benfits of learning code.

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