Marketing export joins conference line-up

A Cumbrian based internet marketing expert has joined the line-up of the News & Star's social media conference in order to offer local businesses a helping hand in finding new customers.

A Cumbrian based internet marketing expert has joined the line-up of the News & Star’s social media conference to offer local businesses a... [more]

Free online promotion for local businesses

A few people have asked about the offer we have for people attending the social media half day conference at Tullie House in Carlisle on March 25th

A few people have asked about the offer we have for people attending the social media half day conference at Tullie House in Carlisle on March 25th.

It’s an offer we have put... [more]

Facebook helps photography business grow

Mucking around on Facebook for hours while you’re at work might sound like a recipe for disaster, but for not for Joanna Coleman.

She spends up to five hours a day on Facebook, but reckons the time she spends on the social network accounts for up to 70 per cent of business for the photography business she runs with her husband, Andrew.... [more]

Smiths legend Johnny Marr praises Twitterband

Smiths legend Johnny Marr has given his backing to a Twitter project which brought together a band online to record a charity single.

Tw1tterband involved band members, singers and producers collaborating via Twitter to produce a cover version of the Smiths'  Please Please Please.

The band members then recorded their bit of the... [more] (1 comment)

Social media for business event

The News & Star is organising a special half day conference at Tullie House in Carlisle to showcase the best ways for businesses to use social media such as Facebook and Twitter.

The event will take place from 1pm on March 25th and will be ideal for any business or organisation wondering how they should use social media to... [more]