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Andover’s on-line marketing experts can give your biz World Class exposure

Wednesday, July 28th, 2010

From the July MBG ‘Business Scene’ article for Andover Advertiser

 

This month we are featuring a member of the Andover Mutual Business Group as part of an occasional series highlighting member companies.

 

Thomas Winter Associates (TWA) set up in Andover in 2006 with just 2 staff to offer a wide range of marketing services.   Since then their business has had a major impact on local businesses by introducing the very popular Andover Expo for two years.  The Expo has proved hugely successful and has given hundreds of businesses in and around Andover the chance to showcase themselves at a time of economic challenge. 

 

TWA continues to build on this success, with the next Andover Expo in March 2011 and, additionally, will introduce three new Expos to Southern business centres in 2011.

 

TWA has now grown to a team of 8 young and innovative staff and offers the additional channel of on-line marketing and social media.  Edward Thomas, Creative Director, states: “Statistics show that the best opportunities for growth and new sales result from being found on the web through social media.”

 

“Did you know that Twitter carries 750 Tweets per second (rising to 3000 per second during the World Cup)?  TWA has embraced the potential of this phenomenon with specialist staff to maximise the huge and rapidly growing potential for our clients and we can help you.” www.tw-a.com

 

Andover Mutual Business Group meets over breakfast on the third Tuesday of each month. Visitors are welcome to join us on 17 August, at the Copper Kettle, Andover.  For more information, please email: charlotte AT createdesignstudio DOT co DOT uk or visit: www.andovermbg.com

July 20th meeting of MBG

Tuesday, July 6th, 2010

Come along to the next meeting of MBG on July 20th at The Copper Kettle in Andover town centre. The meeting starts at 7.30am and we will be hearing the latest news from the Hampshire Chamber of Commerce and Industry from Caroline Roodhouse.

Don’t miss out on this networking opportunity before the summer holidays begin in earnest! Let us know if you would like to attend this meeting as a guest by emailing charlotte AT createdesignstudio DOT co DOT uk by 4pm on Friday 16th July.

If you are already an MBG member please let membership secretary Michelle Duckworth know if you CANNOT attend the meeting by 4pm on Friday 16th July.

Next meeting of MBG on the 15th of June 2010

Monday, June 7th, 2010

MBG will hold it’s next breakfast networking meeting on June 15th at The Copper Kettle in Andover town centre.

The meeting starts at 7.30am and finishes around 9am. There will be a fantastic cooked breakfast for every person attending which will set you back just £10.

If you would like to be there to meet up with our lively and interesting (even at that time in the morning) group of local business people please get in touch by email. Contact charlotte AT createdesignstudio DOT co DOT uk before 1pm on Friday 11 June.

18th May meeting of MBG

Monday, May 10th, 2010

The next meeting of networking supergroup MBG in Andover will be held at The Copper Kettle, Andover on May 18th starting at 7.30am.

We will have a guest speaker this month: Peter Bewsey of Executive Help Ltd.

If you aren’t a member you can join us by contacting charlotte AT createdesignstudio DOT co DOT uk to register yourself as a guest. Members: please let us know if you CANNOT attend.

Next Meeting of MBG on April 20th 2010

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010

The next meeting of MBG will take place at The Copper Kettle on April 20th 2010 from 7.30am to 9am.

Thanks to the success of the MBG stand at the Andover Business Expo we hope to see lots of new faces. If we saw you at the expo and you would like to come along please get in touch by emailing charlotte AT createdesignstudio DOT co DOT uk.

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If you have never tried the friendly and supportive networking experience at MBG then you would be very welcome to join us and see if it suits you too.

Andover Business Expo

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010

The Andover Business Expo proved to be a real hit on the day with plenty of visitors and local businesses attending.

MBG had it’s own stand and welcomed plenty of visitors to the show with one of the freshly printed MBG flyers with our website and meeting information printed on it for quick reference.

Information about many MBG members was displayed on the stand with leaflets and business cards to take-away for visitors. With both still images and a video camera at the event there is bound to be plenty of evidence of the stand for those of you who weren’t there.

Read more about the Expo on the Andover Sound website and on the Andover Expo blog. Photos from the event can be seen here.

Join MBG for our March 16th breakfast meeting

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

The next MBG breakfast networking event will be held at The Copper Kettle in Andover town centre on Tuesday March 16th from 7.30am. This month the meeting will focus on the Business Mentoring Network. As ever there will be a chance to network with other members and enjoy a super cooked breakfast, all for £10!

If you would like to attend please contact our Chairman dcrannis AT nefu DOT co DOT uk by Friday 12th March.

The Andover Expo 2010

Thursday, March 4th, 2010

This event will take place at The Lights in Andover on Wednesday March 17th from 10am.

It is a great opportunity to meet other business people in the area and to view exhibition stands from many local organisations. On the day there will also be a Business Link breakfast event and entrepruneur Karren Brady will give a talk in the auditorium.

MBG will be represented at the show with it’s own stand. Come along and meet us to find out more about our local networking meetings as well as details of MBG members and their businesses. You can also find out what you can expect when you attend an MBG networking event.

Check the Andover Expo website here.

Meet us for breakfast and learn all about social networking

Monday, February 15th, 2010

The february meeting of MBG will be held tomorrow morning at The Copper Kettle in the centre of Andover at 7.30am. The theme for tomorrow’s meeting is social networking online and will cover Facebook, Twitter and blogging. Breakfast is £10, where else will you find great company and useful information at 7.30am?

MBG website updates

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

Until now this blog was separate to the rest of the MBG website but now the two have been united. None of the information from the original website has been lost, the pages are to the right of this post. Now you will find all the latest news alongside our meetings and membership information.