I’ll be taking part in the FSB Business Advice Evening at the Barnstaple Hotel, Barnstaple from 6.00pm to 8.30pm on Tuesday 16 February, giving a joint presentation with Kevin Woodward of K&V Associates and Multiheat Energy Systems on twitter and social media.

There’ll be lots of government agencies and business advisers present to offer free advice to all business.

We’ll be tweeting from the event and hope to see you there or else say hello to you on twitter and follow #fsbnd

Follow Kevin at @llamakevin

Follow Multiheat Energy Systems at @infraredheating

Follow Zarywacz at @z2zine

Follow me at @robertz

We’re pleased to be sponsoring part of Better Networking’s Online Business Hunt in which UK businesses can win a prize comprising a spa weekend and business services worth £5,000.

What do you have to do? Just register at betternetworking.co.uk/blog and follow the online clues to answer the questions.

What is Better Networking? A new UK-based networking site with an emphasis on building real business relationships in a friendly atmosphere. Take a look at betternetworking.co.uk.

PS Our next z2zine blog will be published shortly.

When asked to host an online discussion at betternetworking.co.uk at 8pm on Thursday 6th August 2009, I chose the title ‘Finding Your Voice’.

Communication is the primary business tool. Whether you’re negotiating finance with the bank, instructing suppliers, motivating staff or selling to customers, you depend on words to inform people and to persuade them to take action. Instructions have to be clear, motivational messages inclusive and marketing messages compelling: our choice of words and how we use them can determine whether or not we achieve our business objectives.

If you’d like to  join in the chat on Thursday, visit betternetworking.co.uk.