Keith Grover, NiS Founder's Blog (179)

You may have attended one of my Google Places Workshops recently, to discover how you can use this free marketing tool to bring you a steady stream of new customers from the UK's favourite search engine. 

Well, things are hotting up! Google has changed the positioning of Places in order to integrate it with Google+, the search engine giant's answer to Facebook. …

Phew! Now it’s too darn hot to work (any old excuse will do...:0) But work we must, alas, and networking is an increasingly important part of that for any business person today.

People often ask me ‘What’s the best business network, Keith? You go to so many networking events, you must know...’

The short answer is: (drum roll) ‘Your own personal network, of…

It’s still raining – but thank heavens we’re finally getting back to our traditional British weather! :0(  On the bright side, we’ve got lots of exciting national events happening this Summer to lift the spirits, and a bank holiday or two into the bargain. Hooray!

Before then, there will be lots of events on NiS which…

April showers are here - an ironic reminder that we’re experiencing a sub-Saharan drought and won’t be able to use the hose to water the rhubarb, or indeed, wash the car (‘every cloud’, as they say :0)

So you’ll see me swanning around in my dusty jam-jar proudly claiming to be ‘doing my bit for Britain’ (or at least for the sun-dried south!)…

I had an interesting exchange of ideas with Arnie Fabius this week, using the inernal messaging system here within NiS, so I thought I'd share my side of the story here...

Are there too many alternative channels of communication out there these days?…

What a glorious day! A cloudless blue sky, bright sunshine and gentle breeze with spring flowers brightening up the place – pity we have to work for a living, rather than just sitting in the garden with a Pimm's and a good Kindle...

You can be fairly sure that the weather won't last until Easter - but let's make the most of it for now. It's all systems go on the networking scene as ever. Isn't…

Once again I'm using my super Dragon Naturally Speaking software to dictate this newsmail while the words magically appear on screen – spooky! Apparently there's a free Dragon iPhone app for those well heeled enough to afford such fruit-based tech. One day, maybe...

Plenty going on as usual down here in the NiS bunker, with…

I've been beavering away and surveying Members (and anybody else who will spare me the time!) to discover how I can add value to NiS with a paid-for 'upgraded Memnbership' - and at last NiS Networker plus! (NiS+) is ready to launch! It's for people who want to make a better return on their investment in networking and help others to do that too... It's going to be fun and generate more business for us all - so what's not to like?…

It's been well over three weeks since my last NIS newsmail – but I have been sending out regular brief bulletins with details of events coming soon on the site, which several members have said they’re finding very useful in planning their networking diaries, so these will continue.…

 Dragon's Den is searching for new entrepreneurs to pitch their ideas for investment.

The BBC will be auditioning throughout the coming months. If you would like an application form please send an email to the BBC or visit their website.…

So that’s ‘Blue Monday’ out of the way (hooray!) Either yesterday or last Monday, depending on who you listen to, was supposedly the most depressing day of the year thanks to the dark mornings and evenings, credit card bills from our Christmas and sales spending sprees, and the dreaded tax return deadline and payment date (boo!)…

Tonight is Twelfth Night – so the holiday season is now officially over, the Christmas decorations are back in the loft, and it’s time to put your networking shoes on and get back out there... and post your blogs, events and offers on Networking in Surrey!

You’ll find hundreds of events on…

We wish all 793 (as of today) Members of our NiS community a very relaxing and enjoyable Christmas and New Year break.

Not surprisingly, you won’t find many featured EVENTS on NiS in the run up to the holiday weekend – but most of the…

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There’s an absolute ton of stuff  to tell you about – so let’s get cracking! Last week I promised you some ‘big news’ about NiS and our new supercharged paid-Membership option – I’ll get to that a little later in this newsmail... 

Meanwhile, it’s all happening out there in Networkland! It’s the ‘Christmas Party’ effect, and…

Networking in Surrey Member (and Ecademy Chairman) Thomas Power has created yet another thought-provoking new Vlog (video blog) ...

"Google are building each of us an identity management system. All our searches, all our gmails, all our posts, all our comments, all our shares, all our tweets, all our retweets, all our status updates. All our data. ALL. We are outsourcing our identity to Google. We…

Just a quick note from me today, as I’m off on a three-day conference tomorrow - a fuller newsmail will follow next week.

Lots of great stuff on NiS as usual! Tomorrow is the second day of the massive (and free) Great British Business Show (see…

This is a just a quick reminder to head over to Networking in Surrey to catch up with all the great events coming soon to a venue near you, including (in the next seven days):

Wednesday Best of Ripley Connections Visitors Lunch run by NiS Member Paul…

‘Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness’ - and yet it’s November! Surely we should be in the icy grip of Jack Frost by now, but who’s complaining?  

Mellow and fruity events coming up on NiS in the next week include:

Tuesday…