Facebook is one of the names we are continuously hearing more from as the social media world is exploding. This form of communicating is a fast, effective and easy way of keeping up to date with your customers, suppliers and warm prospects. It is a platform that can help you raise your profile and company awareness so should not be missed.

A Facebook business page is quick and simple to set up. You can put up office contact details, photos of recent events attended or new products available, as well as introduce exclusive special offers and interactive marketing campaigns. When a customer or prospect visits your page they can click a button to ‘like’ the page in which case they become a Facebook Fan of your company. Direct and targeted marketing could not be easier as you can message all of your fans together. Email marketing shots have reached a new level of simplicity.

Interaction and communication are key activities in social media. Ask open and leading questions to spark a conversation and form a relationship. This relationship can then build each day with constant status updates or personalised messages.

Why not upload a promotional video showing a recent presentation you gave, or examples of work and recent projects completed. Including interaction such as this will help your fans engage with your business and brand. The more interesting and engaging your page is your fans are more likely to give you good feedback and quality leads.

Make the most of this increasingly popular, free marketing service and you will reap the rewards.

Check out MPM2 Ltd on Facebook, http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/MPM2-Ltd/200610796622310

Lucy

We would like to introduce to you a great charity in our local area and the work they do. PACSO stands for Parents and Carers Support Organisation. They are a fantastic charity that is continually helping to support the families and friends of children with disabilities. This charity strongly believes that the person comes before the disability and gives the children confidence and belief in themselves. PACSO’s work involves school holiday activity days, after school workshops and a more recent buddy programme. All of these different activities helps the children to make friends, try something new and forget about their troubles in life for a couple of hours. For example the buddy scheme helps teenagers tackle what would seem as simple tasks like crossing the road or catching a train, but to them are big milestones in life. The buddies on this scheme befriend the children they work with and inspire them to take on challenges and not to be afraid. It takes an incredible amount of courage for these children to tackle the troubles they face with their disabilities but with the help and support of the staff and other children at PACSO everything is made a little easier. The charity has one main ethos that runs through all of their work which is of inclusion. This is mainly so that children with a disability in the Chichester and Arun Districts of West Sussex can still be included in the activities offered in mainstream clubs with the support and specialised care needed. It does not only give itself to children with disabilities but also to all of their siblings. All the children from a family can come along to as many or as few events as they choose either to paint a picture or try their hand at a spot of trampolining. This is the only charity that provides this service for the siblings as well. This gives the parents and carers a break to carry out simple pleasures such as going to the gym and having a coffee, with the knowledge all their children are in safe hands.

We here at MPM2 feel passionate about the work at PACSO and want to spread the word about this charity and their good work in the community. Everything they do is for the good of the children. They deserve all the help and support the community can offer, so get on board and discover ways in which you can keep this charity’s work going.

Visit their website for more news at www.pacso.org.uk

Lucy x

On Tuesday 5^th October 2010 MPM2 embarked on a mission to conquer the Chichester Chamber Go-Karting evening. We had a team of four all ready to go, two of which had never been on a mission quite like this so were using their brains and skill to get them through. The team was to be called ‘Breeny’s Dream Team’ however some how got changed to a more civilised ‘MPM2’ as we wanted to lull the other teams into a false sense of security. As the evening approached Anna was practising her cheerleading routine and the MPM2 team turned into lean mean driving machines.

At least that was the attitude as we entered the building. The lean mean driving machines were fast becoming more like rabbits caught in the headlights; well I can speak for myself as one of the team members as that was how I was feeling. The other teams arrived in quick succession of each other all with enthusiasm and competitive spirits. The training was detailed and thorough setting a few first timers minds at rest. The practice laps were cautious and helped to dust off the cobwebs. As the race got under way the MPM2 team got faster each lap. We ended up a respectable 6^th place out of eleven teams. Now the MPM2 team has had a taste for the fast life we are ready and rearing to go at the next event. 

The Gosport Indoor Go-Karting team were friendly and looked after us all. I would highly recommend the complex. All in all it was a fantastic event organised by the Chichester Chamber of Commerce.

Lucy