The First Surgery

The first Web 2.0 Surgery took place at Cape, Nottingham on Thursday 26th March 2009.

There were six experts in attendance:

• David Coveney – Consulting, Web Design and Online Marketing for Small Businesses.
• Susi O’Neill – Developing multimedia web content (text, audio and video), blogging and online copywriting, cross-platform production and developing online audiences.
• Chris Rowe – Web CMSs, Site Interactivity, XHTML and CSS, GTD (Get things done) Ninja.
• Caron-Jane Lyon – Web 2 & Social Media orientation, Mobile & Live Social Media tools, Virtual World – Second Life
• Stu Owens – E-Commerce development, Online Marketing strategy, SEO, PPC & Email marketing.
• Helen Whitehead – online communities, tools and techniques for remote and flexible working, social media strategy and training.

Among the conversations were:

• Sophie Low from Hughes & Low talking blogs and Adwords with Susi O’Neill
  
• Ryan O’Sullivan from Shoosmiths discussing privacy and data protection with David Coveney
  
• Chris Frost from GadgetStylist talking Twitter and social media with Helen Whitehead
  
• Nick Walker from Walker Systems talking all things Web 2.0 with Caron-Jane Lyon
• Students from Nottingham Trent Uni getting an SEO and online marketing intro from Stu Owens
• Kiran John from The Plate Market discussing web design with Chris Rowe

The other topics of discussion throughout the night were:

Twitter, Social Media, Blogs, Google Adwords, Copywriting, SEO, PPC, Online Marketing Strategy, Trends in the Banking Industry, Reworking Existing CMS, Web Design, HTML/CSS Tutorials, Website Contracts and Data Protection.

If you would like to discuss any of these topics with a group of experts, please join us at the next Web 2.0 Surgery.