How can you get on the front page of Google without spending a fortune on Google Adwords? Well there's many different ways you can do this, but I'm a big fan of blogging

We help businesses use blogging to gain website traffic and customers. We blog constantly and consistently, and you might say that blogging is a major part of our lives here at WTU

when I landed on the company’s home page I was shocked to not only see profanity, but profanity aimed at them, via their own Twitter, at the top of their own website!

Contrary to the media frenzy, there is a world of opportunity for the independent retailer to thrive and prosper in the future. By providing high levels of personal customer service and wide choice, shoppers can be encouraged to buy locally on the high street.

So it's all change at WarwickTweetup. A new direction and a new team. We're rolling with our digital marketing hats on and leaving the events and tweetups behind.

As Twitter just turned seven years old, I thought it would be an ideal time to pen a blog post that I’ve been wanting to write for a while about how social media has changed my life

Social media is a powerful medium which is now a vital part of your business' online marketing strategy. Social media is free, it does cost something - time!

Twitter is an incredible marketing tool as well as a great way for businesses to network B2B and B2C. It's live and fresh and perfect for driving sales to your website or business.

A blog is about writing quick creative copy to raise brand awareness.

WarwickTweetup is changing. Social media is my passion and I'm moving the power of Twitter forward onto new things...

Follow Friday has been a Twitter tradition for many years, but lately has been far less prevalent on the twittersphere. Once a great hashtag trending highly on the waves of social networking, it's become more of an irritation to me lately.

We’re all told to use Twitter for business. We hear that it's the greatest marketing tool and if you're not tweeting about your business then it will surely die in months... But how true is it?

Twitter is full of strange and shortened words, weird symbols and a secret language. Here's our dummies guide to Twitter's language barrier.

Recently I gained a new follower on Twitter so I checked it out (which I try to do for all new followers). I realised they were a marketing company boasting social media management for other companies...

We believe blogging is one of the main parts of your online persona and forms a major part of your website. Helping businesses to blog!

Writing a good Twitter bio is essential to gaining new followers. We all make assumptions and try to assess a person when we first meet them, and Twitter is no exception...

We all make new year's resolutions so I had a thought, why not make 2013 the year you harness the power of Twitter.

It's been an amazing year for WarwickTweetup. Here's our 2012, in a blog, it's been emotional!

I first met Mita briefly at a Tweetup a while ago, then more recently at the Big Free Twitter workshop, and then again at our first Leamington Twitter School. It was at Twitter School that I got to know Mita better.

We were very pleased to be the official tweeters and Karen was also the official photographer for Leamington's switch on. All the photos here..

Warwick Rocks the coffee shops! Buy local, pay tax to this country and maybe win a special edition mug!

We are very proud to announce our latest collaboration with designer Charlee Sully from The Usual Studio. Branding and digital design skill ahoy!

Blogging or blogger are terms you will no doubt have heard. A blog is simply a piece of writing posted online. Very much like an article in a newspaper or magazine, blogs can be factual, fictional, interesting, informative or educational; the outcome of this is entirely up to you.

Tweetbot for iOS is a superb iPhone and iPad app, so I thought I'd share the findings from my favourite Twitter tool.

Money doesn't buy happiness and it doesn't always buy customers. I champion Twitter for business for many reasons, but one of the big reasons it's so powerful is the search capabilities

There's tonnes of blogs and tips, tricks and advice, experts and gurus on Twitter and in the wider universe. There's so much information about Twitter that it's very difficult to choose which direction you'll go in.

We love helping people tweet, and we love to inspire people, but we never expected to inspire a blogger to write again after a Twitter School workshop!

Another 10 classic Twitter stereotypes. A comical look at the types of Twitter users.

A comical look at the classic types of Twitter user

Here's 17 things that shouldn't be on Twitter, but they are and it annoyed me enough to blog about them!

Plans to resurface the High street and Jury street have been released. When is the best time for traders?

A guest blog from @sewsmith on the power of Twitter and the community behind it.

We all want more followers right? So we all want to know how to get more. Well, here's a few things I've learned

regular readers of this blog will be picking their jaw up off the floor at that question - but there's a very good reason for it.

Why Bother with Social Media? I'm sure this is a question we've all asked, and I'm sure if you use social media you get asked it too. So I thought I'd try and answer it.

Don't just sign up to social media and expect it to work for you. Twitter is free, but is does cost time.

The WNAA are our nominated charity, and they're now in our town too! #WarwickRocks

A week in the life of Todd @Warwicktweetup

There's so much you can do with your Twitter and there's so much you really should avoid. So, to save me shouting at my timeline, here's my list of dos and don'ts:

According a the poll the average person spends 24.49 minutes browsing the web, 17.29 minutes on social media, 15.38 minutes listening to music, 14.26 minutes playing games but only 12.06 minutes actually making phone calls

A very honest blog from @onsmithst a converted Twitter user.

If you're doing one of these, I don't hate you, I just scream a little inside when I read them!

Our first beginners class at the Warwick Arms. Teaching brand new tweeters the benefits of tweeting for business and brand awareness. Set up from scratch for a few of the students too!

A blog on proofreading from our very own proofreader, Jo Ciriani. "Why you need a proofreader"

I always notice obvious mistakes and thought I'd share a few of them with you. The following are simple but often large failings in your tweeting.

So we didn't win. But Warwick put on a fine show, and it was driven by Twitter and blogging, which is pretty incredible! But sadly there's no cash, no Mary Portas, and no Government backing... So it was a waste of three months then? !

We are very pleased to have written TWICE for Warwickshire Life. Here's the latest in the Warwickshire glossy!

I've blogged in the past about followers and numbers of followers. It's always something people ask me when I say I'm on Twitter: 'How many followers have you got?'

On May 13th WarwickTweetup joined 100's of others in a fun run around Warwick Castle

For the second year we got a team together for the WNAA Heroes run. This Year at Warwick Castle

WarwickTweetup try to write a Twitter book with help from James Viniciguerra at the new Warwick library

By now, most people have heard of Twitter. The social machine is gathering speed and new users, 140 characters at a time. It's massive; it's shaping the media, businesses, and in many ways the world we live in. But - and it's a big but - it's also shunned and hated.

We popped into TouchFM to give a private twitter school to the team from Touch FM, Rugby FM and Banbury FM.

Until you 'get' Twitter it can seem like an uphill struggle. Luckily WTU are here to help.

Gone are the days when you could simply “not be on facebook” or “not get twitter”. If people don’t have those options any more, businesses certainly don’t.

Our first tweetup of 2012 held at the fabulous Warwick Arms in Warwick.

The #WarwickRocks phenomenon is sweeping through Warwick. The Portas Pilots support is popping up in windows all over town...

Recently Warwicktweetup has been rather busy using its unique connections in Warwick to mobilise the community. A Portas Pilot has been launched and we're at the head of it.

Our first Twitter School was deemed a great success. More to come very soon.

21 signs you're addicted to Twitter. A comical blog on the habits of a tweeter.

A common and re-occurring fault in social media, and certainly twitter, is giving the tweeting or Facebook page to someone who looks after that sort of stuff. Twitter School from WTU aims to change this.

Why your Avatar is so important. Firstly let's lose the tech jargon, an avatar is an online presence, a picture of you online. A profile picture if you like. On twitter, certainly if you're a business, it's very important to get the avatar right.

2011 has been an amazing year, and thanks to Twitter some incredible things have happened. Here's Todd's story of 2011 on Twitter.

2011 was a great year for Twitter, it beat Facebook to many milestones. When you consider that Facebook is 800million users strong compared to only 300million on Twitter that's quite an achievement. But why is its popularity growing so fast and why is it, in many minds, better than the social media Goliath that is Facebook?

A comical look at the rocky road of early tweeting.

Guest blog from Craig Thornton. A great advantage of iOS5 update for Twitter users.

Read how Warwick TweetUp came into being and has grown

Follow Friday, a Friday tradition on Twitter. Used correctly can be more than just spam on a feed.

A guest blog on Facebook by Stuart Maun from Maun Consulting

Warwicktweetups 5 handy hints to help you Tweet like a pro.

An interesting view of how Warwicktweetup has helped a new tweeter and business in Warwickshire.

Warwicktweetup go flying with @CaptainCraigos on a Sunday morning flight over Warwick.

A guest blog by Jack Linstead. Our excellent efforts as a Warwicktweetup swim team at the annual Soroptimist Swimathon and also a little piece on why Warwicktweetup has become so popular.

Seven Top Twitter Tips to help you out with your social media journey

Warwick TweetUp #4 was a great success, do you agree?

What is Warwicktweetup?

We did it! #Warwicktweetup gathered the BIGGEST team at the Air Ambulance Heroes run.

Todd, Karen and Christie go and meet the Helicopter and its crew to see where all the money raised gets put to work saving lives.

The #warwicktweetup Quiz Hosted by Dave Sharpe, raising money for Air Ambulance

The Warwicktweetup band wagon takes to the streets!

Blogs on Warwicktweetup so far......

#Warwicktweetup 2. The Quiz

Membership to WarwickTweetUp isn't just an Avatar and a blog link...it's a wealth of back scratching!!

After the success of the first Warwicktweetup pressure is building for a sequel....not being ones to disappoint, we're planning another

The Morning after the night before....

Lord Todds first play. Guided by Guy Eastwood of @Surefyre fame.

Round up of state of play prior to inaugural TweetUp on 7th March