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December 2020Christmas Networking and Quiz
Friday 18th December 2020
12 noon prompt
Venue: Zoom
Test your knowledge of things Woking and Woking Chamber.
There will be prizes to be won, laughs galore and the chance to promote your business. Everyone gets a one minute pitch.
The event will be co-hosted by Mike Harvey and our President Richard Field.
As usual, the event is free, but we are asking for a £5 donation to support one of our valued local charities, Your Sanctuary, who need all the help they can get.
Please donate at least £5 by clicking the "more..." link below or
going to www.yoursanctuary.org.uk/give-help
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December 2020Member Event
Member: The Lightbox
The Lightbox art gallery and museum to reopen with Raphael: Prince Albert's Passion
Thursday 3rd December 2020
From 10:30, to 17:00
Venue: The Lightbox
The Lightbox reopens on 3 December with an exciting winter line-up, including the hugely popular exhibition 'Raphael: Prince Albert's Passion'
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The blockbuster exhibition Raphael: Prince Albert’s Passion will reopen (3 December - 31 January 2021). 2020 marks the 500th anniversary of the death of Raphael and The Lightbox is the only gallery in the UK to be mounting an exhibition about the Renaissance master this year. The exhibition relays the fascinating story of Prince Albert’s passion for Raphael and his creation of the Raphael Collection at Windsor Castle. Tickets will be available to pre-book online from the 26 November.
Also on show will be We Think the World of You: People and Dogs Drawn Together by David Remfry RA (3 December - 3 January 2021) This exhibition reveals the mutual understanding and sympathy of these partnerships. The series started 15 years ago in New York when Remfry, a resident of the infamous Chelsea Hotel, began to explore the relationships between friends and their dogs through evocative pencil and watercolour portraits. Among the sitters are well-known faces including Alan Cumming, Susan Sarandon, and Ethan Hawke.
Free family workshops will also be on offer during the festive season. Highlights include Cork Reindeers - a creative drop-in workshop on the 23 December and Storytelling for Under 5’s - stories, rhymes and hands on creative activities for early years on 15 December. Capacities are limited for these activities to assist with social distancing.
In addition to an exciting exhibition and learning programme Seasons Café & Kitchen will be serving delicious seasonal specials, hot drinks and a children's menu. The Lightbox Shop will showcase a carefully curated selection of locally-sourced arts, crafts, jewellery and books, all of which would make for ideal Christmas gifts and stocking fillers.
Like many charities and small businesses The Lightbox has been hit hard by the Covid-19 crisis. If you are able please consider becoming a Lightbox Member or purchasing a gift membership for a friend, all proceeds directly support the charity and are greatly appreciated. Prices start at £30 and benefits include free access to exhibitions for a year and a 10% discount in the shop and café.
Raphael: Prince Albert’s Passion will be on show at The Lightbox in Woking, Surrey, from 3 December 2020 – 31 January 2021. Tickets available to pre book online from 26 November for the period 3 -14 December, following that tickets will be available to pre book every Monday for the week ahead. For further information and to book please visit thelightbox.org.uk
Website: https://www.thelightbox.org.uk
Register for this event at: https://www.thelightbox.org.uk/pre-book-your-timeslot
Member Event
Member: Woking and Sam Beare hospice
Woking & Sam Beare Hospice Business Breakfast
Friday 4th December 2020
9am
Venue: via Zoom
A business breakfast via Zoom for local businesses across Surrey to make connections, build relationships, support the local community and enable great CSR practices locally.
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All participants will be able to share their story in our Around the Zoom section.
Website: www.wsbhospices.co.uk
Register for this event at: business@wsbhospices.co.uk
Member Event
Member: Mackrell Turner Garrett
Weekly Legal Clinic for Businesses and Entrepreneurs
Monday 7th December 2020
From 09:30 to 12:30
Venue: *** Appointments by telephone ***
This legal clinic offers the opportunity for existing businesses or entrepreneurs looking to start a business to discuss legal issues with experts without any obligation or cost.
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For example:-
• Are you setting up a business and require assistance with your terms and conditions of business, employment contracts or website policies?
• Are you in business or starting a business with others and need some help with a shareholders agreement or partnership agreement?
• Are you having a dispute with your co-shareholders or directors?
• Are you looking to buy or sell a business?
• Do you require any assistance with an agency, distribution or consultancy agreement?
If you wish to discuss any matters of a business nature please contact:-
Marc Mediratta on 01483 746369 or at marc.mediratta@mtg.uk.net
Website: https://www.mtgsurrey.co.uk/
Member Event
Member: Mackrell Turner Garrett
Weekly Legal Clinic for People Experiencing Relationship Breakdown
Tuesday 8th December 2020
From 09:30 to 12:30
Venue: *** Appointments by telephone ***
This legal clinic offers the opportunity for people experiencing relationship breakdown to discuss legal issues with experts without any obligation or cost.
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For example:-
• Are you thinking of getting divorced or has your spouse said that they intend to divorce you?
• Have you started a divorce online but do not know where to start with dividing the finances of the marriage?
• Have you started mediation but are not sure of the legal implications of agreeing to certain matters?
• Have you received court papers asking you to take action and are unsure what to do next?
• Are you separating from your partner but unsure of your legal rights in respect of the home you live in?
To book your appointment please contact:-
Rachael House on 01483 746 370 or at rachael.house@mtg.uk.net
Website: https://www.mtgsurrey.co.uk/
Member Event
Member: Awesome Tech Training
Why choose WordPress?
Tuesday 8th December 2020
10am
Venue: online webinar
If you’re considering building a new website for your business why not join us for this free webinar to learn more about the pros and cons of using WordPress and to find out how easy it can be to build your own website by yourself.
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Perhaps you already have a website on another platform and you’re considering moving to WordPress, or you’re building a website from scratch and want to learn more about whether WordPress would work for you.
Join us for this FREE webinar to learn more about WordPress, how it works and whether it’s right for you.
What is WordPress?
How WordPress compares with other platforms across the key areas you need to consider when building a new site
Cost
Security
Usability
Support
Flexibility
Customisation and functionality
Questions
Who should attend?
This webinar is suitable for anyone wants to learn more about how WordPress works and whether it would be suitable for their own website.
Register for this event at: https://www.awesometechtraining.com/event/why-choose-wordpress-5/?utm_source=&utm_medium=eventlisting&utm_campaign=whywordpressdec2020&utm_term=&utm_c
Member Event
Member: Woking Borough Council
Google My Business Workshop
Thursday 10th December 2020
10:00 - 11:00
Venue: Online
Join Woking Works for our free session about setting up your Google Business Pages in a way that maximises your potential and furthers your digital reach
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What is Google My Business? It's a free, easy-to-use tool for businesses that you should be taking full advantage of! Think of it as a control panel for your company's presence on all of Google's products. Google has a 90% share of the global search engine market and so to ignore the opportunities on offer is an amateur mistake. Through Google My Business, you can help customers find your business in Google Search, position it on Google Maps, provide up-to-date information including opening times, and ultimately, tell customers your story.
Attendees should make sure they have access to their Google My Business before the event so that they can take full advantage of what they learn, live!
Website: https://www.wokingworks.com/events/2020-12-10-google-business-workshop-with-air-social
Register for this event at: https://www.wokingworks.com/events/2020-12-10-google-business-workshop-with-air-social
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Member: Woking Borough Council
Social Media Surgeries
Tuesday 15th December 2020
09:30 – 10:30
Venue: Online
Facebook Business Manager? Instagram Reels? Fleets? LinkedIn InMail? TikTok? It’s a wild place, social media.
Do you have any burning questions? Struggling to engage with your audience? Desperate to increase your follower count? Then Woking Works and Air Social’s Social Media Surgeries are for you.
This is a free event
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Website: https://www.wokingworks.com/events/2020-12-15-social-media-surgeries
Register for this event at: https://www.wokingworks.com/events/2020-12-15-social-media-surgeries
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Member: Awesome Tech Training
Improving the speed and performance of your WordPress site
Tuesday 15th December 2020
10 -11 am
Venue: online webinar
Making sure your site runs quickly is absolutely critical. Google penalises slow sites in its search results and visitors will not hang around to wait for your site to load so a slow site means you are losing customers.
Join us for this webinar to learn more about how to optimise the speed and performance of your WordPress site.
Use code WokCHAMBER5 at the checkout to secure your £5 discount for members
Tickets: £25.00 - non-members: £30.00 (Inc. VAT)
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How do you know if speed is a problem with your site?
What makes sites run slowly?
Understanding how WordPress pages are constructed
What the browser needs to do in order to display your pages
The importance of the ‘time to first byte’ metric
How can different elements of your page be optimised for speed?
Optimising image files – lazy loading, sizing your images and compressing them
Optimising your HTML and CSS files
Making sure your Javascript isn’t slowing down your site
The role that your hosting plays in determining the speed of your site
Overview of different hosting options
Speed issues that are specific to WordPress sites
Introduction to caching
What is caching and why should you use it on your site?
Free plugins that enable you to quickly and easily add caching to your site
Using a Content Delivery Network (CDN)
Questions
Who should attend?
This webinar is designed for anyone who has a WordPress site and wants to learn more about how to improve its performance and make it run as quickly as possible.
Register for this event at: https://www.awesometechtraining.com/event/improving-the-speed-and-performance-of-your-wordpress-site-2/
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Member: Awesome Tech Training
Implementing a successful content generation strategy for your website - training webinar
Tuesday 15th December 2020
3 - 4pm
Venue: online webinar
A regular supply of good quality new content is vital if you want your site to perform well on Google and to attract new customers to your business, but constantly generating new content is hard work.
Sign up for this webinar and learn how to get the maximum bang for your content buck.
Use code WokCHAMBER5 at the checkout to secure your £5 discount for members
Tickets: £25.00 - non-members: £30.00 (Inc. VAT)
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Why a good supply of regular, high quality content is so important
The role of content in search engine optimisation
Understanding what Google considers to be high quality content
What poor quality content looks like and why it’s so damaging to your search performance and web marketing efforts
Busting the myth that site visitors won’t bother to read your content
Generating ideas for new content
Putting in place a proper content generation strategy
Ensuring a regular supply of new content
Getting out from under the grind of constant content generation
Getting maximum bang for your content buck
Slicing and dicing a single piece of content into multiple resources
Time saving tips for making the most of content you already have
Understanding what content your customers will find most useful
Using your website content to convert more visitors into customers
Copywriting tips – what works and what doesn’t
Questions
Who should book onto this webinar?
This webinar is aimed at anyone who wants to generate more traffic to their website and wants to learn more about how to put a successful content generation strategy in place. If you’re struggling to generate regular new content for your site then this webinar is for you.
Register for this event at: https://www.awesometechtraining.com/event/implementing-a-successful-content-generation-strategy-for-your-website-2/
Member Event
Member: Woking Borough Council
Social Media Surgeries
Wednesday 16th December 2020
09:30 – 10:30
Facebook Business Manager? Instagram Reels? Fleets? LinkedIn InMail? TikTok? It’s a wild place, social media.
Do you have any burning questions? Struggling to engage with your audience? Desperate to increase your follower count? Then Woking Works and Air Social’s Social Media Surgeries are for you.
This is a free event
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Website: https://www.wokingworks.com/events/2020-12-16-social-media-surgeries
Register for this event at: https://www.wokingworks.com/events/2020-12-16-social-media-surgeries
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Member: Woking Borough Council
One to One Support
Wednesday 16th December 2020
15:00 - 17:00
Venue: Online
Woking Works and it's partners are offering one-to-one support and advice to local businesses. Book a 60 minute session with one of our advisors.
This is a free event
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copyright and trademarks
strategy and planning
sales and marketing
management and productivity
funding and finance
ICT and innovation.
Spaces are limited.
Once you have booked you place, our advisor will contact you with details of the virtual meeting (Zoom, Skype etc.)
Website: https://www.wokingworks.com/events/2020-12-16-1-1-business-advice-clinic
Register for this event at: https://www.wokingworks.com/events/2020-12-16-1-1-business-advice-clinic
Member Event
Member: Woking Borough Council
One to One Support
Thursday 17th December 2020
15:00 - 17:00
Woking Works and it's partners are offering one-to-one support and advice to local businesses. Book a 60 minute session with one of our advisors.
This is a free event
more...
copyright and trademarks
strategy and planning
sales and marketing
management and productivity
funding and finance
ICT and innovation.
Spaces are limited.
Once you have booked you place, our advisor will contact you with details of the virtual meeting (Zoom, Skype etc.)
Website: https://www.wokingworks.com/events/2020-12-17-1-1-business-advice-clinic
Register for this event at: https://www.wokingworks.com/events/2020-12-17-1-1-business-advice-clinic
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Member: Awesome Tech Training
Google Analytics deep dive – hands on virtual training session
Friday 8th January 2021
10am to 1pm
Venue: online training
If you’re new to Google Analytics and you’d like to dig deeper into what it can do for you then this ‘deep dive’ training session is for you. During the session you’ll build your Google Analytics skills and understanding by getting your hands dirty with the data from a real Google Analytics account.
Use code WokCHAMBER5 at the checkout to secure your £5 discount
Tickets: £65.00 - non-members: £70.00 (Inc. VAT)
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Setting up your account and structuring it correctly
Ensuring your analytics data is safe – controlling access to your account
Making sure you’re seeing the right data – overview of views and filters
Using real time data to check your analytics account is configured correctly
Understanding the terminology of Google Analytics
Why there’s no point measuring ‘hits’
Understanding how Google defines sessions, users and page views
Identifying the metrics that are really driving the success of your business
Making sure you’re measuring the right thing
Knowing where your web traffic is coming from
Understanding the difference between channels, mediums and sources
Making sure your campaigns have trackable URLs so you can measure their success
Identifying the most successful activities so you can make better marketing decisions and stretch your marketing budget further
Understanding what people are doing on your website
Knowing which pages people arrive on and leave your site from
Identifying the most popular content on your site as well as pages that aren’t working so well and need improvement
Tracking the way users interact with your site using Events in Google Analytics
Tracking conversions from your website
Deciding what counts as a conversion for your site
Setting up custom goals to measure the conversions that matter to you
Identifying the sources of traffic and campaigns that generate the most conversions
Setting up custom dashboards and reports so you can easily monitor your success over time
Using the Google Analytics segment feature to view a particular subset of your traffic
Filtering out unwanted traffic to get a clean view of your site’s performance
Who should attend?
This training is suitable for anyone who wants to learn more about core elements of Google Analytics functionality. You may already be using Google Analytics but be unsure of how you can use the data to really drive your business, or perhaps you’re new to Google Analytics and want to get a solid grounding in what it is and how it works.
How will the session work?
This is a live hands-on training session delivered over Zoom. The trainer will demonstrate elements of Google Analytics, covering the content listed above, and practice exercises will give you the chance to put into practice what you’ve just learned using real data from a Google Analytics demo account. You’ll be able to ask questions via the chat and Q&A function within Zoom.
You’ll need to have a Google Analytics account set up with access to the Google Analytics demo account that we’ll use for the training. We’ll send you instructions on how to do this before the session.
We’ll record the session and you’ll have access to the video afterwards so you can watch back any bits you want to see again. You’ll also get a pack of written training materials containing all the exercises we’ll work through during the session.
Register for this event at: https://www.awesometechtraining.com/event/google-analytics-deep-dive-hands-on-virtual-training-session-2/?utm_source=&utm_medium=eventlisting&utm_camp
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Member: Awesome Tech Training
How to use Google Tag Manager
Friday 8th January 2021
3pm
Book your place on this webinar to learn about Google Tag Manager
Use code WokCHAMBER5 at the checkout to secure your £5
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Tickets: £25.00 - non-members: £30.00 (Inc. VAT)
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Google Tag Manager is a simple web-based interface that simplifies the process of working with tags on your website. Rather than going into the source code or plugins for your site every time you want to add a new tag, Google Tag Manager enables you to do everything you need in one place.
Google Tag Manager also enables you to go beyond the tracking functionality in Google Analytics to collect much more data and monitor more precisely how people interact with your website. Perhaps you’d like to know how far people scroll down the pages of your site, or how many are submitting your contact form, or watching a video on your site? Google Tag Manager can help you with all of this and more.
Register for this event at: https://www.awesometechtraining.com/event/how-to-use-google-tag-manager/?utm_source=wokingchamber&utm_medium=&utm_campaign=googletagmanager&utm_term=&
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Member: Awesome Tech Training
Setting up an email newsletter in Mailchimp and integrating it with your website
Tuesday 19th January 2021
10am
Sign up for this one hour training webinar to learn how to set up an email newsletter in Mailchimp and integrate it with your WordPress site.
One of the most effective ways of marketing your business is to set up an email newsletter that you can use to send regular updates to people who are interested in hearing from you. Sign up for this webinar and we’ll show you everything you need to know in order to get started with Mailchimp.
Use code WokCHAMBER5 at the checkout to secure your £5 discount
Tickets: £25.00 - non-members: £30.00 (Inc. VAT)
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Setting up your Mailchimp account
What’s in the free version and what do you have to pay for?
Configuring your list settings and preferences correctly
Setting up your email newsletter list in Mailchimp
Integrating a newsletter signup form onto your website
As a popup
As a form on an existing page
As a standalone page
GDPR and privacy
Collecting consent at the point when someone signs up for your newsletter
How Mailchimp manages opt outs and bounces
Using existing data and bought lists with Mailchimp
Other Mailchimp integrations
Integrating with WooCommerce to enable newsletter sign up at the point of purchase
Integrating with popular contact form plugins
Who should book onto this webinar?
This webinar is aimed at any small business or organisation that wants to incorporate email marketing into their activities using the popular mailing service Mailchimp. We work with WordPress so we will be showing you how to incorporate Mailchimp sign ups into your WordPress site but the rest of the content will be equally relevant to any other platform you might be using.
Places on this webinar are limited so book now to secure yours.
Register for this event at: https://www.awesometechtraining.com/event/setting-up-an-email-newsletter-in-mailchimp-and-integrating-it-with-your-website/?utm_source=&utm_medium=eve
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Member: Awesome Tech Training
Adding eCommerce functionality to your WordPress site using WooCommerce
Tuesday 19th January 2021
From 15:00, to 16:00
Venue: online webinar
Join us for this training webinar and learn how you can quickly and easily add eCommerce functionality to your WordPress site using the popular WooCommerce plugin.
WooCommerce is one of the most widely used WordPress eCommerce plugin – there are more than 3 million WordPress sites currently using it. WooCommerce can be added as a plugin to most WordPress sites and offers you a quick and easy way to start selling both products and services online.
Use code WokCHAMBER5 at the checkout to secure your £5 discount
Tickets: £25.00 - non-members: £30.00 (Inc. VAT)
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Is WooCommerce suitable for your website?
What you should consider before installing WooCommerce
How to install WooCommerce on your site
A live demo of installing WooCommerce on a WordPress site from scratch
Understanding the pages that WooCommerce adds to your site
Setting up your first product
Understanding different types of products
Populating all aspects of your product listing
What makes an effective product listing?
Setting up your store
Formatting your Shop page
Understanding product categories
Getting paid
Payment options in WooCommerce
Setting up coupons for special offers
Privacy and GDPR
Who should attend?
This webinar is suitable for anyone who has a WordPress site, is interested in selling online and wants to learn more about how WooCommerce works and whether it might be right for them.
Register for this event at: https://www.awesometechtraining.com/event/adding-ecommerce-functionality-to-your-wordpress-site-using-woocommerce/?utm_source=&utm_medium=eventlisting
Member Event
Member: Awesome Tech Training
Basics of search engine optimisation for small businesses
Tuesday 23rd February 2021
From 15:00, to 16:00
Venue: online webinar
Book your place on this training webinar to learn more about the basics of search engine optimisation (SEO) for small businesses.
Most small businesses are approached regularly by companies offering to help you appear higher in Google’s search results. Often they present SEO as a highly complex, technical process that requires a great deal of specialist knowledge, but in fact there are simple steps you can take to significantly improve the search ranking of your site yourself. Even if you decide not to do the work yourself, it’s useful to have an understanding of how SEO works when you’re dealing with SEO companies.
Use code WokCHAMBER5 at the checkout to secure your £5 discount
Tickets: £25.00 - non-members: £30.00 (Inc. VAT)
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What you will learn on this webinar
How Google search works and what Google looks for when deciding how to rank the pages on your website
Why your content needs to have quality, relevance and context and the importance of understanding what your customers are searching for
An overview of technical SEO
Why it’s important that your site runs quickly
The critical role of mobile friendliness
Checking your site for broken links
Running on HTTPS rather than HTTP
The benefit of a strong network of internal links on your site
Why it’s important to update your site regularly
On page SEO
Understanding how search engines read the pages on your site
Creating content that search engines will understand
What is ‘thin content’ and why should you avoid it?
Optimising your images for Google
Encouraging people to click through from Google search to your site
What are meta titles and meta descriptions and why do they matter?
Using the Yoast SEO plugin to edit meta titles and meta descriptions
Who should book onto this webinar?
This webinar is aimed at any small business or organisation that wants to better understand how Google Search works and what simple steps they can take themselves to improve the performance of their site on Google.
We work with WordPress so we’ll be using WordPress examples during this webinar but the bulk of the content will be equally relevant to any other website platform so you certainly don’t need to have a WordPress site in order to benefit from attending this webinar.
Register for this event at: https://www.awesometechtraining.com/event/basics-of-search-engine-optimisation-for-small-businesses-2/?utm_source=&utm_medium=eventlisting&utm_campaig
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