Another great NottTuesday event. This time it was very ably hosted by Garry Shutler and took a different Q&A format to normal. A whole raft of questions were suggested including reliance on the cloud, Twitter as a marketing tool, AB testing and refactoring code. The single topic that then dominated the night was web site calls to action and conversions.

Take a look at nottingham+video+production and see which site would get your call.

Alan talked about his experiences of conversion success on SimpleLifeForms.

Adam described monitoring Twitter searches using Tweetdeck as ‘dynamic SEO’. You can also get an RSS feed of Twitter Search terms so that you never miss a tweet. Here’s the RSS feed for NottTuesday tweets.

Looking forward to the next event already!

After an impossibly short gestation period, Web 2.0 Surgery is up and running with the first event taking place on Thursday 26th March 2009 at Cape, Nottingham, NG1 2EW.

Web 2.0 Surgery is an informal gathering of experts and clients to discuss SEO, e-commerce, RSS, video, audio, traffic building, mailing lists, analytics, adwords, social networks and anything else.

The idea is to create a marketplace for Web 2.0 skills within Nottingham. This will be a great resource for those looking for work and those looking for solutions.

The event did not take long to put together as there was definitely a need for such a meetup. Within a week there were 7 experts signed up:

• 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.
• Sean Holmes – Graphic Designer with 10 years experience in the industry
• 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.

The event is planned to be monthly to form part of Nottingham’s new found tech scene. We look forward to seeing you at an event soon.