Author Archives: Mark Bower

About Mark Bower

Co-founder of Basingstoke startup @CubeSocial. Windows Azure developer, some-time blogger, social media geek & northerner down south. Google Profile

Brilliant at the Basics of Social Media

It’s been  a long time coming… Wherever we go people have been asking us when we planned to make our Brilliant at the Basics of Social Media booklet available as a download. Wait no more. Download it. Tweet it. Email … Continue reading

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CubeSocial on the Road Again

There are two more chances to catch CubeSocial in the real world very soon. On Tues 8 May CTO Mark Bower will be speaking at the Windows Azure User Group meeting in London. The topic will be building a start-up … Continue reading

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How to use Twitter to Find New Clients

Experts always say that the best way to grow your business is through referrals. That’s fine if you are an established business, but if you are just starting out, you need an attention strategy to get you noticed. After all … Continue reading

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How to Grow Your Network Using Social Media

When my business partner and I quit our jobs to start our own business, one of the unexpected challenges we faced was the lack of a network with which to share ideas. Even those casual chats at the coffee machine … Continue reading

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Can You Help us Take a Snapshot of the Economy?

I know… not a normal question for us to pose on this blog, but we have a reason for asking. Linda has been invited to take part in a BBC TV debate on Monday and being a social media company, … Continue reading

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CubeSocial at Digital London

There’s another chance to catch the CubeSocial team face to face this week as we’ll be presenting a session at Digital London and attending for most of the event. Linda is presenting a session on the Social Business track focussing … Continue reading

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CubeSocial has a Shiny New Look

You don’t need to be eagle-eyed to spot that our latest deployment has brought a bright new look to CubeSocial. CubeSocial as a product has grown organically over time and of late, it had started to look like it was … Continue reading

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Help CubeSocial Win Digital London Start-up Challenge

CubeSocial is taking part in the Digital London Start-up Challenge competition in March. Please spare a moment to click on the link to vote for us. It takes just 30 seconds.  Thank you.

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Finding new leads on social media

Social Media is a great source of leads and prospects for your business. Each new follower you get on Twitter is a potential client, partner or even competitor. If you were a retailer, this is the virtual equivalent of someone … Continue reading

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Start-up Now – Insights from the 2011 Seedcamp teams

What did you do in 2011? Like hundreds of entrepreneurs around Europe, we spent 2011 building, pitching and growing our own tech start-up: CubeSocial.  Towards the end of the year we decided we’d like to share what we had learned … Continue reading

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