Ed Stivala gave a traditional talk on a very modern subject - social media networking

How to interact on the internet was his theme for the audience of entrepreneurs at the Conquest Business Breakfast staged at the Skyline Restaurant at Bedford College, sponsors of the event.

LinkedIn is well established for professional networking, but Facebook offers many types of business opportunities too. No longer the domain of teenagers and young people, Facebook shouldn't be overlooked for professional networking and also as a potential marketing tool. But as Ed stressed "social media is much more than Facebook and Twitter." The next big thing is mobile connectivity - when everyone has the world in their pocket via their iPhone (or similar product).

iThink, iPhone, therefore iAm in business... Pam Woods checks out social networking via new generation of mobile phones with expert Ed StivalaEd's company, n3w media, is also involved in writing “apps” for iPhones - and if your business isn’t thinking about an “app”, well it ought to be.

Said Pam Woods (left), founder of Conquest Business Meetings which are staged across the county: “I believe there is no substitute for face to face contact of course, but we all learned a lot from Ed about the way communications and networking is going in the future.”

Ed can be contacted at http://www.n3wmedia.com