Whether you’re an individual or a business, Twitter is getting harder and harder to ignore.

I signed up to Twitter on the 8th of April, 2008. While the site launched in March of 2006, it still felt relatively young and “What on Earth is Twitter?” was a common question that didn’t result in a room full of people gasping from shock.

Since then, the microblogging site has soared. Today, it’s in the news, it’s in the White House, it’s in Hollywood, and it’s even on Rove! Whether you’re browsing the internet, watching television or talking to your friends, there’s no getting away from Twitter.

Businesses of all sizes have started to realise that Twitter is a powerful source of information and have embraced the service by creating company and staff accounts to regularly update followers on promotions, news, and more importantly to connect with consumers in a way previously not available.

While the team here at Bergan Blue have been tweeting away for quite a while now via personal accounts, we wanted to create a central account where clients, suppliers, associates and fans alike could get updates on what’s happening at our office. We want to be able to connect with other like-minded people (and businesses) via Twitter to inform, to assist, and to stay in touch.

If you have a Twitter account, you can follow us at http://www.twitter.com/berganblue. If you do not yet have an account, what are you waiting for? Head to Twitter.com, sign up, and start tweeting!

It’s that time of year again! Bergan Blue will be closed from Monday the 22nd of December and will re-open for business on Monday the 19th of January.

For all non-urgent enquiries, please feel free to call 02 4384 5065 and leave a message. We will return your call as soon as we return to work.

We hope you have a safe and enjoyable Christmas break.

The Central Coast is home to a thriving number of micro and small businesses. Everyday, business is taking place out of garages, spare bedrooms and small blocks of office space and everyday, new businesses pop up. With such a diverse business community at our doorstep, it is inevitable that we’re going to run into problems finding one another. That is why we decided to make use of technology and create a Facebook Group dedicated to Central Coast Business!

Click here to head to our Central Coast Business Facebook Group!

If you’re a little unsure about Facebook, you should seriously consider signing up. You’ll find that many of your business associates already have Facebook accounts and have been networking with one another on there for months. Facebook opens many doors for small business. Whether it be for business networking, employment, freelance work or simply getting to know one another, there is plenty of opportunities on this website.

Once you’ve signed up to Facebook, be sure to add yourself to our group and introduce yourself. We’re finding that many business owners have already found our little hiding place on Facebook and are keen to get onboard. By all means - the more the merrier!

In the months to come, we’re hoping that this small community of Facebook users can gather together and hopefully form some sort of small tight knit networking group of our own. I mean why not? Everyone else seems to be doing it and online social and business networking is the next big thing!

So, get on to Facebook and get to know the people who work next door to you each and every day!

Hope to see you all there!

Regards,
Jon