Basically - its this ... I'm fed up of social network platforms that hog my data and call it their own ...

So, in order that I and my clients can have a safe place to hold our precious data, I've formed a joint venture with a Yorkshire company with an advanced technology toolset and together we are getting ready for a new social network platform launch for YOUR social network. The one you already own :-)

CNXNS.NET is a multi-layered social computing component that starts at the base layer of ensuring that your valuable data is your own.

It moves on from there to provide a whole range of functionality including full social interactivity with your members and much, much more.

My own network - Briercliffe.com - will find its home there shortly and there'll be a new announcement then.

If you want to know more about how to build a commercially secure platform for your social computing future, drop me a line at mjb@cnxns.net 

mikejulietbravo.ning.com

There are some of my photographic masterpieces there and other very social bits and pieces. I take folks there who haven't yet made it to my "little black book". You can also see some of my photos from here on my Google Picasa site. Have a look?

Recommended Links

As you will see, I have started to carry "sponsored" links. My policy is simple: if I like it - I'll tell you. I won't carry links to anything I don't consider worthy. Sometimes I get paid for these links.

If you'd like your company to be featured here - drop me a line and we'll make an arrangement. Painless.

There's another site being developed at the moment at - www.briercliffe.co - its not in the swing yet, but you can take a preview if you like ...

Scroll down to get to Blogs ...

All your links in one place - simple but really nicely done AND including some analytics. Come and have a look at my links?

This project has reached its 1st birthday and we now have 10,000+ people from around the globe connected to this group on LinkedIn, which Oracle have sponsored the creation of.

We're quite chuffed with it. Dave Sumner-Smith from Wordzone and Rhianne Griffiths from Peninsular, together with a top journalist, Phil Smith and myself have made this into a thriving community of people exchanging knowledge on Business Technology and its application in mid-sized business.

Dave's previous experience of running The Sunday Times and Daily Telegraph Business Clubs paved the way for this and my "5-layer Model" for Social Engagement is at the heart of the way we run it.

Rhianne sits as chief moderator and ensures that spammers are kept at bay and that people who simply want a self-promotion platform are herded into an appropriate siding. These rules apply even, in fact especially, to the sponsors, by the way ...

Its a great place to pick up market vibes and to either offer your knowledge and wisdom or receive some that you might need.

If you haven't joined, click here to have a look and then join up for free entry.

We're getting between 20 and 50 - today 60 - visitors every day to the site now.

I can track their behaviour - and many of them are checking member profiles frequently.

Make sure your profile is up to date and interesting if you want click-throughs to your other places.

There were 65 out-bound clicks in the past few days alone.

The simplest way to make sure folks can know about you is to use your LinkedIn profile. Either cut and paste it or simply link to it, would be my suggestion.

Alternatively, just make sure that there's a url linkage there, which takes them to some place you want them to go!?

Best - MJB

The "Mavens" - Here in the box below are some trusted people who I have experience of asking for advice and receiving good input. Ask them yourself!

Do you know what "Maven" Means? It's a Yiddish word and basically means they're all capable of being your "Yoda" in their field of expertise :-)

"The Twegals" - The formation of a Special Interest Group for those interested in Legal Practice was an accidental move on my part, for which I will blawg the story soon enough. Meantime - here are 120+ people from Twitterland who share that interest - click through and have a look?

My Peerindex #Twegals List

Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam were presiding at the launch of a Monty Python Virtual World, built by Dubit.

Dubit is a well-known story in the Youth Marketing scene. I've been involved in the background for 10 years now, though recently, more actively so. The services side of the company has top level connections throughout commerce, helping with research and marketing with top UK, Euro and Global brands.

The company had the very first "virtual chat room" way back in time. Now that technology approach has matured into a world-class platform for building Virtual Worlds for Social Gaming, with such names as Monty Python, BBC, and Diesel using the company to construct their environments.

This has always been an attractive company, with its youth heritage and some first-class positioning. Now it is poised to grow at 100% pre annum for the next few years.

RAH is a recent project for me, where I've mentored the leader for the past 18 months or so. He's now got a good young company with a new joint venture in SW development for real-estate and a good all round "apps engine" which we thought up together. There's a way to go yet, though I'm in no doubt that Rob Heeley is someone worth watching. He's a bit too MS in his thinking for my liking though :-)

Cloud Accounting Software Specialist Secures Second Round Funding and Launches Major New Release

The funding was raised from Liquid’s existing consortium of investors which includes technology entrepreneurs Richard Doyle (Chairman), Ian McNeill, and accountant & exited entrepreneur, Curtis Wright. 

As with the first round investment, the private investment was matched by The Aspire Fund (a Government Fund for women-led businesses managed by Capital For Enterprise) who invested because of the role of Lisa Kendrick, Marketing Director, in founding and developing the business. 

Once again the team were given help and support by Connect Yorkshire, not-for-profit company that helps growth businesses in Yorkshire and the Humber get the funding and expertise they need.  

More at ...  www.liquidaccounts.net