- By Times Junior Journalist Pia Grover
I recently got an opportunity to attend a business event called The Click.
It was held at Bentley Pavillon at Macleans College.
The Click is a business networking platform which is open to anyone who owns a business.
This was a business event for small- to medium-sized businesses around east Auckland to network and connect.
Events like this one are hosted every second month by Bo Burns, deputy chair at Howick Local Board and owner of multiple businesses in east Auckland, including the Times.
At this event speakers are invited to share information and provide knowledge on the selected topic for that event.
This time, the topic was “Social Media Marketing has changed …have you?”
We also had various sponsors like The Marketing Baker, Drumm Nevatt and Associates and Promo Factory to name a few.
As guests entered Bentley Pavilion for the event, they were welcomed with a name tag and two colourful sticks for the drinks (a very creative idea to whoever thought of that).
Then most businessowners were able to get something to munch on and sip a drink while everyone happily chatted and connected with one another.
At around 6.30pm, Seth Zorn, director of The Classroom, took the stage and spoke about the changes in social media with organic content, advertisements and the importance of video marketing.
He travelled all the way from Wellington to Auckland for the event and I can tell it was worth it as the guests left with great pointers and tips.
Once his presentation was over, fun awards were announced and soon after, everyone slowly started calling it a night. Fun fact about The Click.
In 2018, The Click was formed and was initially known as Howick Click.
It was then changed to The Click and has approximately 1200 members who are part of the Facebook group.
The main purpose of The Click is to connect with fellow entrepreneurs, learn from each other and grow together. To find out more information visit www.theclick.co.nz.
- Pia Grover is in year 8
